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LISTEN: Kartik Amarnath on community empowerment
[ Environmental Health News ] [ 12 Jul 2021 23:49 GMT ]
Kartik Amarnath joins the Agents of Change in Environmental Justice podcast to discuss his work and advocacy in community self-determination and empowerment, and energy justice.
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Stan Swamy: Jailed activist dies at 84
[ BBC ] [ 05 Jul 2021 16:30 GMT ]
The son of a farmer father and homemaker mother from the southern state of Tamil Nadu, Swamy led a school for training leaders of marginalised communities in Bangalore for more than a decade.
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Sri Lanka: Pardons a Meager Response to Abusive Law
[ Human Rights Watch ] [ 30 Jun 2021 02:10 GMT ]
'Sri Lanka's international partners need to keep up the pressure until there is genuine reform to end systemic abuses, and not allow themselves to be deflected with unreliable promises or empty gestures.'
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Systemic Torture - The Dark Stain on Sri Lanka
[ Ground Views ] [ 29 Jun 2021 01:19 GMT ]
Torture survivors have depression, anxiety, sleep disturbances, nightmares and difficulties in concentration. Many suffer from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder where they revisit their torture again and again.
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Our Campaign Against the Web Series Family Man 2
[ BTF ] [ 24 Jun 2021 09:45 GMT ]
We, as victims of the biggest genocide in this century, note with concern the falsification of the just struggle of Eelam Tamils against the state oppression in the above web series and strongly condemn it.
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Fascism, Australian style
[ Red Flag ] [ 11 Jun 2021 00:05 GMT ]
And no way can we continue to tolerate the normalisation of policies that German neo-Nazis seek to emulate.
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One Night In Sri Lanka
[ Madras Courier ] [ 08 Jun 2021 23:55 GMT ]
'What are you Indians doing here? Leave as soon as possible. This is not where you ought to be!'.
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The Precarious Politics and Tamil Eelam in The Family Man 2
[ The Quint ] [ 04 Jun 2021 23:55 GMT ]
The Family Man too is a prolific producer of corpses on all sides, but it always allows some time for an important conversation about family, a dusk time digression on the fight for a homeland and an undead separatist movement, a companionship found under shards of genocide.
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History of Sri Lanka
[ Encyclopedia Britannica ] [ 27 May 2021 10:11 GMT ]
Sri Lanka has had a continuous record of human settlement for more than two millennia, and its civilization has been shaped largely by that of the Indian subcontinent.
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Comparing Zionism and Sinhala-Buddhist nationalism
[ Red Flag ] [ 26 May 2021 19:30 GMT ]
The results are the same: the national oppression of one group at the hands of a supremacist state run by increasingly radicalised far-right politicians who often justify their abhorrent actions in religious terms.
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The Mulliwaikkal divergence
[ The Daily Express ] [ 17 May 2021 23:23 GMT ]
How ceremonies marking the end of the war on May 18 and 19 are keeping up an entrenched conflict between Sinhala and Tamil nationalisms.
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The vice tightens
[ Tamil Guardian ] [ 27 Apr 2021 00:07 GMT ]
The placing of sanctions on Sri Lankan officials, the suspending of favourable trade concessions, and the prosecution of war criminals through universal jurisdiction are all tangible and immediate steps that the international community can take in response to Sri Lanka's deterioration.
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Issues in India-Sri Lanka Ties
[ Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses ] [ 25 Apr 2021 12:05 GMT ]
Due to the geographic proximity and people-to-people connect, Sri Lanka's political and security stability is in India's interests.
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Tamil Freedom and Continuing Human Rights Violations in Sri Lanka
[ TWG Editorial ] [ 10 Apr 2021 21:35 GMT ]
The appointment of an Independent International Inquiry on human rights violation in Sri Lanka is urgently needed. This should be followed by a referendum to implement the self-determination to restore of the nationhood of Tamils in North east of Sri Lanka.
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Sri Lanka: AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL REPORT 2020/21
[ Amnesty International ] [ 07 Apr 2021 18:32 GMT ]
There was continued impunity for violations committed during the internal armed conflict, and the government failed to uphold commitments to the UN Human Rights Council around justice and reconciliation.
