The annual tree planting drive in the Northern Province to honor fallen LTTE cadres was marked with a cultural programme and an exhibition in Jaffna on Saturday. Former CM Wigneswara and Tamil Nadu politico Thirumavalavan attended the event. The annual Tamil Remembrance Day falls on November 27 (Photo: Tamil Guardian) PEARL’s […]
Students at the University of Jaffna held a memorial service to mark ten years since the death of former student union leader Sellathurai Purusothaman, who was killed along with another Tamil youth. He was one of the many activists killed as the ceasefire broke down (Photo: Tamil Guardian) PEARL’s […]
(Washington, D.C.; October 10, 2018) – On Tamil Women’s Day, PEARL remembers the women who participated in the Tamil struggle for rights and self-determination, and honors the ongoing fight against oppression. October 10, 1987 marked the death of 2nd Lt. Malathy, the first LTTE female fighter to die in combat. This day is now used […]
Photograph: Tamil Guardian (Washington, D.C.; July 23, 2018) – On the 35th anniversary of the start of “Black July” 1983, PEARL remembers the Tamil victims, survivors, and generations affected by all of Sri Lanka’s atrocities against the Tamil people. Thirty-five years ago this week, the government of Sri Lanka sponsored a brutal anti-Tamil pogrom, […]
Photograph: Frank Augstein/AP (Washington, DC; June 26, 2018): Today, on International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, PEARL expresses our grave concern about the prevalence of ongoing physical and sexual torture of Tamils by Sri Lanka’s security forces. In order to eradicate torture, members of the international community must demand that Sri Lanka […]
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