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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…

Get out of our land!' - Keppapulavu protesters demand land to be released from military occupation

Tamil families in Keppapulavu held a protest infront of the Mullaitivu Defense Headquarters, demanding the release of their land from Sri Lankan military occupation yesterday. 

"We want our land, the army should leave our land,” the protesters chanted. 

Tamils in Keppapulavu began their protests calling for the return of their homes in March 2017. 

Remembering the waves - 18 years on from the tsunami

On December 26th, 2004, over 35,000 people perished during the catastrophic tsunami that hit the coasts of the North-East and South of the island of Sri Lanka.

There is no point of dealing with the government without international involvement' - TNA MP Charles Nirmalanthan

 

Speaking at a media conference in Mannar, Tamil National Alliance MP, Charles Nirmalanathan, maintained "there is no point in negotiating with the Sri Lankan government without the mediation of a country like India, America, or Britain".

Tsunami victims remembered in the North-East


This week, Tamils across the North East commemorated the deaths of over 35,000 people during the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami that devastated North-East and South of the island of Sri Lanka.

The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) reported five days after the disaster that almost two-thirds of those killed across the island were in the Tamil homeland of the North-East.

TNPF remember assassinated Tamil MP

The Tamil National People's Front (TNPF) commemorated the 17th anniversary of the assassination of Tamil MP Joseph Pararajasingham at their headquarters today. 

Christmas celebrated in Tamil Eelam

Tamils across the North-East are celebrating Christmas at churches across the homeland today.

17 years on, no justice for assassinated Tamil MP

Today marks the 17th anniversary of the assassination of Tamil politician Joseph Pararajasingham, who was shot dead by armed government-aligned paramilitary men in 2005.

Connect - Mixed reception


 

Conventionally speaking, ‘Connect’ may be one of the most successful horror films in the Tamil film industry - which is a very low bar to step over.

Palermo Tamil community celebrates Oli Vizha

Around 1000 Tamils gathered in Palermo, Italy, last weekend to celebrate Oli Vizha - 'festival of light' - a cultural and community showcase which returned to the city after two years of hiatus caused by the global pandemic.

Sri Lanka’s Presidential advisor resigns following leaked footage of him sexually abusing a dog

 

 

Sri Lanka’s Presidential advisor, Ashu Marasinghe has been forced to resign after leaked footage showed him sexually abusing a dog.

The footage was revealed by former MP Hirunika Premachandra during a media briefing on Friday. During the briefing, she identified the dog’s owner as Aadarsha Karandana who had been in a two-year relationship with Marasinghe after meeting on Facebook.