Vaddakandal Massacre
The history of massacres against Tamils had started long before the Tamil youth took to the weapons. All the successive regimes in Colombo were backing the genocidal massacres against Tamils.…
Kumarathasan Rasingam
Trincomalee Massacre 2006
The incident referred to as Trincomalee massacre in 2006 happened when five minority Sri Lankan Tamil high school students playing by the beach were briefly detained and then shot dead…
Financial Crisis in Sri Lanka
Over the past decade, the Sri Lankan government has borrowed vast sums of money from foreign lenders to fund public services. Sri Lanka had to fall back on its foreign…
Is the UNHRC established to protect the Human Rights violators?
The Human Rights Council is an inter-governmental body within the United Nations system responsible for strengthening the promotion and protection of human rights around the globe and for addressing situations…
Will the UNHRC take a bold step to find justice to the oppressed Eelam Tamils in Sri Lanka
Despite decades of Tamil protests and unequivocal calls for international action to end impunity in Sri Lanka, the Human Rights Council has continued to heed Sri Lanka’s requests for “time…
Nagarkovil Massacre of School Children
On September 22, 1995, a SLAF aircraft bombed the Nagarkovil Maha Vidyalayam schoolyard crammed with 750 children on their lunch break, killing more than 30 – of whom 12 were…
Refer Sri Lanka to International Criminal Court
The Sri Lankan government’s failure to establish an accountability mechanism for violations of International law means that referral to the International Criminal Court or the creation of another international mechanism…
Saththrukondan Massacre of 185 innocent Tamils
On September 9, 1990, the men, women and children from Saththurukondan and surrounding villages, on the outskirts of Batticaloa, were taken to an army camp by Sri Lankan soldiers, where…
Entrenched Impunity to military and police in Sri Lanka
The culture of impunity has matured and has become endemic among the police and the security forces of Sri Lanka. Increasing Militarisation in the North and East of Sri Lanka…
The Global Tamil Community in Collective struggle to Free Tamil Eelam
Tamil Eelam is the historical homeland of the Tamil nation of the island of Ceylon (today known as Sri Lanka). In ancient Tamil literatures, the island was referred to as…
UNHRC 51st Session in September 2022 – Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka has to face the UNHRC Session in September 2022 and submit its report on human rights, accountability and justice and other Recommendations mentioned in the UNHRC Resolution 46/1…
May 18th Tamil Genocide Remembrance Day
Genocide is the deliberate and organized killing of a group or groups of people, with the intention of destroying their identity as an ethnic, cultural, or religious group. May 18th-…
Black September Massacres in Sri Lanka
On 5 September 1990. Sri Lanka army units arrested 158 Tamil civilians who sought shelter in the temporary refugee camp inside the premises of the Eastern University during military operations…
Sit-in protests by the families of the missing – 2000 days with no response from the Government
Hundreds of Tamil mothers on August 12 took out a rally in Sri Lanka’s northern Kilinochchi district to mark 2,000 days of their relentless struggle, seeking truth and justice for…
Pathetic plight of the Tamil Political Prisoners in Sri Lanka
Today, there are believed to be approximately 200 Tamil political prisoners, some of whom have been detained for over a decade. These arrests were under the widely criticized PTA which…
Will Sri Lanka recover from its massive debt crisis?
