Sri Lankan air force jets bombed a crowded church at Vavunikulam on 15.08.1997, killed at 14 Eelamatamils, and injuring 15 others. 10 civilians were seriously injured in another attack at Puthuvilanku...

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 Thangaludchumi says, “My eldest son died of asthma in ...

On 11th, the army fired shells and took away 25 persons, including the postmaster and a technical assistant. Some buildings were burnt. Many people fled into the Eravur North. As the army began moving...

Mailanthanai is an isolated village in Mattakalappu (Batticaloa), where paddy cultivators and cattle farmers managed to make a meagre living, surviving at the mercy of the elements. They live in ramsh...

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 Mattakalappu-Pottuvil road when Thiraikeni residents ...

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 troops in Muthur. The statement of MSF-(Doctors w...

Poththuvil is the Eastern end of Tamileelam which is located in Ampal Éri (Amparai) district. Agriculture is generally seen as the basic economic route of Poththuvil. In addition, the Village´se inter...

Siththandy (Cittānti) village is situated 8 Kms north of the Mattakalappu (Batticaloa) town. The village has an ancient and famous Saivaite Koyil (Temple). Worship at Siththandi Murukan Koyil (Temple)...

Pullumalai in Mattakalappu is a region immersed in natural beauty where Eelamtamil people have lived for hundreds of years. Now, it lies barren and lifeless. The remains of the destroyed local school,...

Massacres on Eelamtamils and forced evacuation of Tamil villages commenced from 1948.  Human rights organizations   investigated that massacre and  rejected the explanation given b...