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Remembering Pon. Sivakumaran 52 years on
Today marks 52 years since the death of Ponnuthurai Sivakumaran, the first Tamil to die in the liberation struggle.  Sivakumaran was a member of the Tamil Manavar Peravai (or Tamil Student Federation, TSF) and a leading militant in the early armed Tamil struggle. With decades of Sri Lankan state repression and deadly anti-Tamil pogroms already having taken place, Tamil militant…

UN expert dismisses Sri Lanka's reconciliation commision

Jun 29, 2010
Udara Soysa
In a brief but compelling interview with The Sunday Leader, UN Special Rapporteur on Extra-judicial Executions, Philip Alston slammed a Sri Lanka government initiative, asserting the Commission on Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation will not focus or address human rights, humanitarian law, violations or war crimes.

Tamils’ cause finds support amongst candidates from all three British parties

May 2, 2010
As Britain goes to the polls on Thursday, a key issue for many British Tamil voters is UK policy on Sri Lanka and the Tamil question there. In this regard, the Tamil Guardian contacted the offices of several candidates last week seeking their views.

Engaging' Tamil diaspora to elude the cause

Mar 23, 2010
Engaging sections of vested interests in the diaspora to elude righteous causes of struggling people, in order to achieve imperialist goals in war and peace, is a long time strategy of powers. International foundations, firms and other such outfits are created from time to time for this purpose.

My vote for Eelam

Feb 23, 2010
Arani Kumaran
The last weekend in January saw the British Tamil referendum on the independent state of Tamil Eelam.

‘In years to come, we will not be able to say that we did not know what was happening’

Nov 24, 2009
Advisers
It is just over 10 weeks since we launched the Campaign. In that time, pressure on the Sri Lanka Government (GoSL) - from this Campaign and from many other directions - has helped to keep alive the issue of the Tamil internees (a more accurate phrase than "internally displaced persons").

It's deja vu as 'those people' still cry for help

Oct 27, 2009
Lyn Bender
I AM suffering flashbacks of my time at Woomera Detention Centre. Not as a detainee, but as a psychologist and part of the medical team employed to cover contractual requirements to ''manage'' the psychological needs of asylum seekers

Close the camps in Sri Lanka

Oct 27, 2009
Lead Story
Canada's Toronto Star calls for the closing of the internment camps in Sri Lanka

Colombo’s victory over the Tamils shows India’s power is on the wane

Oct 27, 2009
Brahma Chellaney
Thousands of non-combatants, according to the United Nations, were killed in the final phase of the Sri Lankan war this year as government forces overran the Tamil Tiger guerrillas.

Time to support the Tamils, say British Conservatives

Oct 27, 2009
Increasing involvement in British politics and reciprocal openness of the British political parties was marked by a part-televised event held in Essex Sunday where several incumbent and prospective parliamentarians from the British Conservative party reached out to their Tamil constituencies and articulated their positions on the conflict and its consequences in Sri Lanka.

Politically active Tamil diaspora youths under British spotlight

Oct 27, 2009
Taking a look into the new political activism of the current generation of diaspora Tamil youths, Financial Times, a premier British Daily, said the "ending [of the war] in Sri Lanka was also a beginning," and many youths experienced a political awakening after devoting a lot of time to the protests and some missing a year of their college.
UN expert dismisses Sri Lanka's reconciliation commision
Tamils’ cause finds support amongst candidates from all three British parties
Engaging' Tamil diaspora to elude the cause
My vote for Eelam
‘In years to come, we will not be able to say that we did not know what was happening’
It's deja vu as 'those people' still cry for help
Close the camps in Sri Lanka
Colombo’s victory over the Tamils shows India’s power is on the wane
Time to support the Tamils, say British Conservatives
Politically active Tamil diaspora youths under British spotlight
UN expert dismisses Sri Lanka's reconciliation commision
Tamils’ cause finds support amongst candidates from all three British parties
Engaging' Tamil diaspora to elude the cause
My vote for Eelam
‘In years to come, we will not be able to say that we did not know what was happening’
It's deja vu as 'those people' still cry for help
Close the camps in Sri Lanka
Colombo’s victory over the Tamils shows India’s power is on the wane
Time to support the Tamils, say British Conservatives
Politically active Tamil diaspora youths under British spotlight