The massive debt crisis has affected the lives of nearly all classes in the society, specially the poor and middle, in Sri Lanka is not new. The loans given lead…
Peaceful Protests for a Revolutionary Change in Sri Lanka
Sri Lankans had been protesting for months over the country's economic crisis that has led to a severe shortage of many essential imported items like medicines, fuel and cooking gas.…
Muttur Massacre – Action Against Hunger Farm Staff
On 4 August 2006 17 Action Against Hunger staff were murdered in Muttur, Sri Lanka. They were assisting communities suffering the impact of the 2004 tsunami, as well as the…
The Cultural Genocide of Tamils in Tamil Eelam – Sri Lanka
It is a universally accepted principle that people living in a democratic land should be treated as equals, irrespective of language, ethnic or religious differences. But in Sri Lanka democracy …
Indo/Sri Lanka Peace Accord of 1987 – Still not implemented
The Indo-Sri Lanka Peace Accord was an accord signed in Colombo on 29 July 1987, between Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and Sri Lankan President J. R. Jayewardene. The accord…
Sri Lankan President – Ranil Wickremasinghe will face people’s anger
Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe won the presidential elections conducted by the Parliament on Thursday after Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled abroad amidst intense agitation over the economic crisis. He will…
Sri Lanka will never prosper without addressing the ethnic problem of Eelam Tamils
Sri Lanka’s ethnocratic political structures and history of atrocities, and thereby the root causes that ultimately led to the present crisis. This will only lead to further instability, violence and…
Military presence in the North and East of Sri Lanka
The Sri Lankan government may have won the war against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam in the north-east of the country, but another protracted struggle is looming on the…
The rise and fall of Gotabaya Rajapaksa
Gotabaya Rajapaksa is a Sri Lankan politician and former military officer who served as the eighth President of Sri Lanka from 2019 until his resignation on 14 July 2022. Gotabaya…
This historic moment must be used to confront Sinhala Buddhist nationalism
Most of the myths regarding the history of Sri Lanka originate from the Mahavamsa. And so, Sinhalese Buddhist nationalists maintain that they are the Buddha's selected people, and that the…
Tamil Nationalism [Eelam Tamils]
Tamil nationalism is the ideology which asserts that the Tamil people constitute a nation and promotes the cultural unity of Tamil people. Sri Lankan state violence, persecution, and discrimination from…
Counting the dead
Most counts estimate that over 100,000 civilians died during the conflict, though accounts of the final stages of the war, when the Sri Lankan government defeated the Tamil Tigers militia…
Navali Church Bombing Killing 147 Refugees inside the Church
On 9th July 1995, the Sri Lankan Air Force bombed the St Peter’s Church in Navaly and the nearby Sri Kathirgama Murugan Kovil, which were both sheltering displaced Tamils from…
Chencholai girls complex deliberately bombed by Sri Lankan Air Force
On 14th of August 2006, the government forces deliberately bombed a girl’s orphanage killing 60 girls and wounding 120 who were between the ages of 15 and 18 In the…
Massacre Inside High Security Welikada Prison in Sri Lanka
The incident occurred in two different series of actions: the first on 25 July 1983 when 35 Tamil prisoners were attacked and killed by Sinhalese inmates. The second massacre was…
Black July 1983 – Premeditated Pogrom Against The Tamils In Sri Lanka
This July marks the 39th anniversary of what became known as Black July. The riots of July 1983 in Sri Lanka would forever alter the course of ethnic tensions in…
Continuing protest by elderly mothers of the disappeared
The mothers, fathers, relatives of the missing are on the streets for more than 1950 days in a sit-in protest demanding to know the whereabouts of their loved ones. They…
Accelerated Sinhalisation into Tamils traditional homeland
The Tamil homeland has been subjected to decades of Sinhalisation but since the end of the armed conflict, there has been a rise in the establishment of Buddhist temples and…
Eelam Tamils Struggle For Self Determination
The idea of “self-determination” continues its hold on the hearts and minds of peoples yearning to breathe free. Kosovo, for example, established its independence in 2008, making it the world’s…
Ethnic cleansing – Tamils of Eelam in Sri Lanka
The Tamils are an ancient people. Their history had its beginnings in the rich alluvial plains near the southern extremity of peninsular India which included the land mass known as…
State Sponsored Sinhalese Colonization Of Tamils’ Traditional Homeland
Since independence in 1948, the GoSL has tried to weaken (or outright deny) the concept of the "Tamil homeland" by engaging in processes of demographic change and repression through the…
Journalists killed and missing in Sri Lanka
In Sri Lanka it is a very serious concern that even after the government’s declaration of war victory and end of war, intimidation and harassment of media and journalists continue…
Indiscriminate Bombing And Shelling Of Hospitals by Sri Lankan Military
"Hospitals are supposed to be sanctuaries from shelling, not targets," said Brad Adams, Asia director at Human Rights Watch. "While doctors and nurses struggle to save lives in overcrowded and…
