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Jaffna and Palaly protests mark 36 years since Valikamam North displacement
Displaced residents of the Valikamam North region of Jaffna held protests on Monday, in front of the Jaffna District Secretariat and near Palaly Junction, marking 36 years since their forced displacement and demanding the right to return and resettle in their lands. The people of Valikamam North were displaced from their homeland on 15 June 1990 by the Sri Lankan military. Thirty-six years on…

Jailed for a song: How Sri Lanka’s PTA was turned on a Tamil rapper

Jun 15, 2026

When officers of the Jaffna District Crime Prevention Division arrested a 24-year-old rapper from Kilinochchi on 2 June over videos of a music performance, they invoked one of the most feared pieces of legislation on the island: the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA).

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Jaffna MP Archchuna hails accused war criminal Mahinda Rajapaksa as 'the only president'

Jun 15, 2026
Jaffna District MP Ramanathan Archchuna has praised former president and accused war criminal Mahinda Rajapaksa while launching a strong attack on the governing National People's Power, claiming the island had suffered since the NPP took office.

Sri Lanka defends rapper’s PTA arrest with claim over LTTE symbols

Jun 15, 2026
The Sri Lankan government has claimed that detained Tamil rapper Ganeshkumar Sangeethan was arrested for allegedly using Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) symbols in videos uploaded to YouTube and other social media platforms, as public anger continues to grow over his detention under the Prevention of Terrorism Act.
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EU designation of LTTE was a mistake, says Italian MP

Jun 15, 2026

Italian Member of Parliament Marco Grimaldi said the European Union’s designation of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam as a terrorist organisation was a mistake, as Tamils in Italy marked the 50th anniversary of the Vaddukoddai Resolution this month.

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Belgium football event honours Pon. Sivakumaran

Jun 15, 2026

Tamils in Belgium commemorated the 52nd anniversary of Thiyagi Pon. Sivakumaran during an indoor sporting event held on 6 June 2026.

Hundreds march in Kilinochchi against limestone, sand mining and wind turbines

Jun 12, 2026
Over 500 residents in Poonakary, Kilinochchi staged a protest march opposing wind power projects and mineral sand and limestone excavation in their villages

Gaza flotilla activist lauds Sri Lankan soldiers as 'nothing like' Israeli forces

Jun 12, 2026
A Sri Lankan paramedic who took part in the Global Sumud Flotilla to Gaza has condemned the abuse of fellow detainees in Israeli custody, while contrasting the conduct of Israeli forces with that of the Sri Lankan military she trained alongside, an army that itself stands accused of genocide against the Tamil people and which was extensively armed by Israel.

EDITORIAL - Scared of a song

Jun 12, 2026
Sangeethsan's release is undoubtedly welcome, but this is not justice. A young Tamil man spent ten days in a cell for a song, the case against him has not been withdrawn, and the law under which he was seized remains on the books, waiting for the next artist.

'This will waken things up' - Scottish MSP on Tamil genocide recognition

Jun 12, 2026
As the atrocities committed in the final months of the armed conflict are increasingly being recognised as genocide, Tamil Guardian spoke with Scottish National Party MSP Bill Kidd about a motion he lodged at the Scottish Parliament calling for formal recognition of the Tamil genocide and support for Tamil self-determination.
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Mannar's ancient Thiruketheeswaram temple marks close of grand festival

Jun 12, 2026
The annual Mahotsavam, or grand festival, of the historic Thiruketheeswaram temple in Mannar concluded last month with the Theertham ceremony, drawing thousands of devotees to one of the most ancient sites of Tamil Saivism on the island.
Jailed for a song: How Sri Lanka’s PTA was turned on a Tamil rapper
"" Jaffna MP Archchuna hails accused war criminal Mahinda Rajapaksa as 'the only president'
Sri Lanka defends rapper’s PTA arrest with claim over LTTE symbols
"" EU designation of LTTE was a mistake, says Italian MP
"" Belgium football event honours Pon. Sivakumaran
Hundreds march in Kilinochchi against limestone, sand mining and wind turbines
Gaza flotilla activist lauds Sri Lankan soldiers as 'nothing like' Israeli forces
EDITORIAL - Scared of a song
'This will waken things up' - Scottish MSP on Tamil genocide recognition
"" Mannar's ancient Thiruketheeswaram temple marks close of grand festival
Jailed for a song: How Sri Lanka’s PTA was turned on a Tamil rapper
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Jaffna MP Archchuna hails accused war criminal Mahinda Rajapaksa as 'the only president'
Sri Lanka defends rapper’s PTA arrest with claim over LTTE symbols
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EU designation of LTTE was a mistake, says Italian MP
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Belgium football event honours Pon. Sivakumaran
Hundreds march in Kilinochchi against limestone, sand mining and wind turbines
Gaza flotilla activist lauds Sri Lankan soldiers as 'nothing like' Israeli forces
EDITORIAL - Scared of a song
'This will waken things up' - Scottish MSP on Tamil genocide recognition
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Mannar's ancient Thiruketheeswaram temple marks close of grand festival