Why A Referendum For The Tamils In Sri Lanka?
The last 12 years have affirmed a dark history where Sri Lanka is unlikely to offer a just resolution to the Tamil national question. It continues with its long history…
Kumarathasan Rasingam
The UK Must Find Remedial Justice To The Tamils In Sri Lanka
DONOUGHMORE REFORMS OF THE BRITISH TO CEYLON - TOOK AWAY THE TAMIL’S NATIONHOOD AND THEIR JAFFNA KINGDOM It took away the Tamils rights and caused for the Pogroms against the…
Tamils in Sri Lanka demand the restoration of their lost sovereignty
The Sinhala/Tamil relations and the ethnic conflict intensified immediately after the independence of the Island on February 04, 1948. The rise of Tamil nationalism is not entirely a new phenomenon…
Sri Lanka One Island – Two Nations
Sri Lanka formerly known as CEYLON is an island country in South Asia. Sri Lanka was historically comprised of two distinctive nations; the country’s history has been written or represented…
UN’s Failure To Protect Tamil Civilians: Tamil War Victims Demand Remedial Justice
The UNHRC Resolutions 30/1 of 2015 and 40/1 after so much hard work, negotiations and after extension for six years have now produced zero achievement and the endless sufferings of…
United Nations Failure And Sri Lanka’s Defiance
The fate of the UNHRC Resolutions 30/1 of 2015 and 40/1 of 2019 Sri Lanka’s democracy completely changed and is now ruled by a dictatorial Sinhala Buddhist President elected by…
Tamils of Sri Lanka: Betrayal after Betrayal
Sinhalese leaders betrayed the Tamil leaders who fought shoulder to shoulder to gain independence from the British. On February 4th 1048 two million Tamils of Ceylon [now Sri Lanka] exchanged…
Tamils In The North And East Of Sri Lanka – Justification For Self-Determination
When the United Nations was created after the World War II, one of its purposes was spelt out in Article 1 [2] of the UN Charter as:” To develop friendly…
Universal Declaration Of Human Rights And Sri Lanka
The Universal Declaration for Human Rights [UDHR] was adopted on 10th December 1948 by the United Nations at the Palais de Chaillot in Paris. The UDHR contains thirty Articles. Articles…
State-Sponsored Pogroms Against The Tamils In Sri Lanka And Need For A UN Supervised Referendum In Tamil Homeland
It is high time and urgent need for the United Nations, UNHRC, ICC and the International Community to find remedial justice to the oppressed Tamils in Sri Lanka. The following…
COVID-19 And President Gotabaya’s Military Rule In North And East Of Sri Lanka
Tamils in Sri Lanka especially in the North and East are now living between the devil and deep sea. Heavy presence of the military [to the ratio of one soldier…
COVID19: An Opportunity To Gotabaya To Establish His Military Rule
Gotabaya Rajapakshe the first time President, an Army veteran has proved himself as guardian of Sinhala Buddhist heritage and champion of the Armed forces. He openly and loudly said…
Uninterrupted And Continuous Human Rights Violations Against The Tamils In Sri Lanka
There is no denying of the fact that Tamils in Sri Lanka have been at the receiving end since 1948, when power was transferred to the majority Sinhala Government. Successive…
Tamils All Over The World To Remember The Genocide Of Thousands On May 18, 2020
Marking 11 years since the Sri Lankan military onslaught that massacred tens of thousands of Tamils, we revisit the final days leading up to the 18th of May 2009 – a date remembered…
Justice To War Victims, COVID-19 And The Presidential Pardon To Convicted Criminal
President Gotabaya’s pardon of a convicted criminal and let him loose and prowl free on the streets is only a licence and encouragement for him and other similar minded criminals…
Sri Lanka Is An Island Of Impunity: Protecting Convicted And Alleged War Criminals In The Military
The Sri Lankan state which co-sponsored United Nations Human Rights Council Resolutions 30/1 in September 2015 failed to bring transitional justice or progress on substantial issues but bought time and…
Internationalised Mechanism Is The Only Way Forward In Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka’s unilateral withdrawal from Resolution 30/1 is a clear rejection of human rights and accountability and displays total disregard for UN, UNHRC, UNHRC Core Group, UN Member States and…
Justice to Tamil of Disappeared, Surrendered And Forcefully Arrested Victims
For Sri Lanka, after the fallout from the April bombings bred communal violence, endangered minorities and put freedoms in peril. Justice and reparations for the 30 year conflict seem to…
Ripe Time For Tamil Voters To Elect Young And Committed Leaders To The Causes Of The Tamils
It is election year for Sri Lanka. A general election has to be held before August 5th 2020 for a new Government to rule the polarized and divided country of…
Time For UNHRC To Act Firmly On War Crimes Committed In Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka is fast moving towards a military state and is now promoting alleged war criminals to top posts in Military and Government Departments. The appointment of Lt. General Shavendra…
It Is Time For The United Nations To Initiate A Referendum In The North And East Of Sri Lanka
Taking into consideration the statements by the Sri Lankan President and the top officials regarding justice to the Tamils seems to be a deadlock. The only way out from this…
Will The New President of Sri Lanka Guide The Country in The Correct Path?
