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5 days ago · The Tamil people, also known as Tamilar (Tamil: தமிழர், romanized: Tamiḻar, pronounced [t̪amiɻaɾ] in the singular or தமிழர்கள், Tamiḻarkaḷ, [t̪amiɻaɾɡaɭ] in the plural), Tamilians, or simply Tamils (/ ˈ t æ m ɪ l z, ˈ t ɑː-/ TAM-ilz, TAHM-), are a dravidian ethnolinguistic group who natively ...
4 days ago · In its report, the London-based International Truth and Justice Project (ITJP) which has been documenting alleged abuses in Sri Lanka, cited details of 123 Tamils who said they were beaten, burnt ...
3 days ago · The report titled Disappearance, Torture And Sexual Violence Of Tamils 2015-2022 analyses the statements of 123 Tamils, 109 males and 14 females aged between 20 to 39 years of age, who between 2015 and 2022 were picked up and detained by security forces. The detentions lasted from between one day to one and a half years.
3 days ago · Sri Lankan security forces continue to impose abduction and torture on Tamil civilians, a Wednesday report from the International Truth and Justice Project revealed.The report analyzed the statements of 123 Tamils (aggregately detained for a total of 139 times) who were unlawfully detained by Sri Lankan security forces between 2015 and 2022, all of whom now reside outside of Sri Lanka.
3 days ago · May 9, 2024. Sri Lanka’s security forces abducted men and women from the ethnic Tamil minority and tortured them in custody long after the end of a bloody civil war in the South Asian island nation, a human rights group said in a new report. The 26-year civil war between separatist Tamil insurgents and government forces ended in 2009.
1 day ago · Tamil Nadu (/ ˌ t æ m ɪ l ˈ n ɑː d uː /; Tamil: [ˈtamiɻ ˈnaːɽɯ] ⓘ, abbr. TN) is the southernmost state of India.The tenth largest Indian state by area and the sixth largest by population, Tamil Nadu is the home of the Tamil people, who speak the Tamil language, one of the longest surviving classical languages and serves as its official language.
2 days ago · India has reaffirmed its continued commitment towards the North and East-based Tamil minority community by extending development and economic cooperation with Sri Lanka. Indian High Commissioner Santosh Jha on Thursday met with S Sritharan, the leader of the Ilankai Tamil Arasu Katchi (ITAK), the main party of the Tamil National Alliance (TNA).
