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10,000 years of Dravidian Tamil History >> more

"There are legitimate issues raised by the Tamil community and they have a legitimate desire to control their own lives, to rule their own destinies, and to govern themselves in their homeland.''

U.S. Assistant Secretary of
State for South and Central Asian Affairs, Richard Boucher

Have No Fear !

Those who would deny the Tamils their rights use the language of terrorism to demonise and discredit our legitimate grievances

Sri Lanka
"Indeed, it is an enduring scandal that there have been virtually no convictions of government officials for killing Tamils, and many Tamils doubt that the rule of law will protect their lives."

United Nations

Sri Lanka
Sinhala nationalism, long an obstacle to the resolution of Sri Lanka’s ethnic conflict, is again driving political developments on the island.

Crisis Group

Tamil Declaration for Self Determination
Vaddukoddai Resolution-1976

Tamil Eelam
Demand in International Law
The UN International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (G.A Resolution 2200 of 1966) in Article 1 states: "All peoples have the right of self-determination. By virtue of that right they freely determine their political status and freely pursue their economic, social and cultural development."

Declaration of Independence

Tamil Eelam
And the U.S. Declaration

Of Independence >> more

1918 - 2005

'Dedication to
CJT Thamotheram - Patron'

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Karunanidhi wants Sri Lanka censured for 'genocide'
[ eNews ] [ 06 Oct 2008 20:08 GMT ]

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi Monday urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to condemn Sri Lanka's 'genocide' of the island's Tamil minority. [Full Story]

“Stop genocide of Sri Lankan Tamils”
[ The Hindu ] [ 06 Oct 2008 06:32 GMT ]

The DMK has organised a public meeting to condemn the killing of Tamils in Sri Lanka. [Full Story]

Send telegrams to Delhi -CM
[ BBC ] [ 05 Oct 2008 19:59 GMT ]

In a statement, Karunanidhi charged it was a genocidal war that was going on in the island nation and that only cease-fire could bring some relief to the the Tamils in Sri Lanka. [Full Story]

FAEs, LIBERALS AND GEN FONSEKA
[ TC ] [ 04 Oct 2008 11:42 GMT ]

Its use in the Vanni is the clearest demonstration of the Sinhalese regime’s genocidal intent. [Full Story]

Sri Lanka's social fabric in shreds
[ UPI ] [ 03 Oct 2008 13:38 GMT ]

Under the pretext of struggling for development and against an insurgency, the government has destroyed the fabric of Sri Lankan society. [Full Story]

UN food convoy reaches civilians displaced by fighting in northern Sri Lanka
[ UN News Centre ] [ 03 Oct 2008 00:21 GMT ]

Today’s statement from the Coordinator reiterated that humanitarian convoys are protected from attacks under international humanitarian law, and condemned the attempt this week to disrupt the aid convoy by placing the explosives on the trucks. [Full Story]

Perpetual War - International policies strengthen the polarization underpinning Sri Lanka’s ethnic war.
[ Tamil Guardian ] [ 02 Oct 2008 01:14 GMT ]

In short, at no time before has the Tamils’ uniting sense of perilous isolation been more clearly delineated. [Full Story]

Britain to aid displaced through functioning NGOs in Vanni
[ TamilNet ] [ 01 Oct 2008 00:39 GMT ]

Minister agreed that one of the fundamental reasons for such large scale internal displacement is due to the indiscriminate aerial bombardment of the Tamil areas. [Full Story]

Failures of International Law and The Security Council´s Tyranny
[ American Chronicle ] [ 01 Oct 2008 00:04 GMT ]

We have not seen the Security Council referring to the court regarding genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes, except in situations such as Darfur, and non-state country Cote d´Ivoire. [Full Story]

Tamils Against Genocide: Protest Rally at UN against Sri Lanka's Genocide Draws Thousands of Activists
[ eMediaWire ] [ 30 Sep 2008 13:14 GMT ]

The crowd protested the ongoing genocide of Tamils in Sri Lanka. They also denounced the visit to the UN by the Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa. [Full Story]