Enforced Disappearances in Sri Lanka
According to Article 7, paragraph 2(i) of the Rome Statute[1], an Enforced disappearance is defined as “…the arrest, detention or abduction of persons by, or with the authorization, support or…
Remembering the burning of Jaffna public library – 41 years on
On midnight 31st May 1981, the Jaffna Public Library, famous for being the crucible of Tamil literature and heritage, was set ablaze by Sri Lankan security forces and state-sponsored mobs.…
Sri Lanka Spring: Popular and timely uprising
This uprising in Sri Lanka has brought the family rule of Rajapakshas’ to its knees before the angry and hungry crowds who once brought them to power. The unique beauty…
Remembering the 13th anniversary of Mullivakkal massacre
Genocide of 147,000 Tamils - Tamils demand justice from UN, UNHRC, UN Security Council and the International Community. May 18, 2021, marks the 13-year anniversary of the end of the…
Ethnic Cleansing – Genocide of Tamils in Sri Lanka
The Tamils are an ancient people. Their history had its beginnings in the rich alluvial plains near the southern extremity of peninsular India which included the land mass known as…
The fate of the enforced disappeared and the mass graves in Sri Lanka
In Sri Lanka, the issue of people going missing during the country’s long civil war is an open wound as evinced by the struggle of Tamil mothers seeking news about…
Unimplemented undertakings, resolutions and promises of Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka’s defiance and delaying tactics in implementing its own undertakings and several UNHRC Resolutions by demanding extensions and lame excuses to implement these in good faith and in time.…
Future of Eelam Tamils in Sri Lanka
Justice Delayed is Justice Denied, Action Speaks Louder Than Words TO THE ATTENTION OF: UNITED NATIONS, UNHRC, SECURITY COUNCIL AND THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY It is a high time and urgent…
Pathetic plight of the elderly mothers and relatives of missing persons in Sri Lanka
For the past 1390 days, the elderly mothers and relatives have been engaged in a series of struggles, especially amid the great epidemic threat, “78 parents of the missing relatives…
Time for UNHRC member countries to consider sanctions against Sri Lanka
Whether or not Sri Lanka cooperates with the international investigation, the OHCHR will proceed with its work as mandated and present its report to the Human Rights Council [HRC] The…
UNHRC is duty bound to find justice to the oppressed Tamils in Sri Lanka
The United Nations, UN Human Rights Council and the International Community will now understand Sri Lanka’s policy of non-compliance of any recommendations of the UN or UNHRC. The following long…
Possession and use of chemical weapons by Sri Lankan Army: Massacre of 147,000 Tamils
Sri Lanka is a democracy only in its most slovenly application, and even if it is a full, blazing beacon of a democracy, the category offers no protection or excuse…
It is high time UN to right its wrong in Sri Lanka
Genocide of Tamils in Sri Lanka. UN Failed to apply R2P and protect the Massacre of 147,000 Tamils It is very sad that United Nations an international institution particularly was…
February 4th Independence Day for Sinhalese and Black Day for Tamils in Sri Lanka
Postcolonial Sri Lanka has become worse than it was during the colonial period. The sad history of February 4th - the day of independence to the Sinhalese has turned out…
Eelam struggle for freedom after Vaddukoddai resolution
Throughout the centuries from the dawn of history, the Sinhalese and Tamil nations divided between themselves the possession of Ceylon, the Sinhalese inhabiting the interior of the country in its…
A United Voice For A Referendum For Eelam Tamils
“A people who are subjugated by an alien people have the inherent right to free themselves from such alien subjugation” It is the right which is the right of self…
It is high time for the British to recognize Tamil’s self determination
It is high time for the United Kingdom to recognize its failure and realize that the sufferings of the Tamils started immediately after the British left Sri Lanka in 1948…
Tamils all over the world welcome United States action against alleged war criminals
Tamils all over the world [85 million] appreciate and thank the US State Department for their sanctions on two Sri Lankan Military Officials. Those military personnel were: Chandana Hettiarachchi, a…
United Kingdom Owes Remedial Justice To The Eelam Tamils
Before the colonial rule by the Portuguese, Dutch and British there were three sovereign regions in Sri Lanka [Ceylon] The Kingdom of Jaffna in the North [Tamil Kingdom] Kingdom of…
Sri Lanka: How Rights of Tamils Eroded
Tamil Nation existed until the British conquered Sri Lanka [then called Ceylon] and amalgamated the Sinhala Nation in the South with the Tamil Nation in the North and East in…
Sri Lanka is a multi-ethnic nation – Not a Budhist Sinhala nation
North and East Tamils traditional & historical homeland In Sri Lanka for the last 72 years, the intent and goal of all Sri Lankan Governments and Buddhist Clergy [without exception]…
Draconian PTA, Presidential Pardon to Criminals and Impunity to Security Forces
President Gotabaya Rajapakshe in his speech in the United Nations General Assembly in his ambitious statement said “Fostering greater accountability, restorative justice and meaningful reconciliation through domestic institutions is essential…
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