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Sinhalicisation targets Mu'l'li-vaaykkaal and Nanthik-kadal[Thu, 28 May 2020, 22:03 GMT] Before 2009, there were no Buddhist viharas in Vadduvaakal and the areas surrounding the lagoon of Nanthik-kadal in Mullaiththeevu. In 2010, a Buddhist vihara was erected at Vadduvaakal, especially after the genocidal onslaught in 2009. Occupying Colombo's Sinhala colonisation was aimed at permanently wedging the demographic contiguity of the Northern and Eastern Provinces by seizing the coastal stretch from Kokkuth-thoduvaay to Kokku'laay and the interior lands. Now, the move is systematically expanded also to include the last tract of the coast, where the genocidal onslaught took place, namely Mu'l'li-vaaykkal and the banks of Nanthik-kadal, says Thurairajah Ravikaran, a former councillor of Nothern Province. Full story >>
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May 28 22:03  Sinhalicisation targets Mu'l'li-vaaykkaal and Nant..May 27 22:21 Occupying Colombo resumes Sinhala colonisation in ..May 26 20:43  Sinhala monks relaunch hate campaign against Potht..May 25 22:43 SL Police blocks journalists covering SL Navy-led ..May 24 15:14 US-India partnership reached unprecedented levels,..May 23 18:34 Gotabaya’s 19 May speech, outcome of defeatism, ir..May 22 23:11 Eight SL Navy personnel test positive in controver..May 21 15:56 TYO-UK pushes back on British Foreign Secretary's ..May 20 22:09 SL TID interrogates outspoken Tamil activist VS Si..May 19 16:23 IBC's sister-media Gagana used to threaten Tamil v..May 19 07:42 Eezham Tamil and Muslim solidarity non-negotiable ..May 18 23:20 Occupying SL military desecrates Remembrance Day c..May 18 07:11 Remembrance event urges Tamils to own justice proj..May 17 05:18 Break paradigm that regards Tamils as victims to a..May 16 16:54 The Guardian succumbs to pressure from SL High Com..Occupying Colombo resumes Sinhala colonisation in Batticaloa’s interior[Wed, 27 May 2020, 22:21 GMT] Tamil dairy farmers in Batticaloa complain that SL Mahaweli ‘Development’ Authority has recently resumed Sinhala colonisation of Paduvaan-karai region of Batticaloa, particularly the pasturelands at Periya-maathava’nai and Mayilaththa-madu in the administrative divisions of Koa'ra'laip-pattu South (Kiraan) and Ea'raavoorpattu (Chengkalai). The Mahaweli authority has identified land plots to settle more than one thousand Sinhala colonists, and a preparatory meeting has taken place in this regard on Tuesday, said Nimalan Kandsamy, the president of the association of dairy farmers. Sinhala officials belonging to the Mahaweli authority have stepped up their visits into the region. Chamal Rajapaksa, a sibling of SL President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, is the SL Minister of Mahaweli as well as the State Minister of Defence in the ‘caretaker’ cabinet of the Rajapaksa regime at the moment. Full story >>SL Police blocks journalists covering SL Navy-led quarantine transportation[Mon, 25 May 2020, 22:43 GMT] Occupying SL Navy and Police are blocking journalists in the North from exposing the use of Tamil areas as large-scale COVID-19 quarantine centres. Two Tamil journalists were recording video of a convoy of seventeen buses that were bringing individuals from South to SL military-operated quarantine centre at Pampai-madu in Vavuniyaa on Sunday. The SL Navy responded by blocking the A9 Road with the convoy until the SL Police negotiated with the journalists not to publish the video. Full story >>Gotabaya’s 19 May speech, outcome of defeatism, irresponsibility, say Colombo-based Tamils[Sat, 23 May 2020, 18:34 GMT] The political struggle of the Tamil people in the North-East was waged independent of the external powers, and it continues to remain so as the people who braved the military restrictions demonstrated it on 18 May. It is Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who is talking from the political backyard sustained by the external powers, notably the powers at loggerheads, the US and China. His speech on 19 May was a defeatist response to the political resolve demonstrated by the Tamils on the previous day, commented veteran human rights activist and Colombo-based Tamil Catholic priest Fr M. Sakthivel. In the meantime, Colombo-based Tamil politician Mano Ganesan questioned whether Mr Rajapaksa was transforming the SL State into a rogue state as Myanmar, North Korea and what Zimbabwe. He characterised Rajapaksa’s threat to withdraw from global bodies as an irresponsible stance. Full story >>TYO-UK pushes back on British Foreign Secretary's May 18 tweet[Thu, 21 May 2020, 15:56 GMT] On May 18, 2020 Dominic Raab, the British Foreign Secretary, posted a Twitter message about his conversation with SL Minister DCR Gunawardena and the “close relationship” between the UK and genocidal Sri Lanka. The Foreign Secretary’s tweet included an image of the Sinhala Lion Flag and the Union Jack. UK based activists in the Tamil Youth