Massacres
Mathawachchi – Rampawa September 1984
Mathawachchi is located south of Vavuniya on the A9 road. The village is populated mainly by Sinhala and Muslim people.Following […]...
1958 pogrom
In 1956, peaceful portests by Tamils in Colombo, against the Sinhala Only Act that was recently in passed by the […]...
Thirunelveli massacre 24/25.07.1983
Thirunelveli comes under the Nallur Assistant Government Agent Division in the Jaffna district. It is located north of the Jaffna […]...
1983 communal pogrom
The precursors Local government elections were held in the Northern district of that time in May 1983. This turned out […]...
Kiliveddi massacre in 1985
In the fourteen days ending on 14.06.1985, a total of 150 people were killed. Kiliveddi is a Tamil village in […]...
Thiriyai massacre 08.06.1985
Thiriyai massacre 08.06.1985 Thiriyai is situated in the northeast region of the Trincomalee district. On 08.06.1985, around 5.30am in the […]...
Inginiyakala massacre 05.06.1956
Inginiyakala massacre 05.06.1956 In the 1940s, the Minister of Agriculture at that time created several Sinhala settlements in the […]...
1981 communal pogrom
This pogrom surrounds the events in which the Jaffna library was burnt down with its irreplacable book. It was during […]...