If the doting father could have had his way, Velupillai Prabhakaran would have never founded the Tamil Tigers or died so brutally along with his family and dreams. Thiruvendran Velupillai, who died in Sri Lankan military custody last week, tried his utmost to persuade his youngest child, Prabhakaran, to concentrate on studies and not be [...]
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Food for sex rampant in Sri Lankan camps, says British medic
London, Dec 20 (IANS) Tamil women seeking shelter from the civil war in Sri Lanka were sexually abused by guards in refugee camps, a British medic has revealed.
Vany Kumar, who herself was locked up behind barbed wire in the Menik Farm refugee camp for four months, told the Observer newspaper that guards gave food for [...]
LTTE not ony armed, trained ULFA too: Former rebel
New Delhi, Nov 15 (IANS) On top of revelations that the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) bought arms from the Tamil Tigers, a former ULFA leader now says the Assamese separatist group also got military training from the Sri Lankan rebels.
Former ULFA spokesman Sunil Nath said that a small ULFA team from the northeast [...]
Lanka feared coup, reveals ex-army chief Fonseka
Colombo, Nov.14 (ANI): Days after General Sarath Fonseka resigned as Sri Lanka’s Chief of Defence Staff, his resignation letter reveals that President Mahinda Rajapaksa was so afraid of a military coup after the defeat of the Tamil Tigers that he warned India to place its troops on high alert.
The Sri Lankan and Indian Governments, [...]
Detained Sri Lankans may be Tamil Tigers fleeing to Canada: Expert
Vancouver, Nov 12(ANI): The 76 Sri Lankans, detained on a migrant ship off the West Coast last month, may be the first wave of defeated LTTE fleeing to Canada, a terrorism expert has said.
Rohan Gunaratna, a terrorism expert who is advising Canada on detained [...]
US hails release of Tamils from camps
Colombo, Oct 28 (IANS) The US Wednesday hailed the increasing release of people interned in camps in Sri Lanka since the end of the war against the Tamil Tigers.
‘The US welcomes Sri Lanka’s acceleration of the voluntary return of internally displaced persons (IDPs) to their villages,’ the US embassy said in a statement.
‘We are encouraged [...]
EU calls on Sri Lanka to protect Tamil war refugees
Luxembourg, Oct 27 (DPA) Sri Lanka must grant proper treatment to people who fled the fighting between government and Tamil Tiger forces if it is to have any chance of a peaceful settlement, European Union foreign ministers said Tuesday.
‘They won the war, now they must win the peace, and we stand ready to help them,’ [...]
Release Tamils from Sri Lanka camps, say parties
Colombo, Oct 3 (IANS) Five Sri Lankan political parties have demanded that the hundreds of thousands of Tamils interned in camps since the end of the war in May should be released immediately.
In a joint statement, leaders of four Tamil and one Muslim political parties described as illegal the ‘forcible detention of Tamil citizens’ in [...]
Ruling UPFA wins Jaffna, but loses Vavuniya in Lanka post-war polls
Colombo, Aug.9 (ANI): President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s ruling United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA) has won Jaffna but lost Vavuniya in the first polls after the civil war against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) concluded in May this year.
According to the BBC, the turnout for the polls has been low and ballots are still being [...]
