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Sri Lankan Tamils (Tamil: இலங்கை தமிழர், ilankai tamiḻar or ஈழத் தமிழர், īḻat tamiḻar), also known as Ceylon Tamils or Eelam Tamils, are Tamils native to the South Asian island state of Sri Lanka.
- ~300,000
- ~60,000 (2008)
- ~50,000 (2008)
- ~120,000 (2006)
Jun 22, 2022 · Tens of thousands lost their lives as the LTTE was defeated and up to 100,000 people, mostly Tamils, were abducted by the Sri Lankan armed forces and never seen again. Since then, many in...
Mar 26, 2022 · Tamils fear prison and torture in Sri Lanka, 13 years after civil war ended. The threat of a bullet in the leg or having his fingernails ripped off was the ordeal faced by one man. Hannah Ellis...
The Sri Lankan Tamil diaspora refers to the global diaspora of Sri Lankan Tamil origin. It can be said to be a subset of the larger Sri Lankan and Tamil diaspora.
- ~157,000 (2016)
- ~60,000 (2008)
- ~50,000 (2008)
- ~120,000 (2007)
May 15, 2020 · Sri Lanka civil war. Sri Lankan Tamils. More than a decade after the Mullivaikkal massacre, Tamils remain heavily discriminated against by a state that has yet to reckon with its violent past.
May 31, 2019 · In a final effort to defeat the armed separatist group the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (the Tamil Tigers), the Sri Lankan state forces relentlessly shelled an area called Mullivaikal in...
May 16, 2022 · The 26-year civil war between the separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and the Sri Lankan government was marked by countless atrocities by both sides.
