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கறுப்பு ஜூலை கற்றுத்தரும் கடும் எச்சரிக்கை![Wed, 23 Jul 2025, 15:17 GMT] 1983 வெலிக்கடைச் சிறைப் படுகொலையும், 1995-96 செம்மணி மனிதப் புதைகுழி உள்ளிட்டு தமிழர் தாயகத்தில் பல இடங்களில் வெளிப்படும் மனிதப் புதைகுழிகளும், 2009 முள்ளிவாய்க்கால் வரையான போரில் இடம்பெற்ற பெருந்திரள் அட்டூழியங்களும் (mass atrocities) இன்ன பிற சர்வதேசச் சட்ட மீறல்களும் இன அழிப்பு (genocide) என்ற முதன்மையான சர்வதேசப் பெருங்குற்றத்துக்குரிய முகாந்திரம் (plausibility) கொண்டவை என்ற நோக்குநிலையில் (orientation) அணுகப்பட்டு சுயாதீன, சர்வதேச விசாரணைக்கு உட்படுத்தப்படவேண்டியவை. இந்த நோக்குநிலையில் ஈழத்தமிழர் தேசத்தினர் தமது அறிவையும் உணர்வையும் ஆற்றுப்படுத்தவேண்டும். இந்த நோக்குநிலையை வெளிப்படையாக மறுதலிப்போருக்கும் அதிலிருந்து நுட்பமாகச் சமூகத்தை வழுவச் செய்வோருக்கும் இடையே எத்தகைய வேறுபாடும் இல்லை. Full story >>
2ND LEAD (Adds relevant links) அமெரிக்க வியூகத்துள் இந்திய-இலங்கை பாதுகாப்பு உடன்படிக்கை[Sun, 18 May 2025, 01:31 GMT] இந்திய-இலங்கை அரசுகள் 2025 ஏப்ரல் மாதம் தமக்கிடையே செய்துகொண்டுள்ள 'பாதுகாப்பு' புரிந்துணர்வு உடன்படிக்கையின் பிரதி ஆங்கில இணைய ஊடகம் ஒன்றில் சில சிங்களத் தரப்புகளால் அண்மையில் கசியவிடப்பட்டுள்ளது. உடன்படிக்கையின் உள்ளடக்கத்தை அதிகாரபூர்வமாக ஒத்துக்கொள்ளவோ மறுதலிக்கவோ இந்திய இலங்கை அரசுகளின் இரண்டு தரப்புகளும் தவிர்த்துவருகின்றன. இருப்பினும், கசிந்துள்ள பிரதியும் இன்றுவரை கசியவிடாது பேணப்பட்டுவருகின்ற 2017 ஆம் ஆண்டில் மேற்கொள்ளப்பட்ட அமெரிக்க அக்சா ஒப்பந்தமும் ஒட்டுமொத்தமாகத் தமிழர்களுக்குச் சொல்லும் செய்தியின் ஆபத்தின் ஆழம் எத்தகையது, அதன் புவிசார் அரசியற் தார்ப்பரியம் தான் என்ன, அது எவ்வாறு தமிழ்நாட்டிலும் ஆக்கிரமிக்கப்பட்டுள்ள ஈழத்தமிழர் தாயகத்திலும் புலம்பெயர் ஈழத்தமிழர் மத்தியிலும் அடுத்த கட்டச் செயலாற்றல் நோக்கிப் புரிந்துகொள்ளப்படவேண்டும் என்பது முள்ளிவாய்க்கால் இன அழிப்பு நினைவேந்தல் காலத்தில் சிந்தனைக்குரியது. Full story >>
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2013: 2013 Sep 03 07:24 Swiss agency brings in genocidal governor to op... 2013 Sep 03 04:36 Sinhala contractor scoops 500 acres of prehisto... 2012: 2012 Sep 03 23:31 Sri Lanka Navy expels resettling Muslims, destr... 2012 Sep 03 12:01 TESO group to meet Ban in US, visit UNHCR in Ge... 2012 Sep 03 03:33 Australia Opposition says ready to violate UN R... 2011: 2011 Sep 03 03:20 The Hindu misquotes TamilNet 2011 Sep 03 00:06 World Bank aid diverted to Sinhala colonisation... 2011 Sep 03 00:03 Indian railway aid helps Colombo to wedge North... 2010: 2010 Sep 03 16:35 Re-examine claimed safety of refugee returnees,... 2010 Sep 03 09:02 Ranil Wickremasinghe in India on official visit 2010 Sep 03 08:36 3 UNP MPs to support Rapajaksa's 18th Amendment 2010 Sep 03 07:54 SLA commander invites Indian Army commander to ... 2009: 2009 Sep 03 15:13 FR petition against SSP, others in student abdu... 2009 Sep 03 15:07 Vanni war front videos under Media Minister's c... 2009 Sep 03 14:37 7 govt. officers with their families released f... 2009 Sep 03 08:40 Only 93 elders allowed to leave Vavuniyaa camp 2009 Sep 03 04:09 Obama extolled Sri Lanka Journalist given priso... 2008: 2008 Sep 03 17:39 Beheaded male body in woman’s dress found in Th... 2008 Sep 03 16:45 Claymore attack in Jaffna kills SLA soldier 2008 Sep 03 15:58 STF units caught in crossfire in Ampaa'rai - LTTE 2008 Sep 03 15:40 Tigers seize large number of weapons from SLA i... 2008 Sep 03 11:03 Tamil businessman missing in Vavuniyaa 2008 Sep 03 09:33 SLA artillery fire injures fisherman in Vadamar... 