Tamil Guardian reports that two of their correspondents were assaulted this morning by four persons in Murippu, Mullaitivu, while reporting on illegal logging and...
Mario Arulthas and Madura Rasaratnam.
The Rajapaksa family’s recent resounding electoral successes appear at first sight to mark a decisive break in Sri Lanka’s post-war...
Tamil families of the disappeared rallied across the North-East today to mark International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances. Families demonstrated in districts...
Once the 19th Amendment is abolished or seriously revised, and GR acquires dictatorial powers under a new constitution, will he push through draconian measures...
Image: Xi Jinping waves next to Mahinda Rajapaksa, pictured in September 2014: there is a real possibility that Sri Lanka will rely on Chinese loans to avert...
Image: Sri Lanka's Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa wearing a protective mask gestures at his party candidates as he arrives at a campaign rally ahead...
TNA releases 12-point election manifesto
Says constitutional arrangement on federal model meets legitimate aspirations of Tamil people
Advocates power-sharing as they existed earlier...
Image courtesy of NYT: GR surrounded by military & political bodyguards (Eranga Jayawardena/AFP)
Gotabaya Rajapaksa has been winner on four counts out of five in...
Image: Shanmugam Thavaseelan.
Sri Lankan police have summoned Tamil Guardian’s Mullativiu correspondent Shanmugam Thavaseelan for questioning.
The journalist is being summoned with regards to an incident...
Image courtesy of Tamil Guardian.
In July 1995 the St. Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Navaly, Jaffna, was filled with displaced Tamils seeking refuge...
File photo of Sri Lankan military patrol.
Sri Lankan security forces have arrested more than a dozen Tamil youth on charges of attempting to “regroup...
Image@ At the second meeting of the Buddhist Advisory Council, Gotabaya Rajapaksa appointed the Task Force led by Secretary Defense .
In a letter to...
The recently established task force, for the survey and preservation of archaeological sites, in the eastern province of Sri Lanka, is a worthwhile endeavour...
The Sri Lankan government has blocked access to renowned Tamil news website Sankathi24.com, as the state continued with its tightening of the Tamil press.
The...
Image: Army Commander visited violently anti-minority monk Amapitiye Suman on his trip to East.
“We’ll leave behind an iron scrap
And the hollow, mocking laugh of...
Image courtesy of www.epilepsy.com.
(Press release/GTF)
The Global Tamil Forum (GTF) joins Tamils worldwide in commemorating the 11th anniversary of the end of civil war in...
R.Sampanthan.
My attention has been drawn to the interview said to have been given to the media by Mr. M. A. Sumanthiran, President’s Counsel, former...
In a meeting with the Netherlands Ambassador Ms. Gonggrijp, Mr. Sampanthan Leader of the Tamil National Alliance has pointed out that “The UNHRC resolution...
Sri Lanka’s unilateral withdrawal from Resolution 30/1 is a clear rejection of human rights and accountability and displays total disregard for UN Member States
Sri...
Image: Defence Secretary Maj. Gen. (Retd) Kamal Gunaratne and visiting Zambian Army Chief Lt. Gen. W.M Sikazwe.
Defence Secretary Maj. Gen. (Retd) Kamal Gunaratne has...
Public Statement on the Government management of the COVID-19 response
The COVID-19 pandemic is a global crisis, that is still evolving. Despite early efforts that...
Calling of the President of the Bar Association of Sri Lanka to condemn the police action in the strongest possible terms, the attorney representing...
Member of Parliament, TNA MP M. Sumanthran has presented a Private Member's Bill for the enactment of the "Public Health Emergency Act".
One week earlier...
Police, Judicial Officers Should End Arbitrary Arrests, Torture of LGBT People
(Colombo / October 20, 2020) – Sri Lankan authorities have subjected at least seven people...
