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The Tamil homeland’s falling population – Sri Lanka’s 2024 census
Sri Lanka’s newly released preliminary census figures from 2024 illustrated how the Tamil North-East, particularly the Vanni region, remains the worst-affected part of the island in terms of population loss and stagnation. According to the “Census of Population and Housing – 2024 Preliminary Report” by Sri Lanka’s Department of Census and Statistics, the three districts that make up the core…

Tigers build houses, wait for tsunami aid

Dec 22, 2005
Anusha Ondaatjie
It may be a challenge for some donor countries to accept some exceptions amid restrictions on whom to work with.'

Reform call conceals UNP tensions

Dec 16, 2005
Vinothini Kanapathipillai
Poll defeat raises questions over the future direction of Sri Lanka’s oldest party.

‘Our people will not be tolerant any longer’

Dec 9, 2005
Mr. Vellupillai Pirapaharan, leader of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) delivered his Heroes Day address on November 27, 2005. This is the full text.

The defining of torture in a new world war

Dec 9, 2005
Paul Reynolds
The ‘enhanced interrogation techniques,’ ‘renditions’ and ‘severe pain’.

Diaspora Tamils mark Heroes Day

Dec 8, 2005
Tamils from Switzerland to Canada and Norway to South Africa salute fighters who fell int he independence struggle.

Intimidation in Northeast

Nov 16, 2005
Tamils
Paramilitaries, military deserters and underworld thugs gear up

Hopefuls’ flying visits to Jaffna enclaves

Nov 10, 2005
Tamils
Neither Presidential candidate meets the Tamils locals, just the Sinhala troops

Money and guns fuel paramilitary war

Nov 10, 2005
Tamils
Deserters from the Karuna Group offer new insight into the workings of the Sri Lanka Army’s paramilitary campaign.

Slaughter in the wards

Nov 3, 2005
Tamils
Why the massacre of staff and patients at Jaffna hospital become emblematic of the IPKF

Remembering the Jaffna exodus

Nov 2, 2005
Tamils
The displacement of the entire town of Jaffna has had a profound impact on Tamil self-understanding.
Tigers build houses, wait for tsunami aid
Reform call conceals UNP tensions
‘Our people will not be tolerant any longer’
The defining of torture in a new world war
Diaspora Tamils mark Heroes Day
Intimidation in Northeast
Hopefuls’ flying visits to Jaffna enclaves
Money and guns fuel paramilitary war
Slaughter in the wards
Remembering the Jaffna exodus
Tigers build houses, wait for tsunami aid
Reform call conceals UNP tensions
‘Our people will not be tolerant any longer’
The defining of torture in a new world war
Diaspora Tamils mark Heroes Day
Intimidation in Northeast
Hopefuls’ flying visits to Jaffna enclaves
Money and guns fuel paramilitary war
Slaughter in the wards
Remembering the Jaffna exodus