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Sri Lanka: Landmark UN Resolution Promotes Justice
[ Human Rights Watch ] [ 30 Mar 2021 09:45 GMT ]
Resolution 46/1, adopted on March 23, 2021, establishes a powerful new accountability process to collect, analyze, and preserve evidence of international crimes committed in Sri Lanka for use in future prosecutions.
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Wrong signal
[ The Statesman ] [ 29 Mar 2021 23:50 GMT ]
Crucial issues like the plight of Tamil prisoners of war and the families of Tamils subjected to enforced disappearance are ignored.
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British Tamil woman concludes hunger strike after 17 days
[ Tamil Guardian ] [ 15 Mar 2021 00:34 GMT ]
Britain's parliament is to hold a debate on the 'UK's Commitment to Reconciliation, Accountability and Human Rights in Sri Lanka,' as a resolution on the issue is due to be voted on at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva this month.
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Enforced Disappearances - the 'White Flag Surrenders'
[ Independent Online ] [ 10 Mar 2021 23:27 GMT ]
The UN Human Rights Council, reformed to amplify the voices of victims, is now the terrain of powerful member states who oppose the cries of victims for justice and accountability, making a mockery of human rights.
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A Growing Rights Crisis in Sri Lanka
[ Human Rights Watch ] [ 17 Feb 2021 23:55 GMT ]
Indian leaders have committed to supporting the rights of minority Tamils in Sri Lanka to 'live with equity, equality, justice, peace and dignity'. The Indian government has also vowed to uphold global human rights.
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A New Beginning for USA - A New Hope for Tamils?
[ TWG Editorial ] [ 03 Feb 2021 00:05 GMT ]
What is needed is a major and concerted international intervention to bring about peace between the Sinhalese and Tamils, who have not enjoyed peaceful co-existence since their independence in 1948.
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Erasing Tamil Legacy in Sri Lanka
[ Jurist ] [ 02 Feb 2021 21:45 GMT ]
The crimes committed against the Tamil community were so heinous that they have been labeled as genocide and ethnic cleansing, with former President Barack Obama recently describing it as an 'ethnic slaughter'.
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Conflict, Stability and Security Fund
[ Government of United Kingdom ] [ 22 Jan 2021 10:40 GMT ]
The CSSF works to build peace and stability in countries at risk of instability as well as in regions suffering from long running conflicts.
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Ties with Sri Lanka: A fine balancing act
[ India Legal ] [ 15 Jan 2021 09:55 GMT ]
India had been keenly following the issue in the UNHRC as it is intimately linked to the ethnic reconciliation process, underwritten in the Indo-Sri Lanka Agreement in 1987.
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India Seeks to Counter China in Sri Lanka
[ The Citizen ] [ 07 Jan 2021 23:10 GMT ]
Anxious to be relevant for Sri Lanka's security, Jaishankar said: 'As maritime countries in the Indian Ocean, India and Sri Lanka have a shared interest in ensuring maritime security and safety.
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Pope urges coronavirus vaccine access for all
[ BBC ] [ 25 Dec 2020 15:00 GMT ]
'May the Son of God renew in political and government leaders a spirit of international cooperation, starting with health care, so that all will be ensured access to vaccines and treatment,' he said.
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Sri Lanka remains a human rights priority for the UK
[ Tamil Guardian ] [ 21 Dec 2020 23:50 GMT ]
This statement comes in advance of the 46th UN Human Rights Council session set for March. Tamil parliamentarians are calling not just for a renewal of the UN human rights resolution, which Sri Lanka has abandoned.
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Do Tamils want to fight, and for what?
[ Colombo Gazette ] [ 17 Dec 2020 22:59 GMT ]
After three decades and more, the community is where it began, minus a decent and dignified living, minus the political strength and mental stamina to fight the Sri Lankan State.
