Alors que l’histoire contemporaine du Sri Lanka est entachée par le génocide du peuple Tamoul, le pays entretient des liens politiques et diplomatiques serrés avec le gouvernement israélien au pouvoir, contribuant de facto au génocide du peuple palestinien.

Voici un article bien documenté et éclairant de Fatima Haidar, stagiaire du Programme de stages internationaux pour les jeunes auprès de NAFSO Sri Lanka.

https://www.alternatives.ca/stages-blogue/malgre-son-histoire-le-sri-lanka-contribue-au-genocide-palestinien/

#srilanka #palestine #tamilgenocide #palestiniangenocide

‘War? In this land? / Who told you?’: There’s a new anthology of Sri Lankan poetry in translation

Excerpt from ‘Out of Sri Lanka: Tamil, Sinhala and English Poetry from Sri Lanka and its Diasporas,’ edited by Vidyan Ravinthiran, Seni Seneviratne, and Shash Trevett.

#TamilGenocide #SriLanka #poetry #literature #tamil #sinhala #books #bookstodon #india

https://scroll.in/article/1062155/war-in-this-land-who-told-you-theres-a-new-anthology-of-sri-lankan-poetry-in-translation

Forty years since Black July: Seven novels about the traumatic legacy of the Sri Lankan civil war

Black July marked the beginning of a 25 year-long civil war that would result in a devastating death toll and displace 800,000 Sri Lankans.

#SriLanka #TamilGenocide #eelam #books #novels #SinhalaNationalism #ShyamSelvadurai #RomeshGunasekara #MichaelOndaatje #ShobhaSakthi #NayomiMunaweera #ShehanKarunatilaka #RuFreeman #history #racism #HumanRights #bookstodon #tamils

https://scroll.in/article/1053305/forty-years-since-black-july-seven-novels-about-the-traumatic-legacy-of-the-sri-lankan-civil-war

Mass grave found in North-East Sri Lanka; Tamils demand international investigation

A shutdown was carried out across the North-East yesterday as Tamils across the homeland demand for an international investigation into the Kokkuthodavai mass grave.

The mass grave was discovered on June 29th by construction workers from the National Water Supply and Drainage Board prompting excavation efforts.

#SriLanka #mullaitivu #kokkuthoduvai #SriLankanMassGraves #MassGrave #TamilGenocide #history #SinhalaNationalism #HumanRights #tamils #eelam #india

https://www.tamilguardian.com/content/shutdown-north-east-tamils-demand-international-investigation-kokkuthoduvai-mass-grave

Tamil nationalism in Sri Lanka defies state repression

Post-war memorialisation events serve as resilient expressions of Tamil nationalism despite crackdowns by the Sri Lankan state, writes Mario Arulthas.

#SriLanka #TamilNationalism #TamilGenocide #eelam #LTTE #repression #SinhalaNationalism #HumanRights #repression #india

https://www.himalmag.com/tamil-nationalism-sri-lanka-state-repression/

A requiem for the Jaffna Library

Chronicling the fall and resurrection of the Jaffna Public Library, and mourning all that can never be recovered [article from January 2014].

#SriLanka #jaffna #JaffnaPublicLibrary #BookBurning #TamilGenocide #SinhalaNationalism #SinhalaSupremacy #CyrilMathew #GaminiDissanayake #JRJayawardene #history

https://www.himalmag.com/requiem-jaffna-library/

Sri Lankan government should 'stop stalling' and investigate human rights violations

Human Rights Watch (HRW) told the Sri Lankan government to "stop stalling and fulfill its obligation to investigate and prosecute the grave violations for which many people still suffer" in a statement marking 14 years since the Tamil genocide.

#SriLanka #eelam #TamilGenocide #genocide #majoritarianism #history #SinhalaRacism #tamils #HumanRights #HRW

https://www.tamilguardian.com/content/sri-lankan-government-should-stop-stalling-and-investigate-human-rights-violations-says-hrw