Help For Embattled Civilians Missing
[ IPS ] [ 28 Sep 2008 21:39 GMT ]

An estimated 230,000 people are in dire need of assistance in the northern areas of Sri Lanka that remain under the control of Tamil separatist rebels, according to international humanitarian agencies. [Full Story]

'Pain' of Sri Lanka aid pullout
[ BBC ] [ 27 Sep 2008 10:17 GMT ]

A week ago the UN and other agencies pulled out of the area, where more than 200,000 people are displaced by fighting. Here one aid worker describes how hard it was to leave. [Full Story]

The Tamil Community's fervent prayer for deliverance in their darkest hour
[ TWG Editorial ] [ 26 Sep 2008 03:10 GMT ]

The spirit of the Tamils is oft conjoined in prayer to God to ward off evil and to thank him for his blessings. Spirituality is a part of our culture and tradition and one might even say is programmed into our DNA. Whether Hindu or Christian, the Tamil is imbued with this spiritual act of communing with his Creator and Benefactor as witnessed by the devotion expressed in mass pilgrimages in Tamil Nadu and Tamil Eelam to the shrines of our God and saints. [Full Story]

Book: “Tamils in Sri Lanka - A Comprehensive History (C.300 B.C. - 2000 A.D.)”
[ Tamil Insight ] [ 24 Sep 2008 00:10 GMT ]

The time has come for this generation to rise and show what they are capable of. The history has shown what the Tamils are capable of.
[Full Story]

Sri Lanka - Time for International public protests
[ TC ] [ 23 Sep 2008 00:08 GMT ]

Protest now, or watch the Genocide of the Tamil people. The choice is yours. [Full Story]

Sri Lanka is losing its soul to war
[ Telegraph UK ] [ 22 Sep 2008 13:39 GMT ]

Along with truth, the traditional ‘first casualty' of conflict, you can add justice, freedom of speech and any hope of an equitable and peaceful settlement of Sri Lanka's ethnic problem for years to come. [Full Story]

Inside Sri Lanka: 'There is no freedom' in Jaffna
[ National Post ] [ 22 Sep 2008 13:11 GMT ]

City an open prison where fear, bloodshed reign [Full Story]

Tamil census ordered in Colombo
[ BBC ] [ 21 Sep 2008 19:21 GMT ]

All those who arrived in the city in the last five years were ordered to attend special registration centres. [Full Story]

The Iliad and the Tamils
[ Sangam ] [ 21 Sep 2008 00:05 GMT ]

Future Tamil generations must be provided with a history, a memory, that instills self-respect and confidence, if not pride, so that they will be like the phoenix, the mythical bird that, after being burnt, rose up from the ashes with renewed youth. [Full Story]

Analysis: Global implications of Sri Lanka's civil war
[ Telegraph UK ] [ 19 Sep 2008 17:21 GMT ]

With friends like China and Iran behind them, Sri Lanka no longer needs to allow the human rights concerns of Western powers to stop it fighting to its bitter end by fair means or by foul. [Full Story]

Fears as UN agencies pull out of Sri Lankan conflict zone
[ Telegraph UK ] [ 19 Sep 2008 10:16 GMT ]

With the eyes and ears of those organizations and the international community now being forcibly withdrawn, there is good reason to fear a period of terrible blood-letting in northern Sri Lanka. [Full Story]

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Tamil Diaspora to impose economic embargo on
Sri Lanka

Tamil Diaspora is being asked " in solidarity and without harm to Tamil businesses to fully commit itself to a total boycott of Sri Lankan products (and services)."

End Impunity for Attacks on Media Workers in
Sri Lanka

The paradox of international policy

Considering that during the history of the ethnic conflict Sri Lanka has failed to prosecute a single member of its armed forces, despite widespread and systematic abuses, suggests that ...

Catholic priest and his helper missing since 13th August 2006!

CFA 2002- 2007: 5 Years of Ceasefire - A Missed Opportunity

There are more internally displaced people now (887,475) than at the beginning of the CFA!

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