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Forced cremations in Sri Lanka
[ Amnesty International ] [ 15 Dec 2020 01:09 GMT ]
In a country where minorities are marginalized and discriminated against, Muslims who fall victim to COVID-19 are unjustly prevented from being laid to rest in accordance with their religious beliefs.
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Sri Lanka - Speaking for the Dead
[ MenaFn ] [ 08 Dec 2020 11:20 GMT ]
Cut short to Shanakiyan, the Batticaloa TNA parliamentarian's name seems to be in the mouth of every Sinhala politician and possibly media-watchers, too, after his powerful speech in the House, the other day.
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Righting wrongs
[ Tamil Guardian ] [ 07 Dec 2020 02:31 GMT ]
Indeed, it is the Tamil mothers on the roadsides of the North-East who have been most unrelenting in their calls for justice.
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How stolen Hindu idols were discovered in UK
[ BBC ] [ 06 Nov 2020 22:08 GMT ]
They belong to a 15th Century temple built during the Vijayanagara empire, located in Anandamangalam village in Tamil Nadu state. Vijayanagara was once one of the most important trading centres in the world.
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Editorial - Missed opportunities
[ Tamil Guardian ] [ 02 Nov 2020 23:55 GMT ]
For the Tamil people, from the families of the disappeared to those still struggling for their land and those still under military occupation, Pompeo could have, and should have, shed light on their suffering.
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Sinhalization of the North-East
[ Pearl Action ] [ 29 Oct 2020 11:41 GMT ]
A crucial element to the Sinhalization of the North-East is the increase of Sinhala Buddhist religious symbols in predominately Muslim & Tamil areas.
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Sri Lanka Rajapaksa clan presses for imperial presidency
[ Nikkei Asian Review ] [ 02 Oct 2020 14:30 GMT ]
Rajapaksa allies argue that an all-powerful executive echoes the political mood in the country, where the brothers have tapped into an ultranationalist, majoritarian sentiment to win two decisive electoral victories.
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Only lip service
[ Indian Express ] [ 30 Sep 2020 09:00 GMT ]
Colombo knows its proximity to Beijing rattles Delhi. The Modi government has not been able to get any of the infrastructure projects agreed upon in July 2017 moving.
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Editorial - Rajapaksa shifts up a gear
[ Tamil Guardian ] [ 28 Sep 2020 18:16 GMT ]
Hold them accountable. Or else they will roam free, perpetuate more cycles of violence and may rule the island with more power than ever before.
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India-Sri Lanka: Repairing Frayed Ties That Bind
[ Outlook India ] [ 24 Sep 2020 23:58 GMT ]
The Rajapaksas are hard-line Sinhala Buddhists, and any future persecution of the Tamils there would have repercussions in Tamil Nadu. It had happened in the past and could happen again.
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Plight of Ceylon Tea Workers
[ SL Guardian ] [ 22 Sep 2020 22:42 GMT ]
Workers lived in crowded shacks, without sanitation, running water, medical facilities or schools for their children.
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The Real Marigold Hotel
[ BBC ] [ 21 Sep 2020 21:00 GMT ]
Susie celebrates her birthday with the group, while Henry gets a chance to revisit the cricket ground where he made his last overseas broadcast.
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Perils of power in wounded old civilizations
[ Observer Research Foundation ] [ 12 Sep 2020 23:50 GMT ]
While nations are busy readjusting their domestic power balance and glorifying inward looking values, they could miss opportunity to grow, modernize, reform and embracing the liberal democratic values.
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Which way Sri Lanka?
[ Frontline ] [ 15 Aug 2020 20:14 GMT ]
The price to be paid for five years of inaction and lack of appropriate action will be steep. India will know this once the Rajapaksas settle in.
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The long wait for justice
[ Himal Southasian ] [ 06 Aug 2020 23:55 GMT ]
One can only hope that despite mounting setbacks, the courage, resilience and persistence seen over the decades will keep the quest for justice alive.
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Building a path for national reconciliation
[ Asia News ] [ 28 Jul 2020 14:45 GMT ]
The country has to be united otherwise we will all lose. This is a challenge that continues to stand before us 37 years after Black July 1983,' the NPC said in a statement.
