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Skeletal remains found without skulls, and a body wearing a raincoat, are among the latest discoveries at the Chemmani mass grave in Jaffna, where the number of sets of human remains identified has risen t

Uma Kumaran, the Labour MP for Stratford and Bow and the first person of Eelam Tamil heritage elected to the British parliament, has been appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, becoming the first British Tamil to hold ministerial office.

The appointment was confirmed on Wednesday evening as the new prime minister, Andy Burnham, set out his ministerial team. Kumaran will also serve as an Assistant Whip. The Foreign Office is the department responsible for British foreign policy, including

Actor turned Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu Joseph Vijay has had a career spanning five decades. With each decade, the Tamil industry has watched the star grow into the political figurehead he is today. Starting as a child actor in films directed by his father SA Chandrasekar in the 1980s, Vijay pivoted to romantic lead hero roles in the 1990s and early 2000s. The early noughties and 2010s saw another pivot as the actor took on masala action films with overt political themes. Finally, the 2020s have seen a celebration of the actor’s career and his entry into politics, having garnered a huge f

British Prime Minister Andy Burnham took office this week and announced a series of ministerial changes, with several figures associated with the previous administration leaving government.

Downing Street confirmed the appointments, with a large number of the new cabinets members have addressed Tamil audiences, tabled parliamentary questions or spoken in the House of Commons on Sri Lanka over the past seventeen years.

We look back on their record below.

Ed Miliband, Foreign Secretary

Civil society representatives in Jaffna have called on the European Union to urge the Sri Lankan government to revoke the gazette acquiring 6,317 acres of land in Valikamam North, arguing that the land continues to be withheld from its civilian owners years after the end of the armed conflict.

The appeal was made in a written submission during a meeting on Tuesday between the EU Ambassador to Sri Lanka, ambassadors of EU member states and representatives of civil society in Jaffna. The delegation visited the Chemmani mass grave excavation site

A European Union delegation visited the Chemmani mass grave excavation site in Jaffna on Wednesday, observing the court-supervised excavation and receiving updates on the investigation into a site that has become the largest mass gr

^{Sinhala rioters celebrate as they pause in the destruction of homes and businesses in Tamil sectors of Colombo}

Today marks 43 years since the horrors of the anti-Tamil pogrom of 1983, when thousands of Tamils were killed by Sinhala mobs backed by the then UNP government and state forces.

Armed with electoral rolls, Sinhala mobs targeted Tamil homes and businesses, looting and ransacking property. Driven from their homes, particularly in Colombo, over 3000 Tamils were massacred, whilst thousands more were effectively deported by the state to

Tamil relatives of the forcibly disappeared have called on the European Union to recognise that Tamils were subjected to genocide and to support an international investigation, confronting an EU delegation during i