Organisation (TYO-UK) along with fourteen Tamil student societies responded, “[Y]our tweet regarding UK’s close relationship with the Sri Lankan government, is bittersweet to the Tamil Community,” While Boris Johnson recovered from COVID-19, Dominic Raab served as Deputy Prime Minister. Full story >>IBC's sister-media Gagana used to threaten Tamil villagers in Trinco on 18 May Remembrance[Tue, 19 May 2020, 16:23 GMT] A Sinhala-language news website, Gagana, owned by IBC Tamil Ltd., is being used in a campaign of reporting to prompt the intelligence wing of the occupying SL military to hunt down Tamil grassroots activists at Ki'li-veddi in Moothoor division of the Trincomalee district. A news item published in gaganga.lk with screenshots of social media messages supposedly shared in the accounts of three Tamils on the occasion of 18 May Mu'l'livaaykkaal Remembrance has put the lives of three persons, particularly one of them, in great danger, rights activists in Trincomalee said. The Sinhala ‘news’ accused the Tamil youth sharing the posts as promoters of “terrorism” through social media. It went further claiming that the Tamil youth were making money from “pro-LTTE Tamil diaspora.” Full story >>Occupying SL military desecrates Remembrance Day candles, harasses Tamil politicians[Mon, 18 May 2020, 23:20 GMT] The occupying Sinhala military and SL Police were blocking Tamil political parties from marking Mu'l'livaaykkaal Remembrance Day in Jaffna (TNPF) and Batticaloa (TNPF and ITAK) meting out various harassments. Former Chief Minister Justice CV Wigneswaran (TMK) was turned away at a checkpoint by the SL military Monday morning. The SL Police in Jaffna approached the SL judiciary on Sunday in a bid to block TNPF leader Gajendrakumar Ponnambalam and his fellow party members from attending the Remembrance event. The SL Police was arguing that they had failed to comply with COVID-19 measures during the remembrance events held earlier. However, they managed to convince the judge on Monday reversing the court decision with the help of a team of attorneys. Meanwhile, Sinhala soldiers were roaming around desecrating the remembrance lights that were lit by the people in Jaffna city in the evening. Full story >> Break paradigm that regards Tamils as victims to achieve equitable solution: Balakumaran in 2004[Sun, 17 May 2020, 05:18 GMT]  From the colonial British Lord Soulbury to Norwegian Peace Envoy Solheim, all external interlocutors intended to render Tamils’ demand below the point of optimal compromise. Soulbury went to the extent of humiliating the then Tamil leader GG Ponnambalam in his attempt to negate the demands of Tamils. He later regretted. Now, Solheim wants to do the same, i.e., tell Tamils to drop their arms. But, he is unable to say it face-to-face because LTTE Leader has demonstrated the balance of power for the first time in the evolutional history of Tamil leaders. However, the world powers still want to weaken the Tamil side and strengthen the SL State, said KV Balakumaran, a senior leader in the armed struggle of Tamils, back in 2004. Tamils cannot achieve anything with a “victim” mindset, he said in a lengthy consultative session to TamilNet in September 2004. Full story >>2ND LEAD (Update) SL Army fires at Tamil youth in Point Pedro, Jaffna[Fri, 15 May 2020, 12:26 GMT] 22-year-old Anushan Pasupathy sustained three gunshot wounds as the occupying SL Army (SLA) opened fire at the Tamil youth while he was riding a motorbike between Kaanthiyoor and Mu'raavil in Point Pedro, Jaffna, around 10:30 pm on Thursday. One of the SL Army soldier groups, deployed on Jaffna-Point Pedro Road fired at him without any provocation. The youth has been admitted to the hospital with three wounds. The incident has taken place near Manthikai hospital at Point Pedro in Vadamaraadchi. Three-member groups of SL Army soldiers have been deployed along the roads, junctions and suburbs in Jaffna to carry out the duties of the SL Police. In recent days, there have been reports of increasing violent acts by the Sinhala soldiers, who are stationed in the occupied Tamil homeland. The SLA soldiers claim that they are controlling the spread of COVID-19 as well as assisting the SL Police. Full story >>Remembrance of Tamil Genocide and Resistance commences in occupied Tamil Eelam[Wed, 13 May 2020, 22:55 GMT] The eleventh annual Mu'l'livaaykkaal Remembrance, commemorating tens of thousands of deaths and enforced disappearances in the genocidal war waged by the SL State against the nation of Eezham Tamils with the abetment by external powers, has commenced as the awakening week of Tamil nation against genocide. The remembrance week began with a commemoration at Nanthik-kadal near Mu'l'livaaykkaal in Mullaiththeevu and another event at Chemmani mass grave site in Jaffna on Wednesday. The occupying Sinhala Army was deployed in large number, and the SL Police was trying to block those who mobilised to launch the remembrance week. However, the participants