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Remembering Black July
[ Tamil Guardian ] [ 23 Jul 2020 12:55 GMT ]
Today marks thirty-seven years since the horrors of the anti-Tamil pogrom of 1983, when thousands of Tamils were killed by Sinhala mobs backed by the then UNP government and state forces.
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Is Sri Lanka Becoming a De Facto Junta?
[ Foreign Policy ] [ 19 Jul 2020 01:45 GMT ]
'The responsibilities of the civilian and military establishments need to be clearly understood, and we must always remember that citizens have individual as well as collective rights.'
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People of Sri Lanka
[ Ministry of National Coexistence ] [ 18 Jul 2020 13:41 GMT ]
Human being is a beautiful manifestation of unity within diversity.
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Human Rights and Democracy Report 2019
[ Foreign and Commonwealth Office, UK ] [ 16 Jul 2020 22:20 GMT ]
There was a deterioration in the overall human rights situation in Sri Lanka in 2019, with increased intercommunal tensions, violence against minority
groups, and intimidation of human rights defenders.
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TNA seeks clemency for Tamil political prisoners
[ Colombo Gazette ] [ 15 Jul 2020 23:55 GMT ]
There are Tamil political prisoners held in prisons of Sri Lanka, taken into custody under the Prevention of Terrorism Act and are being held for a period ranging from 10 to 24 years.
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Trafficking in Persons Report 2020
[ US Department of State ] [ 04 Jul 2020 08:34 GMT ]
The Government of Sri Lanka does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so.
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Sri Lanka: End Persecution of Journalist
[ Human Rights Watch ] [ 25 Jun 2020 00:10 GMT ]
The Sri Lankan authorities should stop targeting, intimidating, and harassing journalist and woman human rights defender, Dharisha Bastians, and her family.
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No reprieve for Sri Lankan refugees
[ The New Indian Express ] [ 24 Jun 2020 00:45 GMT ]
For Sri Lankan Tamils who had to escape a war and its consequences, a virus now stands in their way — threatening the safety of their still makeshift homes, and destroying their livelihoods.
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Sri Lanka's slide into authoritarianism
[ Sri Lanka Campaign ] [ 15 Jun 2020 00:45 GMT ]
It is now quite clear that the President is putting his vision of a centralised, militarised, Sinhala Buddhist Sri Lanka into action - fuelling a palpable sense of fear among the country's minority communities.
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Don't Whitewash the Sri Lankan State's Many Crimes
[ Modern Diplomacy ] [ 13 Jun 2020 19:45 GMT ]
At some point, there will be the need to address the elephant in the room - accountability. Accountability for horrific end-of-war violations is an essential element of any lasting path to national reconciliation.
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Much in a rename
[ Indian Express ] [ 12 Jun 2020 23:51 GMT ]
Linguistic sub regionalism has since become a part of the political consensus in Tamil Nadu, or to highlight the concerns of Tamils elsewhere, for example in Sri Lanka.
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Webinar on Tamil language held
[ Times of India ] [ 11 Jun 2020 23:44 GMT ]
More than 2,500 researchers, students and professors took part in a 10-day international webinar jointly conducted by by Madurai Kamaraj University and International Institute of Tamil Studies (IITS).
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Stranded on foreign soil
[ Frontline ] [ 04 Jun 2020 23:58 GMT ]
A large number of Tamils are stranded in the Gulf and East Asian countries because of the inordinate delay in bringing them back home.
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A late farewell to Ivan Pedropillai
[ TWG ] [ 03 Jun 2020 21:20 GMT ]
The Tamil Writer's Guild must go on, if only to remember this extraordinary man who has made such an invaluable contribution to the Tamil struggle for peace and justice.
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Early Port Cities in the Malay Peninsula
[ TWG ] [ 28 May 2020 00:20 GMT ]
As this work will show, it was not an Indianization but a Tamilization, since the ethnic Tamil people of the southernmost region of India played the active part to transfer their religious and cultural traits from their homeland to Southeast Asia.
