Rights of Tamils for Self-Determination in Sri Lanka
The UN covenant on civil and political rights which came in to effect in 1966, lays down the right and principle of self-determination under Article 1 as follows:- “All peoples…
Sri Lankan Tamils
International Criminal Court & Sri Lanka
There appears to be some confusion as to the scope of functions and jurisdiction of this court. ICC, and more particularly its jurisdiction over Sri Lanka’s alleged war crimes etc.…
Desperate Tamils and Delaying Solutions with Deceptive Promises
Tamils in Sri Lanka, being the original inhabitants even before BC 500 according to legend, have ruled Sri Lanka before the arrival of Buddhism in BC 247 and formation of…
Never Ending Promises of Sri Lanka’s Rulers And The Continuing Woes of The Tamils
From the day of Sri Lanka’s independence on February 04, 1948, when the rule was handed over to the majority Sinhala community, the Sri Lankan governments launched a genocidal agenda…
Echoes of Mullivaikal in Gaza
The daily death and destruction in Gaza has evoked painful memories for Tamils everywhere of a similar carnage half a world away in Mullivaikal, the coastal village that became the…
Dilly-Dallying Tactics to Keep the Ethnic Problem Alive and Kicking in Sri Lanka
Ranil Wickremesinghe who was elected by a majority members of parliament on 18 July 2022 has been dishing out various promises to suit the occasion and the audiences. A meeting…
Sri Lanka: Dilly-Dallying Tactics To Keep The Ethnic Problem Alive And Kicking
Ranil who was elected by a majority members of parliament on 18 July 2022 has been dishing out various promises to suit the occasion and the audiences. A meeting was…
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.…
Sri Lankan President’s Promises for Tamil Leaders
It is a well-known fact that most of the past agreements written and/or oral promises including undertakings of the past Sri Lankan governments are mostly complied with breaches, partial and…
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…
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…
Ensuring Sri Lanka’s Compliance with UNHRC Resolutions
Eelam Tamils in Sri Lanka and Tamils all over the world are very deeply concerned in relation to Sri Lanka’s past human rights violations including war crimes and the very…
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 Session 51 September 2022: Acid test for Sri Lanka
At the UNHRC 51st Sessions due to commence on September 12, 2022, the members are expected to debate the final draft Resolution on accountability, justice and reconciliation in Sri Lanka…
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-…
Sri Lanka’s determined Non-Compliance of UNHRC Resolutions in Defiance of UN and UNHRC Charters
Sri Lanka’s extent of compliance with the Recommendations of UNHRC Resolutions passed against it since 2012 particularly No. 30/1 of October 01, 2015 to 46/1 of March 23, 2021 raises…
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…
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 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…
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…
Human right council’s resolutions discarded and ignored by defiant Sri Lanka
The opening statements of Human Rights Commissioner and Core Members (UK, Canada, Germany, North Macedonia, Montenegro and Malawi) sum up Sri Lanka's hollow and dismal performance and the disappointing compliance…
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…
BDS Campaign against Sri Lanka
Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) Campaign: Stopping GOSL Genocide Against the Tamils Presentation at Second International Conference on Tamil Nationhood and Genocide in Sri Lanka. Ottawa, Canada, 5-7 May 2018 The…
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…
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.…
An ignored genocide of Tamils at Mullivaikkal in Sri Lanka on 18th May 2009
There cannot be any plausible reasons to deny the fact of a genocidal agenda initiated by the Sri Lankan Governments immediately after the independence in 1948 against the Tamils living…
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…
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…
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…
High time to recognize the genocide of Tamils in Sri Lanka
Genocide of Tamils in Sri Lanka, including structural genocide, commenced in 1948 soon after the independence. As defined in the United Nations Genocide Convention of 1948, genocide includes “killing members…
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…
Sri Lankan Tamils Wait For Crucial 49th UNHRC Session For Justice
In the March 2022 UNHRC Sessions Human Rights Commissioner Her Excellency Michael Bachelet is expected to present her oral Report on progress made by Sri Lanka in respect of…
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…
Providing Facilities To Tamils: Presidents’ new Panacea to solve their 72 years of Ethnic Problems
Sri Lankan President's opening speech on January 18, 2022 detailing his commitments and acceptance of current volatile situations is welcome in paper and words but whether they would be put…
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 the Indo/Ceylon accord of 1987 is fully implemented
India’s Minister of State for External Affairs Shri V. Muralidharans’s following statement on July 31, 2021 in the Rajya Sabha is timely, fitting and correct which also alludes to the…
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…
Sri Lanka: Activating the dormant 13th amendment of 1987
The 1987 13th Amendment, a conceived and delivered baby of India under the Indo/Sri Lanka Accord of 1987 for adoption by Sri Lanka has been lying in the constitution of…
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