May 18, 2022
there is neither sea nor wind for us to dissolve the ashes proclaim an end and close our eyes. -Poem by Cheran Rudhramoorthy from In a Time of Burning 13 years ago, the Sri Lankan civil war came to an end following a brutal offensive launched by the government’s armed...
May 18, 2019
Today marks ten years since the end of the civil war in Sri Lanka, the final stages of which were scene to some of the worst mass atrocities of the 21st century. The scale and gravity of the crimes that took place in the war’s last days alone can be difficult to...
May 13, 2019
We are pleased to share with you below the details of a two-day exhibition in London (18-19 May 2019) marking ten years since the final stages of Sri Lanka’s civil war, a period in which tens of thousands of Tamil civilians were killed, mostly by government shelling....
Sep 7, 2017
Following years in which it routinely ranked near the top of the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) Impunity Index, Sri Lanka is still one of the most dangerous places in the world to be a journalist. The risks are higher still if you are Tamil. According to...
Dec 16, 2015
Last week Dr Chaminda Weerawardhana wrote an article for the Colombo Telegraph in which he defended the right of victims of Sri Lanka’s civil war to commemorate Maaveerar Naal, or “heroes day”. It is incredibly rare to hear a defence of Maaveerar Naal outside of Tamil...
