"We will drive the Sri Lankan armed forces from our homeland and create Tamil Eelam. I have not an iota of doubt of that."

Five thousand Tamils rally calling on the UK to recognise self-determination demand.

Judge says presumption of innocence should hold even in terrorism cases.

“The kidnapping and disappearances of Tamils has reached epidemic proportions.”

But guerilla war said set to escalate as Tigers melt away from Thoppigala.

The lessons of July 1983

Liberalism’s challenges in Sri Lanka.

July '83 may have been the 'start' of the war, but the freedom struggle and the oppression it resists pre-dates that moment.

Summary of incidents – apart from major clashes – since 25 June

There appears to be complete lack of progress in the investigation of cases of murdered and attacked journalists.'

There may have been evidence tampering in the investigation into the murder of seventeen aid workers killed in Sri Lanka, an international body observed last week.

Seventeen workers of Action Contre La Faim (Action Against Hunger) were murdered in Muttur in August last year, in the midst of heavy fighting between the Sri Lankan military and the Liberation Tigers.

Criticism should be in proper language, respectful language'