Eelam Cup Final 2025: UKTSU crowned champions in historic showdown

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The first-ever Eelam Cup, a landmark tournament for domestic Tamil football in the UK hosted by the British Tamil Football Confederation (BTFC), reached a thrilling conclusion this weekend with UKTSU lifting the trophy after a 4-0 victory over their north-west London rivals, Stanley FC.

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More remains uncovered at Chemmani as second phase of excavations resumes

Excavations resumed at the Chemmani mass grave site on Thursday, with the remains of three more individuals, including a child, unearthed during the first day of the second phase of investigations.

Calls for UN to expedite release of Tamil political prisoners
Voice for the Voiceless urges UN Commissioner to expedite the release of Tamil political prisoners
Supreme Court of India halts deportation of former LTTE member
The Supreme Court of India has issued a stay on the deportation of Bhaskaran Kumarasamy, an Eelam Tamil refugee and former member of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), recognizing the credible threat to his life if returned to Sri Lanka. The ruling is being hailed as a significant intervention in a case that has drawn international concern over refugee rights and post-war accountability in Sri Lanka.
Türk calls for international accountability, land return and repeal of PTA in concluding Sri Lanka visit
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk concluded his three-day visit to on Thursday with a statement reiterating key concerns long raised by Tamil victims and civil society groups, including the need for an internationally backed accountability mechanism, the repeal of the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA), an end to surveillance of human rights defenders, and the release of military-occupied land.
Demonstrators in Jaffna demand justice as UN rights chief visits
A protest featuring artworks and images of the disappeared was held in Jaffna to highlight Tamil suffering during the UN rights chief’s visit
Tamil families hand over urgent demands for international justice to UN rights chief 
As United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk visited Jaffna this week, Tamil families of the disappeared and protestors at the Chemmani mass grave site handed over a series of urgent demands, underscoring their insistence on international justice.
Torch rally held in Batticaloa in solidarity with Chemmani protest
A torch rally was held at the Ondaachchimadam Bridge in Batticaloa on Monday evening in a show of solidarity with the “Unextinguished Flame” vigil in Chemmani, Jaffna - a protest demanding international justice for the mass graves recently uncovered in the area.
Tamil Eelam FA to host CONIFA Asia cup in London

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Tamil Eelam Football Association (TEFA) will host the second CONIFA Asia Cup in London from July 1st to 5th. 

Tamil Eelam were crowned champions in the inaugural tournament held in Lisbon, Portugal in 2023. The team now looks to maintain its dominance as it hosts East Turkistan FA and the Tibetan National Sports Association. 

UN rights chief assures Tamil MPs of continued focus on Sri Lanka
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk assured Tamil parliamentarians that the plight the Tamil people will not be sidelined at the upcoming UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) session in Geneva, despite the prominence of ongoing global conflicts.
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