American Tamil youths "starve for peace"

American Tamil youths "starve for peace"[TamilNet, Sunday, 08 February 2009, 05:24 GMT]Eight American youths have begun a hunger-strike campaign calling on the United States Congress and the Obama administration to provide relief to the 300,000 Tamil civilians caught up in...

Hillary Clinton, David Miliband urge to halt attacks on PTK ho...

"Hillary Clinton, David Miliband urge to halt attacks on PTK hospital, Safe Zone [TamilNet, Wednesday, 04 February 2009, 10:06 GMT] US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and British Foreign Secretary David Miliband on Tuesday jointly called on the warring parties in...

The pawns of states and super states: A poetic picture of Tamil a

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 03 February 2009, 13:48 GMT] A Tamil academic and folklorist S. Jeyasankar aptly brings out the plight of Eezham Tamils in a recent verse of him in English. The poem found in his website is reproduced by TamilNet. The Pawns of States and Super StatesHow...

‘Allow food, medicine, international mercy mission to Vanni’

‘Allow food, medicine, international mercy mission to Vanni’ – civil society groups[TamilNet, Friday, 30 January 2009, 12:17 GMT]A groups of Sri Lankan civil society organizations Thursday expressed alarm over the fast deepening humanitarian crisis in the Vanni and...

Last statement of Muthukumar (Burnt himself for Eela Tamils)

Last statement of Muthukumar[TamilNet, Friday, 30 January 2009, 09:04 GMT]Journalist Muthukumar distributed a 4-page statement in Tamil before he self-immolated Thursday in Tamil Nadu. TamilNet provides a...

Tamils held in prisonlike SLA detention centres - CJPCD

Tamils held in prisonlike SLA detention centres - CJPCD[TamilNet, Friday, 30 January 2009, 16:23 GMT]“Considering the plight of the 2000 Tamils who had fled war and are detained in Sri Lanka Army (SLA) detention centres, a justifiable fear arises as to what would happen...

EU calls for humanitarian ceasefire in Sri Lanka

EU calls for humanitarian ceasefire in Sri Lanka 29 January 2009, 18:29 CET (BRUSSELS) - EU Humanitarian Aid Commissioner Louis Michel on Thursday called for a ceasfire between Sri Lankan forces...

Artillery barrage kills 44 civilians, 178 wounded in 'safety zone

Artillery barrage kills 44 civilians, 178 wounded in 'safety zone' [TamilNet, Thursday, 29 January 2009, 15:25 GMT] Sri Lanka Army (SLA) stepped up indiscriminate artillery barrage towards the heart of 'safety...

UN evacuates wounded civilians from Sri Lanka war zone

"UN evacuates wounded civilians from Sri Lanka war zone 8 hours ago COLOMBO (AFP) — The United Nations evacuated hundreds of severely wounded civilians from behind rebel lines in Sri Lanka on Thursday as government troops fought to secure final victory over the Tamil...

Robertson: Protection Of Civilians Must Be Priority In Sri Lan...

"Robertson: Protection Of Civilians Must Be Priority In Sri Lankan Conflict Home › Politics Read More: Grant Robertson LTTE Red Cross Tamil Tigers United Nations ...

British FM to speak with EU Foreign Ministers on possible Ceas...

"British FM to speak with EU Foreign Ministers on possible Cease Fire in Sri Lanka Jan 28, 2009, 21:44 Digg this story! London: When the British Foreign Minister, Lord Mark Malloch Brown told a room-packed audience of the British Tamil Forum on Tuesday...

Students 'gherao' Indian Army headquarters at Chennai

Students 'gherao' Indian Army headquarters at Chennai[TamilNet, Wednesday, 28 January 2009, 17:44 GMT]Members of the Confederation of All Students were arrested by the Tamil Nadu State Police when they attempted to surround the South Zone Regiment Headquarters ATNKNK of...

Brutal attack on civilians, assurance to Mukherjee

Brutal attack on civilians, assurance to Mukherjee gone with the wind in no time[TamilNet, Wednesday, 28 January 2009, 15:40 GMT]Sri Lanka Army has launched another brutal attack on civilians inside the 'safety zone,' killing 23 civilians since Wednesday noon within not...

46 more civilians killed Tuesday, few wounded survive

46 more civilians killed Tuesday, few wounded survive [TamilNet, Wednesday, 28 January 2009, 12:27 GMT] Only a few of the wounded have survived injuries caused by the in the Sri Lanka Army (SLA) artillery shelling on 'safety zone', according to the civilian volunteers in...

Colombo's war crimes turn to rape of the fleeing - Jaffna MP

Colombo's war crimes turn to rape of the fleeing - Jaffna MP [TamilNet, Wednesday, 28 January 2009, 11:45 GMT] Civilians who have been caught by the Sri Lanka Army recently in Vadamaraadchi East in Jaffna and from Murasumoaddai in Ki'linochchi district, who are confined to...

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