From 150 Tamils living in Canada prior to 1983, just over 35 years later, Tamils in Canada constitute close to 300,000 or more counting the illegals. Official statistics as per 2016 census claim 157,000 Tamils living in Canada with 122,000 …

“Post-War Sri Lanka: Fractured and unjust for Tamils’ is the article appearing on The Diplomat by Visvajit Sriramrajan on 15 May 2020. The article is replete in conjecture, abound in unsubstantiated allegations and completely distorting the situation in Sri Lanka. …

Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor

(Source: www.theguardian.com)

EU foreign affairs chief says end of US-led global system may have arrived and Europe needs robust strategy for China.

Xi Jinping meets Angela Merkel on a visit to Germany

 The Asian …

(Source: https://theannapurnaexpress.com/news/nepal-should-rethink-mcc-compact-2517)

Cross-border lines will undermine the long-term prospects for new hydro plants in Nepal and make us entirely reliant on power imports from India.

The United States has offered Nepal $500 million through its the Millennium Challenge Corporation…

“No Vetting for Sri Lanka’s New Major Generals” is the latest of Sooka’s witch hunt against Sri Lanka and adds to her record of issuing close to 70 reports against Sri Lanka since 2009. The disclosure of military details publicly …

May 14, 1976 is one of the most underreported, underestimated, underexamined dates in the political calendar of independent Sri Lanka.

It was the date on which the Tamil leadership which had gathered in Vadukoddai passed a resolution declaring war against …

Navi Pillay has finally crawled out of the woodwork. On 20 May 2020 the former head of the United Nations Human Rights Council finally showed off her true colours reading out a script which proved beyond doubt her bias ‘remembrance …

It’s now bordering the ridiculous when foreign MPs are muttering ‘genocide’ without stopping to actually ask a basic question – how many actually died or were killed. It is ludicrous of them to be parroting ‘genocide’ for killing ‘terrorists’ even …

Individuals are not selected for international positions to go on witch-hunts especially against sovereign countries and elected leaders. The international entity, appointing them are also responsible to see if those they appoint exceed their mandate. International entities cannot simply watch …

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Caste oppression has a long and convoluted history in Jaffna. There is also, nearly a century’s worth of recorded history of progressive elements within the community agitating against the caste system.

Serious ground was beginning to …