• We want our land!' - Jaffna University students demand return of occupied land

    Jaffna University students are protesting through Tellippaalai this morning demanding the return of land to villagers in Valikamam which is currently occupied by the Sri Lankan Army.

    Protestors held  placards that read: “Give back our lands, stop the encroachment on our Homeland, Vali North is our native land!” 

  • Carrot or stick? – Europe’s difficult decision on Sri Lanka

    Following a whirlwind tour of Sri Lanka, where she met Sri Lanka's political leaders, the Deputy Managing Director of the European External Action Service’s (EEAS) Asia and Pacific division, Paola Pampaloni reaffirmed the European Union’s commitment to supporting Sri Lanka during this “difficult period” but stressed the need to see progress on accountability and the protection of democratic freedoms.

    The interviews come as news breaks that Sri Lanka’s Presidential Envoy to Europe and Commonwealth, Niranjan de Silva Deva Aditya (Nirj Deva), is reportedly seeking for Sri Lanka to join the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS), expand concessions for Sri Lanka under the GSP+ agreement with the EU, and to strike a free trade agreement.

  • Maaveerar Naal preparations continue in Koppay despite intimidation by Sri Lankan army

    Plainclothed Sri Lankan military officers took photographs of Tamils preparing for Maaveerar Naal at Koppay Thuyilum Illam. 

  • Jaffna University students pay tribute to Maaveerar

    Students at the University of Jaffna paid tribute to those who gave their lives to the Tamil liberation struggle today. 

    With the beginning of month of November, commemoration events have commenced to mark Maaveerar Naal.

  • We must fight to get back our lands' - Jaffna students demand return of land

    Responding to continuing land grabs by Sri Lanka's regime, Jaffna University's Student Union has organised a sit-in protest in Tellippalai to demand the return of land to villagers in Valikamam.

  • Sri Lanka is where Rishi can flex his muscles on the world stage

    Not only does acting on Sri Lanka provide Sunak the opportunity to re-establish Britain’s presence internationally, it also remains entirely in British interests to do so. Successive Sri Lankan regimes have shirked off the building of any rules-based international order and refused to comply with global norms. Holding the state to account will be a demonstration that to the British government, values matter. The UK will not condone mass atrocities or genocides from Bucha and Xinjiang to Jaffna and Mullivaikkal.

    Sri Lanka is not Sunak’s toughest test on the global stage at present. In fact, it should be his easiest. If Sunak wants to build a Global Britain, this is where he should start.

  • Tamil families of the disappeared protest Sri Lankan justice minister's visit to Jaffna

    Tamil families of the disappeared protested against Sri Lanka’’s justice minister Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe's visit to Jaffna earlier today. 

  • Sri Lanka’s Justice Minister meets with relatives of Tamil political prisoners

    Following growing demands to release all Tamil political prisoners, Sri Lanka’s Justice Minister Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe met with the relatives of those detained alongside the leader of the Tamil Makkal Thesiya Kootan (TMTK), CV Wigneswaran.

  • Remembering the Jaffna exodus – 500,000 displaced

    On October 30, 1995, over half a million Tamil men, women and children fled their homes in Jaffna as the Sri Lankan military launched a military offensive to capture the peninsula, under the leadership of then president Chandrika Kumaratunga.

  • Sri Lankan army intimidate Tamils as Thuyilum Illam clearing begins ahead of Maaveerar Naal

    Sri Lankan soldiers took photographs of Tamils as they began clearing the Theravil Thuyilum Illam (LTTE martyr resting places) this morning ahead of Maaveerar Naal. 

  • Seven Tamil Nadu fishermen remanded until next month


    Seven Tamil Nadu fishermen have been remanded until November 9th after being arrested for allegedly fishing in Sri Lankan waters. 

    The seven fishermen were arrested on Wednesday by the Sri Lankan navy who were patrolling the area. 

  • Ahead of the GSP+ review, EU delegation meets with TNA leader

    Amidst growing concern over Sri Lanka’s human rights record, a delegation for the European Union paid a visit to the leader of the Tamil National Alliance, R. Sampanthan, where they discussed GSP +, the need to repeal Sri Lanka’s draconian Prevention of Terrorism Act; provincial council elections; and Sri Lanka’s economic recovery.

     

  • ‘I look forwards to enhancing this partnership’ – Ranil Wickremesinghe confident that relations with Britain will strengthen

    Following the appointment of Britain’s first non-white Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, Sri Lanka’s President, Ranil Wickremesinghe, rushed to congratulate the UK’s new leader and claimed confidence that British-Sri Lankan relations would strengthen.

  • US stands with Tamil Families of the Disappeared

    During his visit to Jaffna, the US embassy's deputy chief of mission, Doug Sonnek, met with the Families of the Disappeared and Tamil politicians from across the North-East.

  • TG VIEW - British Tamils expect action from Rishi Sunak

    As a new British Prime minster takes office, Tamils across the country will be watching closely. It is indeed historic that Rishi Sunak will be the first person of South Asian office to hold the highest office in the country. However, both domestically and internationally, he will have his work cut out for him.

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