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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…

Witness to Thileepan’s fast

Oct 7, 2008
Adele Balasingham
As we entered the premises of the Nallur Kandasamy temple we were confronted by a sea of people seated on the white sands under the blazing sun.

Crime Without Punishment: The Strange Case of Colonel Karuna

Sep 23, 2008
Lee Salter
The trial, imprisonment and release of a former Tamil Tiger leader raises some tricky and potentially embarrassing questions for the British government

Vavuniya attack: How it happened and why

Sep 23, 2008
Iqbal Athas
Barely two weeks after their foray into Eastern Naval Area Headquarters in Trincomalee, Air Tigers showed up again.

Global implications of Sri Lanka's civil war

Sep 23, 2008
Peter Foster
At first glance, Sri Lanka's vicious civil war might appear to have little consequence beyond the island's own teardrop-shaped shores.

Pain' of Sri Lanka aid pullout

Sep 23, 2008
Fears of a humanitarian crisis are mounting in northern Sri Lanka as troops press ahead with an offensive to capture territory from Tamil rebels. A week ago the UN and other agencies pulled out of the area, where more than 200,000 people are displaced by fighting. Here one aid worker describes how hard it was to leave.

A return to 1815 is the way forward

Sep 12, 2008
Christopher Meyer
The Congress of Vienna divided the continent into spheres of influence. Similar rules are needed for the 21st century

How did Norway do?

Sep 9, 2008
Menik Wakkumbura
A view on Oslo’s peace-making efforts in Sri Lanka.

Why I had to recognise Georgia’s breakaway regions

Aug 26, 2008
Dmitry Medvedev
The President of Russia Dmitry Medvedev explains why he recognised South Ossetia and Abkhazia as Independent States.

Sri Lanka's east in shadow of war

Jul 29, 2008
Swaminathan Natarajan
A year after troops overpowered the Tamil Tigers (LTTE) in Sri Lanka's eastern province and took control of the area, normality has yet to return.

Conversations in a Failing State'

Jul 15, 2008
Patrick Lawrence an experienced US journalist adresses the question that by 2006 whether Sri Lanka could be called 'a failed state,' writes Patrick Lawrence in his recent book ‘Conversations in a Failing State’, brought out by Hong Kong based Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) in March 2008.
Witness to Thileepan’s fast
Crime Without Punishment: The Strange Case of Colonel Karuna
Vavuniya attack: How it happened and why
Global implications of Sri Lanka's civil war
Pain' of Sri Lanka aid pullout
A return to 1815 is the way forward
How did Norway do?
Why I had to recognise Georgia’s breakaway regions
Sri Lanka's east in shadow of war
Conversations in a Failing State'
Witness to Thileepan’s fast
Crime Without Punishment: The Strange Case of Colonel Karuna
Vavuniya attack: How it happened and why
Global implications of Sri Lanka's civil war
Pain' of Sri Lanka aid pullout
A return to 1815 is the way forward
How did Norway do?
Why I had to recognise Georgia’s breakaway regions
Sri Lanka's east in shadow of war
Conversations in a Failing State'