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  • 50,000 mark Remembrance Day in London

    Dec 15
    Tens of thousands of Tamils gathered in London Friday, November 27, to commemorate Remembrance Day. Organisers estimate that over 50,000 individuals made the effort to attend the Excel Centre event and pay their respects to those who had made the ultimate sacrifice for the Tamil national struggle.
  • Resilience marks Maveerar Day in Sydney
    Thousands gathered on Saturday, November 28, to commemorate Heroes Day 2009 in an outpouring of grief in Sydney.
  • Sri Lankan war crimes video is authentic, Times investigation finds
    Video footage that appears to show Sri Lankan troops committing war crimes by summarily executing captured Tamil Tiger fighters on the battlefield was not fabricated, as claimed by the Sri Lankan Government, an investigation by The Times found.
  • US says progress on political reconciliation and human rights should be priority.
    A top US envoy visiting Sri Lanka praised Sri Lanka for progress so far in its post war efforts but warned more needs to be done.
  • US report on Sri Lanka slammed by rights organisations, welcomed by Sri Lanka
    Despite the mass human rights violations and war crimes the Sri Lankan government has committed and continues to commit, a new report published by a US senate committee suggests that the US should seek ‘warmer ties’ with Sri Lanka due to the geo-political significance of the island.
  • Never Again?
    What the Holocaust can't teach us about modern-day genocide
  • Army chief details murders of Nadesan, Puleedevan
    Sri Lanka’s former Army Commander has claimed that his forces were responsible for the killing of surrendering senior members of the Liberation Tigers in May this year.
  • The 2013 CHOGM - will it still be 1984 in Sri Lanka?
    The government of Sri Lanka (GoSL) has trouble with the truth. Alongside a track record of distortions and outright lies, its mastery of doublespeak of the sort Orwell so brilliantly narrated in his novel 1984 is both well-known and a thing to behold.
  • Sri Lanka land mine use defended
    The United Nations and its Secretary General are said to be strong advocates for countries to become parties to the Mine-Ban Convention.
  • Tamils risk all to flee Sri Lanka
    As a growing number of Tamils take to rickety boats and risk death to flee Sri Lanka, international observers have raised concerns about the lack of international concern shown for these people and the factors that drive them out of the country.
  • Voter turnout endorses Norwegian Council of Eelam Tamils
    The Norwegian Council of Eelam Tamils (NCET) attracted enough number of participants in the poll that took place Sunday November 15 in 16 centres of the different regions of Norway, in which 2767 voters turned out to elect 5 members under a national list and 10 under regional lists.
  • More support needed for displaced
    A top United Nations humanitarian official has welcomed the recent releases of internally displaced persons (IDPs) from camps in northern Sri Lanka, and underscored the need to ensure full freedom of movement for those remaining.
  • Amnesty urges CHOGM to ‘raise concerns’ on rights violations
    Amnesty International has written to the Commonwealth heads of state, drawing attention to the human rights violations in Sri Lanka and urging them to raise their concerns about these with their Sri Lankan counterparts.
  • Tamils recall tortured past
    The scars in Kumar’s hands are zipped-up wounds. Though the flesh is repaired, the marks are alive. You could almost reach out and open them, see the blood trickle out softly to tell a story.
  • Tamils recall tortured past
    The scars in Kumar’s hands are zipped-up wounds. Though the flesh is repaired, the marks are alive. You could almost reach out and open them, see the blood trickle out softly to tell a story.
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