From Visionary to Bystander: How ITAK has forgotten its historic roots

Tamil Affairs May 05
Ilankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi (ITAK), the largest Tamil party in Sri Lanka and once a pioneer of Tamil nationalism in the first decades after the independence of Ceylon, has strayed far from its historic mission.
Tamil youth activist arrested over opposition to illegal Buddhist vihara in Trincomalee
Tamil Affairs May 04
A Tamil youth activist has been arrested and remanded following a false complaint by a Sinhala Buddhist monk involved in the construction of a controversial vihara in Periyakulam, Trincomalee District.
NPP releases pro-LTTE campaign songs ahead of local elections
Tamil Affairs May 04
The National People’s Power (NPP) has released a series of Tamil-language campaign songs for the upcoming local government elections, embracing rhetoric and imagery closely associated with Tamil nationalism and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE).
May Day 2025: Workers across Tamil Eelam rally for justice and rights
Tamil Affairs May 04
From the fishing villages of Mannar to the streets of Jaffna, May Day 2025 was marked by a series of powerful demonstrations, where thousands rallied to honour workers’ struggles and to demand justice, equality, and an end to systemic repression.
Call to return Tamil gold amid fears of Sri Lankan government confiscation
Tamil Affairs May 04

Vanni District Member of Parliament Selvam Adaikalanathan has urged the Sri Lankan government to immediately return gold jewellery belonging to Tamil civilians, warning against attempts to seize the property that was taken by the military during the armed conflict.

Sri Lankan presidential media official questions LTTE’s role in 2006 massacres
Tamil Affairs May 04
The Director of Communications for Sri Lanka’s Presidential Media Division, Anuruddha Lokuhapuarachchi, has cast serious doubt on the Sri Lankan narrative surrounding two of the deadliest attacks on Sinhala civilians in 2006 — the Welikanda and Kebithigollewa massacres — and suggested that senior state-linked figures, including Pillayan and former president Mahinda Rajapaksa, may have had more to gain from the violence than the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE).
ITAK demands Sri Lankan president revoke Gazette move to seize Tamil lands
Tamil Affairs May 04

The Ilankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi (ITAK) has issued a letter to Sri Lankan president Anura Kumara Dissanayake, calling for the immediate withdrawal of a Gazette notification issued under Section 4 of the Land Settlement Ordinance, which could pave the way for the mass appropriation of lands in the Tamil North-East.

Sri Lankan PM accused of defying election laws with temple campaign meetings in Jaffna
Tamil Affairs May 04
The Centre for Monitoring Election Violence (CMEV) has filed a formal complaint with Sri Lanka’s Election Commission (EC), accusing Sri Lankan Prime Minister Harini Amarasuriya of violating election laws by conducting National People’s Power (NPP) campaign meetings inside Hindu temples in the Jaffna District.
Sri Lankan government moves to seize Tamil lands in Mullivaikkal
Tamil Affairs May 03

The Sri Lankan government has issued a Gazette notification announcing the mass appropriation of lands across the Tamil homeland, including large coastal areas from Pudumatalan to Mullivaikkal—site of Sri Lanka's genocide of Tamils in May 2009.

UK in talks with France and Saudi Arabia on recognition of Palestine
International Affairs May 03
UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy revealed on Wednesday that the UK is in discussions with France and Saudi Arabia over the recognition of a Palestinian state, ahead of a UN conference in June.
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