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A flag of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam at a rally in Sydney commemorating Tamil Genocide Remembrance Day. Some Tamil nationalists, particularly in the diaspora, have tried to piggyback on global solidarity with the Palestinian struggle to promote their own cause of a separate state for Sri Lankan Tamils.
Politics

The truth about the LTTE and the Palestinian struggle

Ragavan
It is natural to compare Gaza today and Tamils’ plight at the end of the Sri Lankan Civil War – but claims that the LTTE stood in solidarity with Palestine and got training from the PLO are dangerousl ...

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Anura Kumara Dissanayake wearing a grey shirt smiles at cameras outside his party office after winning Sri Lanka’s presidential election

State of Southasia #10: Ambika Satkunanathan on Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s win and the landmark political shift in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka rejected the Rajapaksas and an entire political establishment in the presidential election, with voters serious about a break with the past, says human rights advocate Ambika Satkunanathan
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