"The Eezham people have a very direct obligation of fighting for their own sovereignty against a state that presumes to have a unitary power over them," stressed veteran Filipino left ideologue, Prof. Jose Maria Sison. In an exclusive interview to TamilNet on Sunday, Prof. Sison spoke on the questions of sovereignty of the Eezham Tamil… Continue reading Tamil sovereignty alone can check protracted genocide: Jose Maria Sison
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How hard is it to admit fault, Ambassador Wickramasuriya?
Sri Lanka’s Ambassador to the US, Jaliya Wickramasuriya, recently responded to the Crisis Group Report’s assertion that assault on women in Sri Lanka is on the rise. On the one hand, the Ambassador denies the very existence of rape or violence against women in Sri Lanka – “Rapes, this and that not taking any place… Continue reading How hard is it to admit fault, Ambassador Wickramasuriya?
Extra-judicial execution of Trincomalee students, Sixth anniversary
Two Tamil organizations in the U.S. jointly issued a commemorative stamp to mark the 6th anniversary of the extra-judicial execution by Sri Lanka security forces of five Trincomalee high school students on the 2nd January 2006, when the highly accomplished students were spending an afternoon at a seafront in Trincomalee. The stamp, the issuing organizations… Continue reading Extra-judicial execution of Trincomalee students, Sixth anniversary
Lankan takes ‘Kolaveri di’ to another level
The Tamil hit song ‘Kolaveri di’ has become a hit in India and Sri Lanka thanks to its catchy beat and words. Now a Sri Lankan born British singer Arjun Coomaraswamy has released an English remix of the track in London and it has reached almost 2 million hits on YouTube. The English version of… Continue reading Lankan takes ‘Kolaveri di’ to another level
Searching for the boy with the violin
As Sri Lanka’s civil war came to a bloody end in May 2009, the BBC’s Priyath Liyanage was struck by video footage of a boy walking through the war zone holding a violin. Two years on, can this boy be traced and why did he make such a perilous journey with only a musical instrument?… Continue reading Searching for the boy with the violin
Sri Lanka government war report
A report commissioned by the Sri Lankan government has concluded civilians caught up in Sri Lanka’s civil war were not deliberately targeted by the country’s military. The UN has called for an independent international investigation. The civil war was one of the world’s bloodiest and longest-running, leaving parts of the island devastated and hundreds of… Continue reading Sri Lanka government war report
UK to return refused Tamil asylum seekers to Sri Lanka
Despite ongoing concerns over risks of torture in Sri Lanka, including to Tamils returning to Sri Lanka, the UK government continues to remove refused Sri Lankan asylum seekers, with a charter flight planned for 15 December, a UK-based activist group, Freedom from Torture (FfT) said. The group has recently launched a public action calling on… Continue reading UK to return refused Tamil asylum seekers to Sri Lanka
‘Tamil Sovereignty Cognition Declaration a conceptual reference point’
The Tamil Sovereignty Cognition declaration released this year on Heroes Day would serve as a ‘conceptual reference point’ in ensuring that Tamil sovereignty is never compromised, writes RM Karthick, research scholar at a British university, in an article published in Countercurrents, an Indian on-line journal. “It is naivety to expect anything democratic from a unitary… Continue reading ‘Tamil Sovereignty Cognition Declaration a conceptual reference point’
Canadian students show solidarity with Tamil cause
The York Federation of Students, the students’ union at York University representing over 50,000 students, unanimously adopted a resolution last week recognizing the ongoing structural genocide of the Eezham Tamil nation and the need to stand in solidarity with the Tamil people in their global struggle for self-determination. The success of enacting such resolutions has… Continue reading Canadian students show solidarity with Tamil cause
Sri Lanka: Still struggling to find reconciliation
Sri Lanka is still a country struggling to put decades of civil war behind it. The final stages – in 2009 – were of particular concern to human rights groups as reports suggested thousands of civilians had been killed. The Sri Lankan government rejected calls for an independent international inquiry but it did appoint its… Continue reading Sri Lanka: Still struggling to find reconciliation