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Tamil Genocide Remembrance Day
[ Tamil Youth Organisation ] [ 20 May 2020 21:09 GMT ]
Whilst 11 years have passed since the genocide, there has still been little progress made in terms of justice, and accountability for the Tamil
victims in Sri Lanka.
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Sampanthan's appeal for Tamil diaspora funds
[ Tamil Guardian ] [ 06 May 2020 19:00 GMT ]
Tamil National Alliance (TNA) leader R Sampanthan was full of praise for the Tamil diaspora, as he made an appeal for relief funds to come directly through his party's former lawmakers.
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RAJA RAJA CHOLAN THE GREAT (AD 985-1014 CE)
[ TamilNadu Tourism ] [ 03 May 2020 09:25 GMT ]
As a staggering administrator, intense warrior, a magnanimous philanthropist, and a lover of beautiful art and architecture, Raja Raja Cholan is an inevitable character in Tamil and world history.
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2019 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Sri Lanka
[ U.S. Department of State ] [ 16 Mar 2020 11:15 GMT ]
Despite the country's cosponsorship of the 2015, 2017, and 2019 resolutions, senior government officials continued to make public statements attacking the UN process and asserting they would not take any steps to hold 'war heroes' accountable.
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The good immigrant's dilemma
[ Livemint ] [ 05 Mar 2020 02:16 GMT ]
At home, as a Tamil, he is reviled by the Sri Lankan state; in his adopted home, Danny is just a poor brown man, who lives in a storeroom above a shop and cleans the homes of the rich.
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Abandoned promises?
[ Sri Lanka Campaign ] [ 21 Feb 2020 00:30 GMT ]
It is vital that members of the international community remain vigilant - and that they maintain a firm and principled stance on the need to deal with the past in Sri Lanka.
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Sri Lanka out of the shadows
[ The Tribune ] [ 16 Feb 2020 22:17 GMT ]
Rajapaksa point-blank ruled out any solution to the Tamil problem that 'the majority community in Sri Lanka will not accept'.
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The enemies of writing
[ The Hindu ] [ 23 Jan 2020 22:59 GMT ]
How do journalists report pain, loss and grief without exhibiting voyeuristic tendencies?
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Human Rights Watch - World Report 2020
[ Human Rights Watch ] [ 22 Jan 2020 20:10 GMT ]
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights strongly criticized the government's failure to implement its human rights commitments, and warned that 'continuing impunity risks fueling communal or inter-ethnic violence, and instability.'
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Eyes on the pearl
[ The Week ] [ 21 Jan 2020 20:33 GMT ]
New Delhi has a high stake in ensuring that the assurances given to the war-ravaged Tamil minority in northern and eastern Sri Lanka are implemented.
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TNA cautions Gotabaya against 'majoritarianism'
[ The Hindu ] [ 05 Jan 2020 23:58 GMT ]
However, welcoming President Rajapaksa's proposal for a new constitution, Mr. Sumanthiran said considerable drafting work had been done during the predecessor government's time in office.
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'They did not see us'
[ The Indian Express ] [ 30 Dec 2019 18:00 GMT ]
Camp inmates are not allowed to visit other states, and prior permission is required even if they go out of the district.
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The art of darkness
[ India Today ] [ 29 Dec 2019 02:35 GMT ]
We know the Sri Lankan civil war killed over 40,000 and displaced millions.
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Success story of a 'victim diaspora'
[ The Hindu ] [ 28 Dec 2019 10:47 GMT ]
Traumatised by loss of livelihood and the lives of loved ones, working upwards from an economic zero, Sri Lankan Tamils had struggled to survive.
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India 'satisfied' with Gotabaya's Lanka assurance
[ The Asian Age ] [ 01 Dec 2019 02:56 GMT ]
PM Modi expressed confidence that Sri Lanka would fulfil the aspirations of Sri Lankan Tamils for 'equality, justice, peace and honour' and take forward the process of 'national reconciliation'.
