26. S.Sivaruban (AP19) was 17 and was studying at school when he was taken in. He is one of five children of three boys and two girls. His mother Than...

On 11th, the army fired shells and took away 25 persons, including the postmaster and a technical assistant. Some buildings were burnt. Many people fl...

A major military operation was launched between 04.09.1985 and 09.09.1985. This operation was aiming to chase away the Eelamtamils from northern parts...

13. Vipulananthar (MT22) was 30 and was working as a cashier in a shop in Jaffna. His sister Rathidevi says, “There were just the two of us in the fam...

Mailanthanai is an isolated village in Mattakalappu (Batticaloa), where paddy cultivators and cattle farmers managed to make a meagre living, survivin...

Between 23.08.1990 and 25.09.1990, the Sri Lankan military detained hundreds of young Eelamtamil men from the neighbouring villages of Mandaitivu, All...

Details of Eelamtamils, who were killed by the Sri Lankan state in the month of August – 2007 Details of Eelamtamils, who were enforced disappea...

The Claymore is a “directional mine,” a curved plastic pack of Composition C-3 explosive (later C-4) into which numerous steel cubes were embedded. Wh...

On 12.10.2003, Human remains were found in a pit near the Periyathambiran Temple in Thiraikeni, 57km south of Mattkalappu (Batticaloa) town in the Mat...

On 04.08.2006, 17 Eelamtamil activists who were working for the French NGO “Action Contre La Faim” (ACF), brutally killed by the Sri Lankan government...