09/29/2011
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National Post
A man who worked as a tax collector in the Tamil Tigers’ finance department while the terrorist group engaged in crimes against humanity has been branded a war criminal and ordered out of Canada in a court ruling that holds office clerks just as culpable as the armed insurgents they enable.
08/29/2011
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Al Jazeera
The civil war is over in Sri Lanka, but many men suspected of being Tamil Tiger fighters continue to be detained.
05/14/2011
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Sydney Morning Herald
MULLAITIVU, Sri Lanka: In the frantic confusion of the last hours of the Tamil Tigers' war, some sought a way out. Through text messages and phone calls they offered an unconditional surrender, in return for safe passage out of the war zone.
05/14/2011
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Sydney Morning Herald
BEATEN, bloodied and with nowhere left to run, they received the text message just before 9 o'clock on the Sunday morning.
It came, through an intermediary, from the foreign secretary of the Sri Lankan government, apparent instructions for a surrender: "Just walk across to the troops, slowly. With a white flag and comply with instructions carefully. The soldiers are nervous about suicide bombers."
05/10/2011
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BBC
The Sri Lankan government rejected a surrender offer by Tamil Tiger rebels at the end of the war, reports released through the Wikileaks website say.
04/19/2011
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Christian Science Monitor
A UN panel has found “credible allegations” of war crimes committed by both sides during the final months of Sri Lanka’s civil war, which ended nearly two years ago with the battlefield defeat of the Tamil Tigers.
04/18/2011
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Haveeru
COLOMBO, April 18 (HNS) – The Sri Lankan government is making plans to respond strongly against the UN panel report which called for an independent inquiry into allegations that Sri Lanka committed crimes against humanity during the final phase of the conflict against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in 2009.
04/17/2011
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New Straits Times (Malaysia)
Attempts to map out the future course of Sri Lanka’s Tamil community and elect a leadership from among its diaspora have proved disastrous, writes NEVILLE DE SILVA
04/16/2011
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04/09/2011
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Economic Times
COLOMBO: The international network of the defeated LTTE is still active looking for opportunities to revive the terror group, Sri Lankan Prime Minister D M Jayaratne has said.