New Sri Lanka mass grave discovery reopens old wounds for Tamils
So far, 19 bodies have been found. Thousands of Tamils were disappeared during civil war that ended in 2009.
![A rusted gate behind which Sri Lankan excavators are digging the latest mass grave they have found from the country's 26-year-long civil war, in Chemmani, Sri Lanka [Jeevan Ravindran/Global News Insight]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/DSC_0536-1750053653.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
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Sri Lankan troops break up Tamil remembrance of civil war dead
Relatives forced out of cemeteries as they attempted to light lamps at graves of loved ones who died in the conflict.
Sri Lanka drops charges against ex-navy chief over 11 killings
Probe against Admiral Wasantha Karannagoda highlighted extrajudicial killings during the nation’s 37-year ethnic war.
Sri Lanka arrests Tamil MP for commemorating separatist rebel
Opposition legislator Selvarajah Kajendran arrested for remembering rebel who died campaigning for minority community.
Why Sri Lankan Tamil refugees in India attempted mass suicide
At least 29 refugees tried to take their own lives last month to protest their detention at a camp in Tamil Nadu state.
![The Sri Lankan Tamil detainees who tried to take their own lives at an Indian refugee camp [J Jayabathuri/Global News Insight]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/detainees-who-attempted-suicide.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
Sri Lanka’s political detainees tortured in custody: Rights group
International Truth and Justice Project report says 15 Tamils were beaten, burned, suffocated and sexually assaulted.
![Sri Lankan troopers stand guard in the district of Mullaittivu on May 17, 2018, before the 10th anniversary of Sri Lankan troops defeating Tamil Tiger rebels and declaring an end to a 37-year-old separatist war that killed at least 100,000 people [File: Ishara S Kodikara/AFP]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/000_1GK3Z8.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
Sri Lanka pardons suspected Tamil Tigers convicted of terrorism
President pardons 16 men as island nation faces UN pressure over detentions without charge under an anti-terrorism law.
![The pardon is a first for people linked to the Tigers since Gotabaya Rajapaksa came to power in 2019 [File: Ishara S Kodikara/AFP]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/000_1WA6ON.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
Justice has failed Sri Lanka civil war victims: UN’s Bachelet
UN’s human rights chief warns the systems and policies that allowed grave rights abuses remain in place.
Sri Lanka war memorial to be rebuilt after Tamils protest
Destruction of monument at Jaffna University, showing arms sticking out of a mound, prompted threats of general strike.
Indian actor quits biopic about Tamil cricket legend after uproar
Vijay Sethupathi withdraws from the project after cricketer Muttiah Muralitharan warns him of backlash from Tamils.
![Tamil politicians in India accuse Muralitharan, who retired from Test cricket in 2010, of betraying fellow Tamils during Sri Lanka's civil war [File: Tim Chong/Reuters]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/2012-10-13T120000Z_1421972155_GM1E8AD11V401_RTRMADP_3_CRICKET-LANKA-MURALITHARAN.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
Sri Lankan Tamil women fighting for land 10 years after war ended
Dozens have been protesting for the past three years, demanding army return their land confiscated during the civil war.