braved the harassments in Jaffna and Vanni in commencing the memorial week. Full story >>Outspoken CCP called back from North, former commander appointed as top health bureaucrat[Mon, 11 May 2020, 20:25 GMT] Consultant Community Physician (CCP) Dr Murali Vallipuranathan, who raised credible scientific questions of SL military-operated COVID-19 isolation centre in Kaangkeasan-thu'rai (KKS) in Jaffna, has been transferred away from North to South. The move comes after Vallipuranathan's case studies called into question the “dormitory” type of the military-run isolation that resulted in cross infections spreading the disease among sixteen of twenty people who were isolated by the SL military at KKS. Northern Provincial Director of Health Services, Dr A Ketheeswaran, has received instructions from Colombo's Health Ministry to transfer Dr Vallipuranathan to Colombo. In the meantime, SL President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has appointed the Director-General of SL Army Health Services, Major General Sanjeewa Munasinghe as the Secretary of the Health Ministry in Colombo. Full story >>Occupying Sinhala soldiers mete out revenge assaults against Tamil families in Jaffna, Vanni[Sat, 09 May 2020, 11:31 GMT] A group of Sinhala soldiers, believed to be coming from the 522 Brigade camp of the occupying SL Army in Point Pedro, entered the house of Aingaran Achchitha and assaulted the women and children who were home in Vadamaraadchi East, Jaffna. 64-year-old Vijeyaluxmy Pathmanathan, the mother of Achchitha's husband, has been admitted to Point Pedro Base Hospital with injuries. The incident occurred around 10:45 pm Friday. The soldiers were searching for Aingaran, a former LTTE member, who had slapped a soldier following a minor quarrel sometime back in January. Mr Aingaran, fearing extra-judicial revenge, has gone underground as the SLA soldiers have been searching for him. Full story >>SL State continues mega ‘development’ crime in Mannaar amidst COVID-19 curfew[Thu, 07 May 2020, 18:34 GMT] Hundreds of Sinhala workers from South and Indian subcontractors are roaming free in Mannaar, between Oalaith-thoduvaay and Thoadda-ve'li, where Tamil villagers are struggling to cope with their livelihood due to COVID-19 curfew. Millionaire investors from the South and the occupying SL State abetted by Asian Development Bank, are not only violating the unanimous and democratic decision of the 21 elected Mannaar Divisional Council against the controversial windmill project, but they also have no concerns about the risk of coronavirus spread in the project area. Naduk-kudaa villagers in Peasaalai protested when the work suddenly resumed in mid-April. Since then, heavy vehicles transporting machinery from Trincomalee have been plying the road. From Thalai-mannaar to Thoadda-ve'li, ten Village (GS) areas of MannaarDivisional Secretariat division are severely affected by the mega project. Full story >>COVID-19 testing at Jaffna University temporarily suspended[Tue, 05 May 2020, 23:17 GMT] Following critical reports of unreliable COVID-19 testing at the laboratories of the Medical Faculty of the University of Jaffna and the prolonged delay in operationalising the test equipment at the Teaching Hospital of Jaffna, the testing activities at the Jaffna University seem to have been temporarily suspended with the explanation of ‘reconstruction work’ at the facility. In the meantime, the State Intelligence Service (SIS) of the SL State has launched an investigation to trace the source of the news leaked to media following reports of failing control tests, informed medical sources in Jaffna told TamilNet. Full story >>Sinhala monks relaunch hate campaign against Poththuvil Muslims[Tue, 26 May 2020, 20:43 GMT] SL President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on 14 May dispatched his defence secretary Kamal Gunaratne to set up a navy sub-post at the coastal locality known as Mathuragn-cheanai in Poththuvil of Ampaa'rai district. Back in 2015, encroaching Sinhala Buddhist monks had erected a Vihara, Muhudu Maha Viharaya, in the lands belonging to SL Archaeology Department. Then, they started to harass the Tamil-speaking Muslims in the nearby area with the motive of annexing more lands to their temple. The monks were using the electoral politics to mobilise support to their campaign. Now, ahead of the SL Parliamentary elections, the issue has re-surfaced, especially after the chief prelates of the three chapters of the Sinhala Theravada Buddhist Maha Sangha met with Mr Gotabaya on 24 April 2020. Full story >>US-India partnership reached unprecedented levels, says outgoing US top diplomat[Sun, 24 May 2020, 15:14 GMT] Alice Wells, the outgoing US Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs, said the military cooperation between India and the US had reached unprecedented levels. The outgoing US top diplomat for South Asia was taking stock of US-India partnership and the Indo-Pacific vision in a virtual call with the