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Politics (NorthEast)

Sen. Nadesan on Language Problem

Act Fast for Reconciliation

TESO Resolutions

Census 2012

War in Peace

Eastern Election & Muslim Congress

Armed Groups in East?

Civil Society Memo re Elections

Legitimacy of Self-Determination Struggle

Sharp: Dictator's Nightmare

Resolutions Passed at ITAK Convention

Jaffna Challenges

Sampanthan Speech to ITAK

CPA: Tamil Language Rights

Time for Mourning is Over

5 Years On: Eastern Province

Sampanthan Speech on UNHRC Resolution

Incentivizing Local Government

TNA: Broken Promises

TNA Letter to UNHRC

The Defeated

Tamils a Distinct People

TNA Situation Report

MP Sumanthiran on Militarization of NE

Sumanthiran Speech in Canada

TNA's Response to LLRC

TNA Statement on LLRC

TNA Statement Dec. 3, 2011

Sumanthiran Interview in Canada

Sampanthan Speech in Canada

Critical Situation of the Tamil People

Continued Militarization

Concepts & Structures of a Settlement

TNA Statement for UNHRC

13th Amendment: Devolution or 'Comic Opera?'

Equitable Rights

Ethnic Nature of NE Must Be Changed

How Serious about Political Settlement?

Sampanthan Interview

TNA: Mullaitivu Resettlement

Erasing Tamil Culture

TNA Statement on Talks re Political Solution

Muslim Identity & Tamil-Muslim Relations

Tamil Parties Make Strong Showing

Sampanthan Statement on Local Elections

CTC Calls for Free Elections

Recent TNA Statements

TNA Response to UN Report

Power Devolution?

TNA Statement on Election

UK Foreign Office Report

Look Beyond 13th Amendment

What is Going on in N SL?

T. Sabaratnam Passes

SL Muslims: Ethno-nationalism & Ummah

Parvathi Amma

SL Tamil Nationalism, II

Land System in North

Death of the Tiger

Smothering Revival

Some Reflections on J & S

Concern Regarding SL

Biafra Parallels

Discreet Charm of American Poodle

Indians Monitoring Aid

Deepening Internal Colonialism

CPA: Eastern Recovery

SL: View from Afar

From Post-War to Political Solution

MP Sumanthiran's Speech

MP Sritharan's Speech

Discussing Tamil Natl Interest

Conversation with Sachithananthan

Distancing Ourselves from India

Mannaar Colonization

CTC: Tamils Disenfranchised

Tamils & Elections 2010

Uneasy Homecoming

Blood on Our Hands

Sampanthan Speech on Unlawful Occupation of State Lands

TIC: Zurich Meeting of Tamil Parties

Perahera in Jaffna

Eelam Tamils After the War

What Next?

Along the Path

Land Sensitive Issue in NE

Lessons from the Polls

Self-Determination Again

'LTTE to Continue Thru Political Means'

New Directions in Tamil Nationalism

Sangam Press Release on PTGTE

Confronting the Death of Prabakaran

The Liberal Moment

Freedom Denied

Brokering Surrender

Time to Transcend & Transform

Winning the Peace

Open Letter to Sec. Clinton

Tamils Put IC to the Test

ICG: Lessons from the East

TNA: Tamils Subjected to Genocide

Futile Wait

Tamil Party Calls for Ceasefire

TfO Poll: 'What Should be Done?'

Politics of Solutions

Referendum Urged in NE

Killing Cadres, Not the Cause

TNA: Co-chairs' Stand Fails in Fundamentals

How the Tamils are Pushed Further

Open Letter to US Ambassador

TNA Press Release

What Next after Kilinochchi?

Poll: Tamils Want Separation

Development & the Tamils

Struggle of the People Continues...

Barriers to the 13th Amendment

The Tamil People's Right to Self-Determination

2008 Heroes' Day Speech

Response to Amb Blake

Should Eelam Federate with India?

SL a Country or an Island?

Beginning the End of War

TCHR: Solutions Proposed

Perpetual War

TIC: Tamil Right to Self-Determination

Fallout of Vavuniya Attack

Winning Hearts in the North

Power Sharing as Peace

The Tide is Turning

UN, Self-Determination & Terrorism

Fragile Fictions

Is There No End to This Madness?

A Snail's Vision

The Sri Lanka Situation

Interview with Anita Pratap

Military Pathway to Nationbuilding

Self-Determination Dilemma

Why Independence?

Preserve the Core, Stimulate Progress

Re-emergence of Tamil Nadu Factor

Gone with the Wind

UN Recognizes De Facto States

Comment on PC Elections in East

Sovereignty & Self-Determination

Develop Now, Destroy Later?

