Tamils

Sri Lanka to slash military by a third to cut costs
The bankrupt country says it will reduce army personnel to 135,000 by next year and 100,000 by 2030.
Published On 13 Jan 2023
Photos: War-ravaged Sri Lankan Tamils suffer amid economic crisis
The current crisis is a second blow to the Tamil population, already ravaged by the civil war’s final offensive.
Published On 19 Sep 2022
Sri Lankans honour Tamil victims of civil war after 13 years
It was the first-ever public event on the island where mostly majority ethnic Sinhalese memorialised the minority group.
Published On 19 May 2022
US asks Sri Lanka to stop terror law detentions, improve rights
Sri Lanka amends Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) but opposition says the changes will not stop abuses under the law.
Published On 24 Mar 2022

President promises rights reforms and ‘justice’ for missing people after years of resisting calls for such measures.

Relatives forced out of cemeteries as they attempted to light lamps at graves of loved ones who died in the conflict.

Probe against Admiral Wasantha Karannagoda highlighted extrajudicial killings during the nation’s 37-year ethnic war.

Opposition legislator Selvarajah Kajendran arrested for remembering rebel who died campaigning for minority community.

At least 29 refugees tried to take their own lives last month to protest their detention at a camp in Tamil Nadu state.

International Truth and Justice Project report says 15 Tamils were beaten, burned, suffocated and sexually assaulted.

President pardons 16 men as island nation faces UN pressure over detentions without charge under an anti-terrorism law.

UN’s human rights chief warns the systems and policies that allowed grave rights abuses remain in place.

Destruction of monument at Jaffna University, showing arms sticking out of a mound, prompted threats of general strike.

Vijay Sethupathi withdraws from the project after cricketer Muttiah Muralitharan warns him of backlash from Tamils.

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