Atlantic Council think-tank on Wednesday. So far, the countries have concluded the four of the five major defence-enabling agreements and that she expected the last one, the Basic Exchange and Cooperation Agreement (BECA), to be signed within the end of 2020. “It’s quite remarkable to think that the same missile defence system protecting Washington, NASAMS, will soon be protecting New Delhi,” she said. Full story >>Eight SL Navy personnel test positive in controversial quarantine centre in Vanni[Fri, 22 May 2020, 23:11 GMT] At least eight SL Navy personnel among the five-hundred individuals brought from South to SL military-operated quarantine centre at Keappaa-pulavu of Mullaiththeevu district in the North have tested positive for COVID-19. Two SLN sailors tested positive on Thursday and six more on Friday, according to the Mullaiththeevu office of the Regional Director of Health Services. The grassroots organisations and civic representatives have condemned the SL military for converting the small building of Pilak-kudiyiruppu primary health care centre, located in an area where Tamil people have been resettling after the area was released back to the people in 2011. Full story >>SL TID interrogates outspoken Tamil activist VS Sivakaran in Mannaar[Wed, 20 May 2020, 22:09 GMT] A five-member team of the notorious ‘Terrorist’ Investigation Division (TID) that from Colombo to Mannaar carried out an intimidating interrogation of VS Sivakaran, the chairman of Thamizh Theasia Vaazhvurimaich Changkam on Wednesday. The SL TID personnel led by an inspector-rank officer were posing questions in the two-and-a-half-hour investigation about Mr Sivakaran’s role in Maaveerar-Naa’l (Heroes’ Day) marked on 27 November 2019. They also warned the outspoken critic of genocidal Colombo that he was on a watchlist for organising remembrance days for people whom the TID blamed as “terrorists”. The harassment comes two days after Eezham Tamils braved SL military and police harassments in North and East marking Mu'l'livaaykkaal Remembrance and Awakening Day against Tamil Genocide on Tuesday. Sivakaran was formerly the secretary of the youth wing of Ilankai Tamil Arasuk Kadchi (ITAK). Full story >>Eezham Tamil and Muslim solidarity non-negotiable in true spirit of Mu'l'livaaykkaal[Tue, 19 May 2020, 07:42 GMT]  2ND LEAD (Adds video) Remembrance event urges Tamils to own justice project, establish genocidal intent of Sinhala state[Mon, 18 May 2020, 07:11 GMT]  The Guardian succumbs to pressure from SL High Commission on indigenous term Eelam[Sat, 16 May 2020, 16:54 GMT] “Eelam is an indigenous name for which popular holiday island?,” was a question posed by a travel quiz published by the Guardian on 15 May. The quiz had rightfully stated the term, which is one of the ancient names for the island. However, in a political move, the High Commission of the unitary state of genocidal “Sri Lanka” reacted against the term “Eelam” sending a letter misinforming the paper that the term had “never been used as an indigenous name for Sri Lanka”. The paper has removed the question without defending the term “Eelam”. Full story >>IC deceived Tamils on genocide investigation: Students of Faculty of Art at Jaffna University[Thu, 14 May 2020, 21:28 GMT] The student community of Jaffna University symbolically marked the second day of Mu'l'likvaaykkaal Remembrance week by lighting candles at the entrance to the university at 7 pm on Thursday. However, SL Police cordoned off the gate and threatened the students that it was a violation of measures against the spread of COVID-19 pandemic. The students reminded the police that they were maintaining proper social distancing and the number of students involved in the symbolic event. The policemen were harassing the students with the claim that they were empowered to detain and hand over the students to the SL military for COVID-19 quarantining. In the meantime, the student leaders at the Faculty of Art issued a statement condemning the international community and the United Nations for failing to deliver international justice to the genocide committed against the Tamils by the SL State. Full story >>India neither ‘balancer’ or ‘challenger’ to China in Indo-Pacific: Aussie think-tank[Tue, 12 May 2020, 23:03 GMT] “India’s economic dependence on China, and its recent protectionist response, limits its ability to act as a balancer or challenger to China in the Indo-Pacific,” argues Dr Priya Chacko, the senior lecturer in International Politics at the University of Adelaide. The author who specialises in the politics, political economy and foreign policy of India, and the geopolitics and geoeconomics of the Indo-Pacific, in a briefing published through a think-tank, urges other governments “to take heed of these constraints when forming expectations of India’s role in the region”. The briefing paper titled “India’s economic dependence on China and Indo-Pacific integration”, was published by Perth USAasia Centre on 05 May 2020.