2008 Sep 03 03:15 SLA sends deserters to jail after military cour... 2008 Sep 03 03:14 Tamil youth shot dead in Nilaave'li 2008 Sep 03 01:43 60-year-old woman shot dead in Ampaa'rai 2008 Sep 03 01:01 Body washed ashore on Jaffna, Ma’nkumpaan beach 2007: 2007 Sep 03 20:49 14 surrender to Jaffna HRC seeking protection 2007 Sep 03 15:19 Ex-Karuna cadre shot dead in internal fight 2007 Sep 03 12:26 SLA artillery fire kills one, injures another i... 2007 Sep 03 12:21 NGOs supply relief to IDPs in Mannaar 2007 Sep 03 07:54 Abducted youth recovered dead, SLA trooper kill... 2007 Sep 03 06:51 Family of 5 seeks protection with Jaffna HRC 2007 Sep 03 00:54 4500 civilians displaced from Musali to Naanaad... 2006: 2006 Sep 03 23:18 Ex-EPDP cadre shot dead in Eravur 2006 Sep 03 18:40 TRO warns of ‘desperate humanitarian crisis’ 2006 Sep 03 16:54 SLA intensifies search operations in Jaffna 2006 Sep 03 16:36 Two men killed in Jaffna 2006 Sep 03 13:32 Tiger artillery targeted SLA Intelligence Camp ... 2006 Sep 03 13:05 Fighting reported in Thenmaradchi 2006 Sep 03 12:46 SLA shelling triggers artillery duel in Batticaloa 2006 Sep 03 12:35 Exodus of Tamil IDPs to Vaharai continues 2006 Sep 03 10:35 UNP parliamentary group to meet Monday to discu... 2006 Sep 03 07:00 Sri Lanka seizes TRO funds 2005: 2005 Sep 03 17:23 CWC to decide its stand on presidential electio... 2005 Sep 03 17:18 Police constable, civilian injured in gunfire i... 2005 Sep 03 17:08 Kumaratunge to be made lifetime President of SLFP 2005 Sep 03 16:37 UN special envoy arrives in Sri Lanka 2005 Sep 03 13:51 JHU to announce candidate after call for nomina... 2005 Sep 03 08:13 Incidents of theft drop at Nallur festival 2005 Sep 03 06:40 Bank helps Kilinochchi traders restart destroye... 2004: 2004 Sep 03 17:36 SLN, govt departments to use confiscated Indian... 2004 Sep 03 16:37 Tigers resolve Gurunagar dispute 2004 Sep 03 08:39 CWC will support Kumaratunga's government - Tho... 2004 Sep 03 08:04 LTTE's Batti-Amparai commander leaves for Kilin... 2004 Sep 03 01:20 Picketers call for release of homeguards 2003: 2003 Sep 03 18:13 Lorries confiscated for removing sand in Vadama... 2003 Sep 03 16:06 Tamil youth killed in Sammanthurai 2003 Sep 03 15:49 Part time English teachers picket NE provincial... 2003 Sep 03 14:37 LTTE activist complains of harassment by SLA 2003 Sep 03 11:20 Varani SLA enjoys economic benefits from coconu... 2002: 2002 Sep 03 15:40 Hakeem and Balasingham meet in London 2002 Sep 03 15:26 Gazette notification on 19th amendment postponed 2002 Sep 03 15:18 General shut down as military closes Point Pedr... 2002 Sep 03 15:08 PA opposes 19th amendment, demands talks agenda 2002 Sep 03 14:27 Sinhala nationalists protest in Colombo 2002 Sep 03 14:15 Court to hear Mylanthanai massacre case 2002 Sep 03 09:52 UNF said to have power to de-proscribe 2002 Sep 03 09:48 Monks urge President to block de-proscription 2001: 2001 Sep 03 10:38 Referendum cancelled, Parliament meets on Sept. 6 2001 Sep 03 06:44 PA accepts JVP conditions 2001 Sep 03 03:16 Community activism urged to confront HR violations 2000: 2000 Sep 03 15:36 Heavy casualties in Jaffna offensive 2000 Sep 03 07:32 Jaffna artillery duels continue 2000 Sep 03 05:03 Confusion over Trincomalee Government Agent 1998:
1998 Sep 03 23:10 Amnesty protests illegal detentions 1998 Sep 03 23:02 Jaffna facing severe rice shortage 1998 Sep 03 23:00 SL Police fire on hindu festival 1998 Sep 03 17:59 Harsh measures imposed on Vanni displaced 1998 Sep 03 14:14 Police find explosive 1998 Sep 03 14:10 Army fires artillery at sea 1998 Sep 03 14:05 Policemen wounded in mine blast 1998 Sep 03 06:39 Civilian movement restricted 1998 Sep 03 06:38 Northern Ireland peacemaker meets UNP ![]()
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Know the Etymology: 332 Place Name of the Day: (332 of 500 revised) Koyilā-maṉai/ Kōyilā-maṉai ![]() The temple house; or the house of the temple servants ![]() [05.03.18] FIU of CBSL emerges as networked Intel outfit against Tamils in homeland, Diaspora: The so-called Financial Investigative Unit (FIU) of the Central Bank of the unitary State of genocidal Sri Lanka (CBSL), which is led by a Colombo-based ‘Sri Lankan’ Tamil, Indrajith Coomaraswamy, is scheming rigid controls on Community-Based Organisations (CBOs) in the North-East with a ‘counter-insurgency’ role. Related Story >> ![]() [15.02.18] Wives of enforced disappeared exposed to nightmare on Valentine's Day: At a stage event organised by the so-called Families of Disappeared (FoD) operated by Colombo based NGO and diplomatic community, Tamil women from the East were exposed to the traumatic experience of narrating their love stories with their husbands. Related Story >> ![]() [20.01.18] STF, SL departments harass resettled Tamils in Madu: The guards and officials of various SL departments as well as the notorious commandos of the StF are repeatedly harassing the 300 resettled and poverty-stricken Eezham Tamils of Ira'ndaam-kaddai (2nd Mile Post), which is located between Madu Shrine and Sinhala militarised Madu Road Junction in Mannaar district. Related Story >> ![]() [15.01.18] Sinhala Buddhicisation stepped up in Trincomalee North: SL Presidential Secretariat in Colombo is exerting pressure on Tamil Divisional Secretary not to interfere in the affairs of extreme Sinhala Buddhist monks, who are engaged in cultural genocide in Kumpu'rup-piddi in Trincomalee North. Related Story >> ![]() [01.01.18] Colombo demonstrates ‘foremost place’ to Buddhism at Champoor: The SL Archaeology Department, extremist Sinhala Buddhist monks, Sinhala governor and his wife are all jointly working for Sinhala Buddhicisation of Champoor, where SL Navy, groomed by the U.S. Pacific Command under the notion of 'military-to-military' engagement, is having its training base for the marines of genocidal Sri Lanka. Related Story >> ![]() [25.12.17] SL Army wages Sinhala-Buddhicisaton of Baron's Cap in Batticaloa Northwest: With the collaboration of ministries of Fisheries and Tourism, 232 Brigade of the Army of occupying Sri Lanka is Sinhalicising the Kudumpi-malai area of Batticaloa district. Related Story >> ![]() [17.12.17] Enduring psychological disaster of families of enforced disappeared conveyed through film: The story writer and director of the award winning short-film, Uru (Trance), 49-year-old Gnanadas Kasinathar, narrates the depth of psychological disaster as witnessed by him on the ground. The film, shot in Batticaloa, is inspired by the stories of long enduring sufferings of the enforced disappeared families. Related Story >> ![]() [13.11.17] Factoring political solution more important than addressing human rights: Not only did the Sri Lankan regime won the war against the Tamil liberation force, it might even win the propaganda war if the problems of Tamils in the island are