Kaithady is situated in the Jaffna district. Kaithady village is located 7 kms from the Jaffna town. Krishanthi’s home was located just 200 metres from the Kaithady junction. Krishanthi’s parents Kuma...

Navaly village is in the Jaffna district. St Peters church is a famous church in Navaly. Following the military orders to the people to take refuge in public places thousands of people left their home...

Ich kann mich lebhaft daran erinnern, wie ich Mitte der 70er Jahre mit Mutter an einem nahen gelegenen Fluss von Vallikeni nach Muttur gereist bin. Als ich mit der Geschichte meiner Mutter über den Unfall und das Ertrinken einer Kuh zum Tatort zurückkehrte, ...

12.06.1986 Seruvil Massacre 21 people were brutally killed while carrying dry food packets for the people taking shelter in the camps in Seruvil. In the Mahindapura area, 21 individuals, including thr...

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...

Nach 2009 hat der singhalesische Staat verschiedene politische Ziele verfolgt und viel in seine Rhetorik, seine Glaubwürdigkeit und sein Recht investiert, insbesondere in die Kriegsführung. Diese Investitionen sind so gravierend geworden...

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...

Plötzlich begann unsere Flucht. Es bestand die Gefahr, dass die Armee über Aanaiyaraivu, Kilinochchi, Paranthan, Dharmapuram und Visuvamadu auch hier auftauchen könnte, also hatten wir frühzeitig zwei Stoffsäcke vorbereitet ...

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 ...