Muslim youth detained under PTA released ahead of EU delegation visit, says Sri Lankan MP

Tamil Affairs Apr 09

Sri Lankan opposition MP Harsha de Silva has claimed that the recent release of a 22-year-old youth detained under the draconian Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) was timed to coincide with the upcoming visit of a European Union delegation.

Sri Lankan president writes to Trump, as US president mocks world leaders
Tamil Affairs Apr 09
Amid mounting pressure over the United States’ imposition of sweeping tariffs, Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake wrote to Donald Trump this week, as the US president bragged of how world leaders were “kissing my a**” in appeals to reduce the levies
‘If Prabhakaran were here, he would have opposed sanctions against me,’ says Karuna
Tamil Affairs Apr 09

Pro-Sri Lankan government paramilitary leader Vinayagamoorthy Muralitharan, widely known as Karuna Amman, has claimed that the UK’s sanctions against him are politically motivated and driven by elements within the Tamil diaspora.

Sri Lankan government refuses funding for Chemmani mass grave excavation, court told
Tamil Affairs Apr 09
Excavation efforts at a cemetery in Chemmani, Jaffna, where human skeletal remains were recently uncovered, have stalled due to a lack of Sri Lankan government funds, the Jaffna Magistrate’s Court was told on Friday.
'Women in Sri Lanka's North bear the heat'
Tamil Affairs Apr 09

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Temperatures are rising, impacting women led businesses in the north writes Amita Arudpragasam for the Himal Southasian, as extreme heat events linked to climate change become more frequent.

Paramilitary leader Pillayan arrested by Sri Lankan police in Batticaloa
Tamil Affairs Apr 08

Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan, better known as Pillayan, a former chief minister and current head of the paramilitary Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal (TMVP), was arrested by Sri Lankan police in Batticaloa on Tuesday night.

The Tamil homeland’s falling population – Sri Lanka’s 2024 census
Tamil Affairs Apr 08

Sri Lanka’s newly released preliminary census figures from 2024 illustrated how the Tamil North-East, particularly the Vanni region, remains the worst-affected part of the island in terms of population loss and stagnation.

Sri Lankan military expands presence in Tamil schools under ‘Clean Sri Lanka’ programme
Tamil Affairs Apr 08
sri lankan military uses school programs and cultural events to reinforce control and normalize presence in tamil-majority regions under the guise of civic initiatives
Sri Lanka's military strengthens occupation of Tamil homeland through humanitarian projects
Tamil Affairs Apr 08

Throughout the past few weeks the Sri Lankan military's activities in civilian spheres in the Tamil homeland continued unabated.

Son of Naranthanai massacre victim calls for rejection of EPDP
Tamil Affairs Apr 08
A. Kavikaran, a youth contesting in the local government elections and the son of a victim of the Naranthanai massacre, has called on the public to reject candidates from the Eelam People’s Democratic Party (EPDP), accusing them of involvement in the 2001 killings.
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