Full story >>Mannaar fishers confront off-season right after Pandemic curfew ravaging their livelihood: Alam[Sun, 10 May 2020, 21:24 GMT] Most of the fisher families in Mannaar live below the poverty line. The fishers have been severely affected due to curfew and other measures imposed to control the spread of COVID-19. The district, as well as many other districts in the island, have been under curfew since 20 March 2020. Although there has been some assistance, such as the advance payments for Samurdhi beneficiaries, no other humanitarian aid has been forthcoming, says Noor Alam Mohammed, the deputy head of Mannaar Fisheries Federation. The only exception has been the activity of some NGOs assisting the most vulnerable, he said. Meanwhile, the off-season has also arrived adding to their plight, Mr Alam said. Full story >>Gotabaya Rajapaksa is no more US-citizen, but SL military relationship with US continues[Fri, 08 May 2020, 23:50 GMT] SL President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s name has finally appeared in the Federal Register of the US Government, which publishes a quarterly list of individuals, who have chosen to expatriate. Nandasena Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s name appeared in the list issued on Friday. Mr Gotabaya was commanding the genocidal war against Eezham Tamils as a US citizen with a well-knit link with the US Department of Defense, the Pentagon in the run up to the genocidal onslaught in the island. Mr Gotabaya was also the signatory of a defence agreement with the US in 2007, which lasted till 2017. Full story >>Pompeo praises work of outgoing US point person for South Asia[Wed, 06 May 2020, 23:38 GMT] Acting US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia (SCA) Alice Wells, who has been serving under US President Donald Trump for over three years now, is set to retire later this month. Ms Alice has advanced strong US-India ties to unprecedented levels but was also touching human rights issues on Kashmir. “I want to give a shout out to one of my colleagues, Alice Wells, as she prepares to depart the State Department. She has done remarkable work,” US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told reporters on Wednesday. Ms Wells was serving in Acting position and not made Assistant Secretary of State for SCA during the well-appreciated tenure. After Indian-American Nisha Biswal, the position of Assistant Secretary of State for SCA has remained vacant for over three years. Full story >>SL State ranked weakest among emerging economies in South Asia, 61st out of 66 globally[Mon, 04 May 2020, 22:08 GMT] The Economist has listed “Sri Lanka” the 61st weakest state out of 66 developing economies of the world in a global ranking that used four indicators of financial strength. Bangladesh was ranked 9th and India 18th among the 33 strongest countries. Pakistan was ranked 43rd. Sri Lanka was 61st on the list, right between Tunisia and Angola, five above Venezuela, which was ranked as the weakest with most financial peril. The Economist released the details on countries facing debt distress in its May 2nd edition. “About 30 are in distress or flirting with it. The alphabet of alarm runs from Angola to Zambia,” the report said. Full story >>
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2012: 2012 May 31 23:29 British Court finds Sri Lanka torture allegatio... 2012 May 31 04:30 Uprooted Tamils live with UXO threat, UN agenci... 2012 May 31 02:42 Tamil asylum seekers to be forcibly deported fr... 2011: 2011 May 31 16:13 Australia should speak up against war crimes: N... 2011 May 31 00:02 UN Commissioner's call for war-crimes probe jol... 2010: 2010 May 31 17:34 Israeli attack on humanitarian convoy sends sho... 2010 May 31 11:43 5 male corpses exhumed from toilet pit in Ki’li... 2010 May 31 10:41 UN Rights chief renews call for Sri Lanka war-c... 2010 May 31 08:27 Film producer, director Ratnam released without... 