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Unprecedented P2P uprising paves the way for rights-oriented politics of Tamils and Muslims. [TamilNet, Sunday, 07 February 2021, 23:16 GMT] The Tamil-speaking people in the North-East have waged an unprecedented post-2009 march from Poththuvil in Ampaa’rai in the East to Polika’ndi in Jaffna.
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Viraj Mendis: A beacon of international solidarity and a pillar in the Eelam-Tamil liberation struggle. [TamilNet, Sunday, 18 August 2024, 21:23 GMT] Comrade Viraj Mendis, arrived in the U.K in 1973 as a student and were there until he was forcefully deported by the British government to Sri Lanka in 1989.
JVP always denied Eezham Tamils’ inalienable self-determination: Anthropology scholar. [TamilNet, Saturday, 21 September 2024, 16:12 GMT] The JVP has recently lent itself to US efforts to consolidate the unitary state and realise its long-held ambition to capture state power in Colombo. In this regard, they have also engaged with a range of ...
Photos from Tamil feast of uprising in Vanni. [TamilNet, Sunday, 07 July 2019, 18:17 GMT] Hundreds of Eezham Tamils from all walks of life got together on Saturday to mark a Pongkal feast at the small temple for Neeraaviyadi Pi'l'laiyar at Naayaa'ru in Mullaith-theevu.
Viraj exposed West’s criminalization of Tamil struggle. Even though I first met Viraj Mendis in Geneva, his reputation as a fearless advocate for Tamil liberation preceded him. The movement respected Viraj, and many of our leaders in the diaspora and the homeland sought his clarity and insight.
The deaths of Tamil detainees at the hands of their Sinhala counterparts in Sri Lankan prisons is not a new phenomenon. The Welikada massacre of July 1983 is a well known incident. Sinhala prisoners in the Welikada jail killed 52 Tamils who were incarcerated for political activity against the State.
A video clip received from Journalists for Democracy in Sri Lanka (JDS) evidences the way extra-judicial killings are executed in the island. The video captured in January show the behaviour of Sri Lanka’s soldiers during the war that is claimed ‘humanitarian operation’ to rescue the Tamils, JDS reported Tuesday.
The administrative officials of NorthEast have requested the residents to wear the national flower on all occassions of national significance. They also urge everyone to grow the Karthigai vine in private homes, public places, business premises, educational institutions and other places in NorthEast.