Elections in the East

Demographic Changes in the Tamil Homeland

Destruction of the Tamil Community

Memorandum to the Commonwealth 1974

Tamils' Right to Self-Determination

Jaffna: Besieged by Terror

Remember the TULF's 1977 Manifesto?

IFT: Neither Freedom Nor De-Colonisation

TCHR: Eelam & Kosovo

SL's 'Wild East ' Votes

Eastern Polls & Pacification

Mills' Nationality & Chelvanayagam

Because We Can

Responses to the Ambassador

ICG: Return to War

Who Prevents Muslim Resettlement in Jaffna?

An End Foreseen

TNA Will Not 'Touch' the 13th Amendment

The Moderate Position on Eelam

We Will Win! We Will Win!

IFT: Regaining Sovereignty

TCWA: Feb 4, 1948 Black Day

An Agreement to Fight Some More

Tamil Statehood?

What Liberation?

A Letter to HC Dominic Chilcott

PS: Status of Schools in the NE

Eyes Tight Shut

Independence Daze

Peace Group Leaving Sri Lanka

Sinhalisation of the East

IDP Resettlement & Colonization in the East

Tamils: Disruption to the Norm?

Aftermath of LTTE Leader's Speech

Appeal to Stop the Genocide

The Murder of Tamilchelvan

Terrorism, Violence & Reconciliation

Prabakaran's 2007 Heroes' Day Speech

Politics of Terror in the Devil's Playground

We Send Them the Money IV

Eelam & Indian Security

Tamilselvan Eulogy

No Choice

Memories of Tamilselvan

Mullaitivu NGO Consortium Condemns Thamilchelvan Killing

Head of Political Wing Assassinated

Sivaram & Counter-Insurgency

Sivaram & Counter-Insurgency 2

Sivaram & Counter-Insurgency 3

Tamils Are a 'People' - Tho a Minority

Sinhala Colonisation Cloaked as 'Development'

Past Efforts & Present Needs

The Sri Lanka Muslim Congress

Recognize the Sovereignty of the Tamil People

Core Issue

What 'Responsibility to Protect' Means to Tamils

Humanitarian Action in the 'Undeclared War' in SL

Dialogicality, Inclusiveness & Equality in the SL Peace Process

Jaffna's Media in the Grip of Terror

Tamil Troubles & Gen. Mehta

Remembering Mutur, 2006

Civil Administration & Development Priorities in East

UN OCHA: IDPs in Batticaloa

East: the Lost Battle for Survival

Confederation or a Separate State

On Our Own

Message Not Clear!

Politics, Not Morals

US on Prabhakaran in 2002

Why SL Forces Won't Attack Tiger Heartland

Tamils Have a De Jure State

Early Warning

NESOHR: UN Assist an End to Violence

Double Exposure

Fait Accompli?

Un-Making Old Choices

Tamilchelvan Interview

SL's Endangered Peace Process & the Way Forward

The Tamil Homeland

Tamil Americans Call for Recognition of Tamil Sovereignty

India Must Stop Assistance to GoSL

Territorial Control Where Necessary

New War

The Price of Peace in Sri Lanka

Tamil Eelam & the US Declaration of Independence

A Critique of the ICG Report

A Loaded Question

The Final Verdict on Tamil Eelam?

Sri Lanka is India's Problem

Reconciliation with India

Vaiko: SL Tamils Want a Separate Nation

Government Clamps Down on Jaffna University

Maaveerar Naal

Ugly Reality

After Geneva, What?

Letter to US Under Secretary Nicholas Burns

Tamils Need Real Autonomy

In the Aftermath of Geneva 2

Sovereignty & Territorial Integrity

Responses to 'A Proposal'

Some Remarks on International Involvement, etc

India Takes Tamil Support for Granted

Terrorism & Liberation

Message of Sacrifice

Sangaree & Elections

The World Ignores Sri Lankan State Terrorism

Citizens, Civilians, Casualties

The Crunch

India Struggles to Find a Coherent Policy on SL

An Exchange Between an Uncle and His Nephew

IFT: The Military Annexation of Sampur & the CFA

Understanding Patterns of Information Flow about the NE

The Charge is Genocide; the Stuggle is Freedom

Tamils and Tigers

Third Parties Attempt to Undermine the Tamil National Movement

We Have Come Full Circle

Why a Solution Within a United Sri Lanka?