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Sri Lanka: Return of the Rajas
[ The Asian Age ] [ 24 Nov 2019 10:15 GMT ]
If the war-victors in the Rajapaksas cannot deliver a negotiated settlement to the vexatious issue, no other leader and party could be expected to do so - as the past five years have shown, since.
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Cautious optimism
[ The Week ] [ 23 Nov 2019 23:40 GMT ]
The reconciliation process should continue so that we can... continue the energetic engagement of pluralism.'
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The Challenge of Securing Tamil Support
[ Asianews Network ] [ 03 Nov 2019 22:58 GMT ]
There is anger within the Tamil community about the lack of progress in finding missing persons, returning civilian land and in moving towards a political solution to the ethnic conflict.
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A film questioning identity politics
[ The Hindu ] [ 22 Oct 2019 00:47 GMT ]
The Tamils are still demanding political rights and the distrust between the two communities or their political leadership hasn't evaporated a decade since.
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Contradictions of Tamil, 'oldest' living language
[ Asia Times ] [ 06 Oct 2019 14:11 GMT ]
By mentioning Tamil as the world's most ancient (living) language in his address to the UN General Assembly on Sept 28, Indian PM Narendra Modi switched the global spotlight on to my mother tongue.
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UN asks Australia to release Tamil family
[ Daily Mail UK ] [ 03 Oct 2019 00:35 GMT ]
An application was made to the Human Rights Committee on September 27 under the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, on behalf of Tharunicaa.
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Picturing Sri Lanka's Undead War
[ International Crisis Group ] [ 27 Sep 2019 00:05 GMT ]
The government has done little either to heal the war's wounds or to address the ethno-nationalist dynamics that drove the conflict.
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Briefing: Sri Lanka after the bombings
[ IPE International ] [ 24 Sep 2019 01:43 GMT ]
Its politicians need to be prepared to embrace a pluralist, multi-cultural, multi-ethnic democracy, rather than the ethnocentrism and majoritarianism that have prevailed since independence.
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Sri Lanka World Report 2019
[ Human Rights Watch ] [ 12 Sep 2019 00:45 GMT ]
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights called on Sri Lanka for speedier and more meaningful implementation of its traditional justice commitments, and underlined the importance of 'more progress in advancing accountability and truth-seeking'.
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The True Cost of your Trip to Sri Lanka
[ Pearl ] [ 29 Aug 2019 20:04 GMT ]
Behind Sri Lanka's beaches and tropical climate, lies a government with a long record of human rights violations lasting a 26-year-long civil war which has left the minority Tamil population marginalised and seeking justice.
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In Sri Lanka, Victor's Justice Means No Justice at All
[ Human Rights Watch ] [ 20 Aug 2019 23:24 GMT ]
For the relatives of victims of abuses committed by Silva's 58th Division - who have long held vigils seeking justice and answers - this appointment negates all the government's pledges toward accountability, reconciliation, and reform.
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SRI LANKA: JUSTICE FOR THE TRINCO 5
[ Amnesty International ] [ 12 Aug 2019 20:08 GMT ]
Amnesty International welcomes the decision of the Attorney General of Sri Lanka to recommence investigations into the killing of five Tamil students - known as the 'Trinco 5'.
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Tamil Writers Guild - CJT Thamotheram Memorial Lecture
[ TWG ] [ 10 Aug 2019 22:40 GMT ]
Guest Speaker, Madurika Rasaratnam appealed to the Tamil Diaspora world over to raise the matter of continued injustice inflicted on the Tamils of North East Sri Lanka to their respective local MP's and seek justice.
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Report of Sri Lanka Voluntary National Review
[ Ministry of Sustainable Development ] [ 06 Aug 2019 00:12 GMT ]
There have been occurrences of aggressive situations in the Northern and the Eastern Provinces due to factors including the high presence of the military, poverty, illiteracy, and corruption.
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Refugees display diversity in Tamil culture
[ The Hindu ] [ 05 Aug 2019 02:33 GMT ]
A host of foreign diplomats had a glimpse of the varied facets of Tamil art and culture as young refugees living in the State displayed their talent in Bharatanatyam, Silambam and Veena recital at an event.
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