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Each topic gives a short answer, then the archive's cited files on it.
Mullivaikkal
முள்ளிவாய்க்கால்
Mullivaikkal is the strip of coast in Mullaitivu district where the final phase of the war ended in May 2009. The UN Panel of Experts (2011) and the OHCHR investigation (OISL, 2015) found credible allegations of serious violations by both sides. This hub gathers the archive's cited files on those final days, with UN sources first.
Chemmani mass graves
செம்மணி
Chemmani, near Jaffna, is the site of court-supervised mass-grave excavations under the Jaffna Magistrate. The archive follows the judicial record only — what the court and its experts have placed on record — and links each step to its source.
Katchatheevu & the Palk Strait
கச்சத்தீவு
Katchatheevu is a small island in the Palk Strait. India and Sri Lanka settled the maritime boundary in the 1974 and 1976 agreements. The archive's Maritime Desk reads both treaties together and sets Tamil Nadu fishers' arrests beside the livelihood of northern Sri Lankan Tamil fishers. It does not call for the island's return.
Enforced disappearances
வலிந்து காணாமலாக்கப்பட்டோர்
Sri Lanka has one of the largest numbers of enforced-disappearance cases registered with the UN Working Group. The archive does not collect testimony or build its own counts; it points to the Office on Missing Persons, the UN Working Group, ITJP and PEARL, and keeps a cited record of the pattern.
Up-country (Malaiyaha) Tamils
மலையகத் தமிழர்
Malaiyaha Tamils were brought from South India to work the plantations under British rule. The 1948 Citizenship Act left most of them stateless for decades. This hub gathers the archive's files on that statelessness and on plantation life today.
Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA)
பயங்கரவாதத் தடைச் சட்டம்
The PTA was passed in 1979 as a temporary law and remained in force for decades, allowing long detention without charge. A 2022 amendment was criticised by the ICJ and the EU as limited. This hub gathers the PTA's history and the newer bill proposed to replace it.
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