- 16 June 2015
In the Shadow of Military: Sri Lanka’s ‘new democracy’ and Tamil people
Mullivaikaal today is a picture perfect beach with a small fishing community. Boats line the seafront, stuffed with freshly caught fish, sting rays and even tiny sharks. It is hard to imagine that this beach was soaked in the blood of thou......
- 01 April 2015
Among the walking dead of India's refugee camps
Dusk is descending upon the Abdullapuram refugee camp, 120 kilometres outside Chennai, India. Most of the 1500 Tamil refugees in this open -air prison are already back in their wretched little huts, careful to meet the 6pm curfew and avoid the daily intimi....
- 10 December 2014
UN official blames int'l community, neighbours for failing to protect Tamils
A top UN envoy has accused the international community in general and the neighbouring countries in particular, for failing to protect the Tamil civilians in Sri Lanka's north from getting killed in thousands by the government security.......
- 06 September 2014
Sri Lanka's anti terror squad grills priest, school teachers over Tamil poetry book
A Catholic priest who narrowly survived the final phase of the war in Sri Lanka has been questioned by the Terrorism Investigation Division (TID) over a book of Tamil poetry he wrote called 'Uyirpathivu' which literally translates as, “Life Records”.
- 18 March 2015
War crime witness in UK under risk of deportation to danger in Sri Lanka
A key witness to alleged war crimes fears deportation by British authorities that may lead him to face torture and possible death in Sri Lanka. Former Tamil Tiger (LTTE) police officer Kannan Kalimuththu held in high security detention centre outside Heathrow airport......
- 07 September 2014
An eternal desire to study: A tale of war, love and survival
The reconstruction of the Sangupiddi road bridge, located on the A32 Jaffna-Mannar Main Highway, symbolizes the Sri Lankan government's so-called post-war development efforts in the North. Being one of the only two road bridges.....
- 07 July 2014
Tamil relative pleas to Morrison: 'Dont harm our baby'
A relative of a three-year-old girl missing on the ‘disappeared’ Tamil asylum-seeker boat has made a personal plea to Australia’s Immigration Minister, Scott Morrison, to protect his family from harm. “I am desperate to know where my family is. I can’t function..........