exclusively focused on human rights to the neglect of the fundamental question of a long lasting political solution, commented Deputy Chief Minister of Penang state in Malaysia, Professor P. Ramasamy, told TamilNet on Monday. Related Story >> ![]() [08.10.17] SL constitutional discourse seen coupled with ‘Vision 2025’ policy of genocidal Sri Lanka: The World Bank, the IMF and the WTO are behind the agenda that seeks to permanently lock Eezham Tamils into a Colombo-centric single-unit of genocidal Sri Lanka. The interim report on the constitutional discourse should be seen coupled with ‘Vision 2025’, launched by the Agent State in Colombo in September 2017. Related Story >> ![]() [20.09.17] Sathasivam papers on Sumerian-Tamil connections see the light of day: Four pioneering research papers on the Dravidian connections between ancient Sumerian and Tamil, written between 1964 and 1987 by Eezham Tamil scholar, the late Prof A Sathasivam, gain new significance today because of the current advancements in coupling linguistics with DNA studies. 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What was more ironical that betrayed the deception was the slogan of the conference organizers that called the country they want to salvage as ‘Sri Lanka’, boldly written in Tamil. Related Story >> ![]() [04.11.15] Tamil leadership need not shy away or react to unfair challenge coming from Sumanthiran: Eezham Tamil polity seeking pardon from Tamil-speaking Muslims should be unassuming, but it should come in an enlightening way to the edification of the Colombo-centric agenda or the powers-guided agenda, pursued in the past as well as in the present. Otherwise, it may only amount to conferring impunity to the State in Colombo and its abettors. Related Story >> ![]() [06.05.15] Retired land commissioner of Eastern Province on Structural Genocide against Eezham Tamils: The systematic seizure of traditional lands belonging to the Tamil speaking people of the North-East have been widespread under the guise of archaeological, forest and wild-life conservations and subsequently carried out through the acts of demarcating these lands under the purview of the state apparatuses such as the Archaeological Department, Forest Department and the Wild-life Conservation Department, says retired Land Commissioner of the Eastern Province Karthirgamathamby Kurunathan, in an in-depth video interview to TamilNet. Related Story >> ![]() [05.05.15] TNPF rejects ‘domestic investigations’ upheld by USA: The fact that the United States and the US Secretary of State John Kerry would consider the post January 08th 2015 situation in Sri Lanka, with the new government favourable, is understandable. But, for him to suggest that there is a favourable condition for the Tamils, is stretching too far, said Tamil National Peoples Front (TNPF) Leader Gajendrakumar Ponnambalam, responding to a question from TamilNet. Related Story >> ![]() [02.05.15] Sivaram, Wigneswaran saw futility in convincing Sinhala polity: senior editor: The failure of Sivaram and his transfer into a staunch Tamil nationalist is analogical to the political course and current stand of the NPC Chief Minister, Mr C.V. Wigneswaran, said veteran Tamil journalist and editor, Mr. V. Thevaraj, addressing the 10th assassination anniversary meet of Sivaram held in Batticaloa on Wednesday. Related Story >> |
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