2009: 2009 May 31 20:47 UN can investigate Sri Lanka’s actions - war cr... 2009 May 31 09:07 Muslims oppose Digavaapi designation in Ampaa'rai 2009 May 31 06:35 Extortionists arrested in Mannaar 2009 May 31 03:46 Sri Lanka Police arrests Tamil woman in Wattala 2009 May 31 01:44 Potent Tamil voice for European Parliament 2008: 2008 May 31 22:38 Complicit in silence- Kumar David 2008 May 31 16:17 Sakthi TV journalist released by CID 2008 May 31 16:13 2 killed, 8 injured in Wellawatte blast 2008 May 31 12:15 Tamil youth shot dead in Serunuwara 2008 May 31 11:44 Tamil youth reported missing in Vavuniyaa 2008 May 31 11:40 Rajapakse leaves for Italy 2008 May 31 11:35 16 civilians arrested in Wellawatte 2008 May 31 10:05 Parliamentarian Reggie Ranatunge passes away 2008 May 31 07:47 Buddhist priest arrested with explosives in Galle 2008 May 31 06:18 Gunmen open fire at homeguards in Moneragala 2008 May 31 06:01 Couple, homeguard shot dead in Vilpattu 2008 May 31 04:37 Court discharges Tamil undergraduate in Jeyaraj... 2008 May 31 01:30 Colombo's contradictory positions on media free... 2008 May 31 00:50 Home guard shot dead in Seruvila 2007: 2007 May 31 17:05 12 Tamil civilians arrested in Battaramulla 2007 May 31 16:50 SLA shoots dead youth in Batticaloa 2007 May 31 15:57 Tamils ordered to vacate lodges in Pettah 2007 May 31 12:01 Pungkudutheevu body identified as belonging to ... 2007 May 31 11:51 India opposes Sri Lanka buying arms from China,... 2007 May 31 11:40 SLFP to take disciplinary action against sacked... 2007 May 31 11:35 APRC to submit proposals in 2 months 2007 May 31 11:31 Tiran Alles remanded 2007 May 31 11:28 10 Tamil civilians arrested in Tissamaharagama 2007 May 31 11:12 White van squads abduct 2 Tamils in Colombo 2006: 2006 May 31 23:56 SLMM Head visits Sea Tiger base in Mullaithivu 2006 May 31 22:58 Policeman shot dead in Kallady, Batticaloa 2006 May 31 17:40 Families flee from Batticaloa border villages 2006 May 31 17:23 Gunmen fire at Batticaloa STF post killing home... 2006 May 31 12:21 SLA officer killed in Nelliady firefight 2006 May 31 10:48 Security fears force Mannar farmers to abandon ... 2006 May 31 10:19 Body of unidentified youth found in Mannar 2006 May 31 10:18 Female body found in Akkaraipattu 2006 May 31 09:28 Tamil families flee Muttur town 2006 May 31 03:53 Manthuvil parents to file habeas corpus petitio... 2006 May 31 02:03 Fighting breaks out near Nagarkovil FDL 2005: 2005 May 31 21:59 AHRC fears "major breakdown of law and order" 2005 May 31 17:14 Economic embargo imposed in Batticaloa, Vaharai... 2005 May 31 16:28 One dead, three injured in explosion in Kachchai 2005 May 31 13:24 Buddha statue installed in Omanthai Pillayar te... 2005 May 31 08:14 Senior Military Intelligence officer shot dead ... 2005 May 31 03:27 US Senate calls for equitable distribution of t... 2005 May 31 02:56 NorthEast rural hospitals receive ambulances fr... 2005 May 31 02:16 Red Cross to construct 1000 houses in Trinco di... 2004: 2004 May 31 15:51 NEIAP assists Kappalthurai resettled families 2004 May 31 14:42 Nadesan's funeral to be held in Nelliyady Wedne... 2004 May 31 13:50 LTTE condemns Nadesan's killing, warns SL secur... 2004 May 31 08:31 Batticaloa journalist shot dead 2004 May 31 03:14 Ruling Alliance facing crisis? 2004 May 31 01:22 Minority Rights workshop held in Trincomalee 2003: 2003 May 31 19:33 Trinco Vipulananda holds first prize giving in ... 2003 May 31 18:15 Batticaloa News in brief 2003 May 31 17:23 World Bank teams to assess NEIAP projects in no... 2003 May 31 17:20 Body recovered from Valigamam well 2003 May 31 13:48 LTTE releases two Sri Lankan police constables 2003 May 31 00:16 Trinco Ladies College celebrates 80th anniversary 2002: 2002 May 31 23:41 SLMM chief in Jaffna 2002 May 31 22:27 Swedish Foreign Office delegation meets Thamilc... 2002 May 31 10:04 US denies military alliance amid Tamil suspicion 2002 May 31 01:07 'Strategic’ camps to remain despite ceasefire t... 2001: 2001 May 31 18:36 Mannar judge calls SIU bluff 2001 May 31 18:34 ICRC dissemination program for Trinco LTTE 2001 May 31 08:44 Tortured Jaffna youth petitions SC 2000: 2000 May 31 20:10 Ratwatte explains SLA activity in Jaffna 2000 May 31 16:48 Two women assaulted in SLA custody 2000 May 31 16:47 UNP bomb blast suspects further remanded 2000 May 31 11:05 Passengers say Jaffna situation grim 1999: 1999 May 31 18:22 Two transformers destroyed in Vavuniya 1999 May 31 16:12 Arrested students released on bail 1999 May 31 16:10 Thirukovil refugees ask to go home 1999 May 31 14:33 Razeek group second in command dies 1999 May 31 12:34 PS Deputy Chairman killed 1998:
1998 May 31 23:59 School boy killed in Jaffna 1998 May 31 23:59 9 SLA bodies exchanged through ICRC 1998 May 31 23:59 NGO condemns military pressure 1998 May 31 23:59 50 SLA troops killed - VoT 1998 May 31 23:59 Civilian killed in army fire 
I fear we are destined to kill and slaughter each other for ages to come....Whatever may be the issue, I cannot help sympathizing with the struggles of a warlike people to drive invaders from their lands.
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Know the Etymology: 332 Place Name of the Day: (332 of 500 revised) Koyilā-maṉai/ Kōyilā-maṉai  The temple house; or the house of the temple servants  [05.03.18] FIU of CBSL emerges as networked Intel outfit against Tamils in homeland, Diaspora: The so-called Financial Investigative Unit (FIU) of the Central Bank of the unitary State of genocidal Sri Lanka (CBSL), which is led by a Colombo-based ‘Sri Lankan’ Tamil, Indrajith Coomaraswamy, is scheming rigid controls on Community-Based Organisations (CBOs) in the North-East with a ‘counter-insurgency’ role. Related Story >>  [15.02.18] Wives of enforced disappeared exposed to nightmare on Valentine's Day: At a stage event organised by the so-called Families of Disappeared (FoD) operated by Colombo based NGO and diplomatic community, Tamil women from the East were exposed to the traumatic experience of narrating their love stories with their husbands. Related Story >>  [20.01.18] STF, SL departments harass resettled Tamils in Madu: The guards and officials of various SL departments as well as the notorious commandos of the StF are repeatedly harassing the 300 resettled and poverty-stricken Eezham Tamils of Ira'ndaam-kaddai (2nd Mile Post), which is located between Madu Shrine and Sinhala militarised Madu Road Junction in Mannaar district. Related Story >>  [15.01.18] Sinhala Buddhicisation stepped up in Trincomalee North: SL Presidential Secretariat in Colombo is exerting pressure on Tamil Divisional Secretary not to interfere in the affairs of extreme Sinhala Buddhist monks, who are engaged in cultural genocide in Kumpu'rup-piddi in Trincomalee North. Related Story >>  [01.01.18] Colombo demonstrates ‘foremost place’ to Buddhism at Champoor: The SL Archaeology Department, extremist Sinhala Buddhist monks, Sinhala governor and his wife are all jointly working for Sinhala Buddhicisation of Champoor, where SL Navy, groomed by the U.S. Pacific Command under the notion of 'military-to-military' engagement, is having its training base for the marines of genocidal Sri Lanka. Related Story >>  [25.12.17] SL Army wages Sinhala-Buddhicisaton of Baron's Cap in Batticaloa Northwest: With the collaboration of ministries of Fisheries and Tourism, 232 Brigade of the Army of occupying Sri Lanka is Sinhalicising the Kudumpi-malai area of Batticaloa district. Related Story >>  [17.12.17] Enduring psychological disaster of families of enforced disappeared conveyed through film: The story writer and director of the award winning short-film, Uru (Trance), 49-year-old Gnanadas Kasinathar, narrates the depth of psychological disaster as witnessed by him on the ground. The film, shot in Batticaloa, is inspired by the stories of long enduring sufferings of the enforced disappeared families. Related Story >>  [13.11.17] Factoring political solution more important than addressing human rights: Not only did the Sri Lankan regime won the war against the Tamil liberation force, it might even win the propaganda war if the problems of Tamils in the island are exclusively focused on human rights to the neglect of the fundamental question of a long lasting political solution, commented Deputy Chief Minister of Penang state in Malaysia, Professor P. Ramasamy, told TamilNet on Monday. Related Story >>  [08.10.17] SL constitutional discourse seen coupled with ‘Vision 2025’ policy of genocidal Sri Lanka: The World Bank, the IMF and the WTO are behind the agenda that seeks to permanently lock Eezham Tamils into a Colombo-centric single-unit of genocidal Sri Lanka. The interim report on the constitutional discourse should be seen coupled with ‘Vision 2025’, launched by the Agent State in Colombo in September 2017. Related Story >>  [20.09.17] Sathasivam papers on Sumerian-Tamil connections see the light of day: Four pioneering research papers on the Dravidian