“I've never known a government which has fallen into ethnic chauvinism so quickly.”
All sections of Tamil society came together in common appreciation of the freedom struggle.
The Sinhala supremacist regime of President Mahinda Rajapakse has a major politico - military objective against which the Tamil people are regarded as being of no consequence
'The PTA provides an incentive for interrogating police to obtain confessions from detainees by any means, including torture'
‘The Tigers are representing the Tamils in negotiations with Sri Lanka’
The main issues of contention dividing the 'majority' report and other, dissenting reports, are matters like the extent of devolution: the dissenters, all Sinhalese, want to strengthen the unitary state while the majority group want devolution.
Defence Secretary has a narrow escape as his Presidential-style screen is penetrated. Luck, not security, say analysts
Indian Prime Minisiter Manmohan Singh has written to Mr. Vaiko, the General Secretary of the pro-LTTE MDMK in Tamil Nadu, sharing his concerns about the Sri Lankan government's attacks on civilians.
"In this kind of situation we have to be very cautious because [the investigation] can be manipulated"