Dr. Ramadoss: Champion of Tamil Rights

Duplicity, Indifference & Cruelty

Eelam Intifada

The 1987 Indo-Lanka Accord

The 1987 Indo-Lanka Accord

Mother India & Eelam Tamils

International Involvement: Lessons from Sri Lanka

Martin McGuinness Meets Tiger Leadership

India and the LTTE: 'Out of the Box'

Boston Globe: Sri Lanka's Uncivil War

Justice Surmounts Freedom Struggles

Rsponse to Col. Hariharan's "LTTE Strategies"

Tamils Need a Homeland

The Lion Flag & State Terrorism

Sinhala Military Occupation & Tamileelam

Sinhala Military Occupation & Tamileelam

Sinhala Military Occupation & Tamileelam

Sinhala Military Occupation & Tamileelam

Sinhala Military Occupation & Tamileelam

Sinhala Military Occupation & Tamileelam

Mutur Under Siege by Many Parties

Dead End

The Tamils' Right to Self-Determination

Tamileelam is the Only Feasible Solution Left

Oslo Talks

The Tamil Homeland is No Longer 'Mythical'

Sri Lanka Lost

Branding the LTTE as Terrorists

The Problem is Implementation, Not Talks

The Sinhala Nationalist Quagmire & the Tamil National Question

Sri Lankan City Mired in Ethnic Violence

The Sea Rights of States in Formation

Peace without Rights, or Rights without Peace

Lacking Conviction

Sri Lankan Tamil Demography

'Uthayan' Attack: Selections from the press

Civil War in the Jungle

What Do the Terms 'Eelam' & 'Ilankai' Mean?

Getting to Know Sri Lankan Tamils

A Request for Help from Tamil Expatriates

Letter to the EU

The Right of Self-Determination

What Negotiations?

Trinco Conspiracy

Tamilchelvam Letter to Amb. Bratskar

Zip-a-dee-doo-dah

The Elephant in the Room

Negotiation with Armed Groups: Sri Lanka and Beyond

Powersharing or Partition?

Palacingham Pre-Conditions for Talks

FAQs on the Sri Lankan National Conflict

Federalism or Partition?

Non-States and Non-Entities

Britain's Answer to Separatism

Stark Choices for Sri Lanka

A Sinhala Perspective on the EU Contribution to the Peace Process

MP Ponnambalam: The EU's Contribution

TCHR - The EU Contribution

Stumbling Peace Talks

The Tamil Perspective on Negotiating Peace in Sri Lanka

Geneva Talks: a turning point?

First Deal, First Hurdle

Peace Talks - Again?!

Three Mules and Sister Rajani

Peace Talks That Have Gone Nowhere

Talks, Talks and More Talks

Letter from a Tamil

Sri Lanka's Only Hope for Peace

Tamils Not to Reason Why

US Role in Sri Lanka

Fighting Sri Lankan State Terrorism

Cease-Fire Talks

A Mirage of Equality

The Tamil Struggle

The Essence of the Geneva Talks

Interview with Prof. Sivathamby

Preferring Patience

Violence Falls, but Peril Remains

A Mischievious Game

Self-Defense

Truth in Sri Lanka

Collective Punishment for the Tamils

US Setting the Clock Back on Peace

State Terrorism in Sri Lanka

Memorandum to Secretary Rice

Letter to Ambassador Lunstead

Letter to Cardinal Murphy O'Connor

Shifting the Balance of Power, Capturing the Power of Leverage

Accept the Reality of a Separate State for Tamils

The Conflict in Sri Lanka: Ground Realities [pdf]

The Tamil-Muslim Question - Again

IFT - Tamil Civilians Need Protection Against a Vindictive Armed State

Letter to the Co-Chairs from the Association of Tamil Americans

Too Much Talk

The Pararajasingam Murder - the Fall-Out

People's Struggle is the Only Option

The Real Reasons Behind the Murder in the Cathedral

A Call to Impose Sanctions on the Government of Sri Lanka

Tsunami's Legacy: Extraordinary Giving and Unending Strife

The Rumours of Peace

Reign of Blind Terror

Don't Support Sinhala Terrorism

Healing and Awareness through Theater

Expulsion of Jaffna Muslims: The Logic of Cultural Genocide

Shadow War in Sri Lanka

Sow the Wind and Reap the Whirlwind

War by Other Means

Sudan's Interim Power-sharing and Peace in Sri Lanka

Some Thoughts on the 2005 Heroes' Day Speech

No 'Peace' Rice in an Empty Pot

Wait and Observe

Oh! International Community! What is Your Response?

A Flashback to Pirabhakaran's 1995 Interview

Clinton Visits Kinniya

Comments on the Expulsion of the Jaffna Muslims

Expulsion of Jaffna Muslims: Cultural Genocide or Battlefield Strategy?

Tamil Bishops Urge Vote for Peace

A Piece of Advice to Prof. Jayatilleke

What is the LTTE up to?

Towards a Peaceful Settlement

A Unitary Unit, Federalism or Independence

Brussels Rally Asserts Tamil Rights

Democracy and the NorthEast