connections between ancient Sumerian and Tamil, written between 1964 and 1987 by Eezham Tamil scholar, the late Prof A Sathasivam, gain new significance today because of the current advancements in coupling linguistics with DNA studies. Related Story >>  [04.07.17] Understanding ‘Quisling politics’ and facing it with ‘Navaratnam School of Thought’: Eezham Tamils should grasp the synthesis of the Colombo-centric Quisling politics, which is being brought into them by the global powers and regain their strength to address it through the school of thought embraced by enlightened leaders of Eezham Tamils in the past. Related Story >>  [08.06.17] Netherlands-funded CEPA project wages political ‘counter-insurgency’ on Tamils: Colombo-based NGO outfit, Centre for Poverty Analysis (CEPA), is tasked to recruit gullible and opportunistic sections of the diaspora expanding Rajapaksa-time ‘KP-Diaspora’ programme. The programme is funded by the foreign ministries of the USA, The Netherlands, United Kingdom, Norway, Germany, Switzerland and Australia. Related Story >>  [20.02.16] The Tamil Genocide by Sri LankaThe second edition with over 150 new pages traces the ongoing engagement in the Sri Lankan conflict of Professor Francis A. Boyle, an eminent American expert in international law, from the conflict’s last years to the present pursuit of UN recognition of the Tamil genocide and call for reparations. It is the first book to develop an authoritative case for genocide against the Government of Sri Lanka under international law. The book is available from Clarity Press, Amazon in soft cover or in Kindle version.  [11.11.15] South Africa to Singapore: global Tamils grasping geopolitics to act: The South African conference held in Durban has come out with many demands that are dear to the heart of Tamils, such as demilitarisation, stopping Sinhala colonisation, repeal of the 6th Amendment to facilitate free negotiation etc. But the slip was still showing when the conference avoided the term genocide. What was more ironical that betrayed the deception was the slogan of the conference organizers that called the country they want to salvage as ‘Sri Lanka’, boldly written in Tamil. Related Story >>  [04.11.15] Tamil leadership need not shy away or react to unfair challenge coming from Sumanthiran: Eezham Tamil polity seeking pardon from Tamil-speaking Muslims should be unassuming, but it should come in an enlightening way to the edification of the Colombo-centric agenda or the powers-guided agenda, pursued in the past as well as in the present. Otherwise, it may only amount to conferring impunity to the State in Colombo and its abettors. Related Story >>  [06.05.15] Retired land commissioner of Eastern Province on Structural Genocide against Eezham Tamils: The systematic seizure of traditional lands belonging to the Tamil speaking people of the North-East have been widespread under the guise of archaeological, forest and wild-life conservations and subsequently carried out through the acts of demarcating these lands under the purview of the state apparatuses such as the Archaeological Department, Forest Department and the Wild-life Conservation Department, says retired Land Commissioner of the Eastern Province Karthirgamathamby Kurunathan, in an in-depth video interview to TamilNet. Related Story >>  [05.05.15] TNPF rejects ‘domestic investigations’ upheld by USA: The fact that the United States and the US Secretary of State John Kerry would consider the post January 08th 2015 situation in Sri Lanka, with the new government favourable, is understandable. But, for him to suggest that there is a favourable condition for the Tamils, is stretching too far, said Tamil National Peoples Front (TNPF) Leader Gajendrakumar Ponnambalam, responding to a question from TamilNet. Related Story >>  [02.05.15] Sivaram, Wigneswaran saw futility in convincing Sinhala polity: senior editor: The failure of Sivaram and his transfer into a staunch Tamil nationalist is analogical to the political course and current stand of the NPC Chief Minister, Mr C.V. Wigneswaran, said veteran Tamil journalist and editor, Mr. V. Thevaraj, addressing the 10th assassination anniversary meet of Sivaram held in Batticaloa on Wednesday. Related Story >> |
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