The Singapore success is attributed to their leader LEE KUAN YEW developing a society where each race appreciate and respect that of others, encouraged to preserve its unique culture and…
Sri Lanka’s Presidential Election And The True Face of Tamil National Alliance
The cat is finally out of the bag. The secretly well-kept decision of Tamil National Alliance (TNA) to back Sajith Premadasa of the United National Party is now disclosed 10…
Sri Lanka’s Defiance And Delaying Tactics In Implementing UNHRC Resolution 40/1
Tamils in Sri Lanka have undergone grave injustice, Pogroms, Torture, War Crimes, Crimes Against Humanity, Forced Disappearances and Genocide. Tamil mothers in Sri Lanka fight daily to learn what happened…
UN Must Investigate The Usage of Cluster Bombs in Sri Lanka
It is high time for the United Nations to initiate investigation regarding the usage of banned cluster bombs and weapons of mass destruction [WMD]. Even after emerging of substantial evidences,…
Appointing Shavendra Silva As Commander Of The Sri Lankan Army
President Maithripala Sirisena on Monday [August 18, 2019] named a General accused of war crimes as Commander of the Sri Lankan Army, sparking concern over the appointment that the UN…
The Forthcoming Presidential, Parliamentary Elections: The Urgent Need For The Unity Of All Tamil Political Parties
As far as Tamils are concerned the forthcoming elections [Presidential and Parliamentary] is not going to solve any of the burning problems faced by the Tamils since independence, in 1948.…
Slaughter of Tamil Prisoners Inside High Security Jail And Genocide of Tamils in July 1983
Post independence Sri Lanka brought in several official dispositions that gave preference to the Sinhalese majority. The Sinhala Only Act introduced by the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) government of…
Tamil Leaders Betrayed by Successive Sinhalese Leaders and the genocide of Tamils
A NOTE FROM THE NO FIRE ZONE [Book by Kass Ghayouri] Dr. Varatharajan who was on duty inside the ‘NO FIRE ZONE” during the genocidal war laments: “That…
Demand for a political solution to the Tamils in the North and East of Sri Lanka
Tamils have little interest in reconciliation without resolution of the political issues. Proper reconciliation can come only after a political solution is found... With successive Governments refusing to acknowledge, let…
United Nations Must Recognize Tamil’s Right To Self-Determination
Tamils demand the Right to Self-Determination as Tamils in Sri Lanka qualify as a People and Nation When the United Nations was created after World War II, one of the…
Justifying The Right of Tamils to Self-Rule
History proves Tamils a homeland [North and East of Sri Lanka] The Kingdom of Jaffna had included a vast region. its boundary has said that Jaffna Kingdom was not confined…
Undeliverable Political Settlment For The Tamils And Bankrupt Policies Of Tamil National Alliance
The political history of Tamils who inhabited the island before the arrival of Vijaya in 543 BC, a legendary prince, still to be proved by real and documented evidence,…
Usage of Cluster Munitions In Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka is the 103rd country to join the 2008 Convention on Cluster Munitions. Sri Lanka acceded to the Convention on March 01, 2018. Under the Convention, Sri Lanka is…
Enforced And Involuntary Disappearances In Sri Lanka
Tamil families of disappeared have been engaged in continuous and indefinite protests in five locations in the North and East for about 550 days. Mothers, wives, sons, daughters and relatives…
Plight Of Tamil Civilians Living Under Occupation
Contrary to promises made in Geneva that in the name of peace and reconciliation the Sri Lanka government would dismantle High Security Zones, close army cantonments and return lands seized…
Mass Graves – Disappearances – OMP – PTA – Justice to Tamils Victims ?
The culture of impunity to the security forces under the DRACONIAN PREVENTION TERRORISM ACT [PTA] and their licence to kill especially the Tamils caused several disappearances and extrajudicial killings in…
Black July 1983: Genocide of Tamils in Sri Lanka
Tamils all over the world will be commemorating the 35th anniversary of the HOLOCAUST 1983 where theTamils Shops, Offices and Restaurants in the Capital’s crowded City Centre and Main Streets…
How Long Can The Sri Lankan Government Hoodwink The UN And The International Community?
The Sri Lankan State runs on Sinhala Buddhist chauvinism, the Maha Sanga and the Buddhist Clergy. The Sri Lankan State has to obtain the blessings of these people to enact…
UN System Owes Sri Lankan Tamils Remedial Justice
“In the end, it comes down to values, as was said so many times today. We want the world our children inherit to be defined by the values enshrined in…
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