10.06.1986 – Mandaithivu sea massacre Kurunagar, Pasaiyur and Mandaithivu are situated off the southern coast of the Jaffna peninsula. Surrounded on three sides by the sea and on one side by lan...

Introduction After 2009, the Sinhala state has pursued various political goals and invested heavily in its rhetoric, credibility, and law, especially in warfare. This investment has become so ingraine...

Alvai village is situated in Jaffna district. The Muthumariamman temple in Alvai is one of the famous temples in Jaffna. On 29.05.1987, the Sri Lankan military launched its operation liberation attack...

23.05. – 24.05.1990 – Eastern University massacre The Eastern University is in the Vantharumoolai village in Batticaloa. This is one of the 13 universities in the island. At any given year...

Abruptly, our escape began. There was a danger that the army could also show up here through Aanaiyaraivu, Kilinochchi, Paranthan, Dharmapuram, and Visuvamadu, so we had prepared two cloth bags early ...

19.03. – 20.03.1986 Eeddimurichan village is situated in the Vavuniya district. Most people in the village are farmers. In the 1970’s upcountry Tamils displaced from their homes due to violence ...

52 civilians were killed in Sri Lankan Air Force bombardment and Sri Lankan Army shelling in Pachchaipulmoaddai and Valaingarmadam areas within the so-called Safe zone announced by the Sri Lankan gove...

12.03.2007 Vavuniya police recovered in the morning the body of a youth shot dead with hands bound behind at Anna Nagar area in Poonthodam, Vavuniya. Unidentified armed men arriving in two cars shot d...

Mullaithivu Medical Superintend V. Shanmugarajah narrowly escaped from Sri Lankan Army fired Multi Barrel Rocket Launcher (MBRL) shells that hit Mullivaikkal inside the ‘safe zone’, and a ...

‘’Our agriculture lands which belonged to us for years and years, have been captured and our residential lands also have been forcefully occupied. Now, our days just come and go without giving a singl...