Tamils

The Tamil people, also known as Tamilar (Tamil: தமிழர், romanized: Tamiḻar, pronounced [tamiɻaɾ] in the singular or தமிழர்கள், Tamiḻarkaḷ, [tamiɻaɾxaɭ] in the plural) or simply Tamils (), are a Dravidian ethno-linguistic group who trace their ancestry to the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu, Union territory of Puducherry or to Sri Lanka. Tamils constitute 5.9% of the population in India (concentrated mainly in Tamil Nadu), 15% in Sri Lanka, 6% in Mauritius, 7% in Malaysia and 5% in Singapore. Tamils, with a population of around 76 million and with a documented history stretching back over 2,000 years, are one of …

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Amnesty International · 14 March 2024 English

The operationalization of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) 2019 is a blow to the Indian constitutional values of equality and religious non-discrimination and inconsistent and incompatible with India’s international human …

Asia region such as Rohingya Muslims, Sri Lankan Tamils, Bhutanese, Hazaras, Shias and Ahmadiyyas face and have a UN Refugee status and the Sri Lankan Tamils which form the largest refugee group in India.


MRG: Minority Rights Group International · 29 February 2024 English

Governments shall take measures, in cooperation with the peoples Document of the Copenhagen Meeting of the Conference on the concerned, to protect and preserve the environment of the territories Human …

and Minorities Sri Lanka: A Bitter Harvest The Tamils of Sri Lanka Language, Literacy and Minorities


MRG: Minority Rights Group International · 29 February 2024 English

Most the Sandinistas by a segment of the Miskito people; the govern Mestizos in the eastern area are small farmers and ranchers or ment’s decision to relocate Miskito villages from …

‘valuable insight’9; ‘the best analysis’25. • No.25 The Tamils of Sri Lanka (Revised 1988 edition) — ‘a warning


MRG: Minority Rights Group International · 29 February 2024 English

No disadvantage shall result for any person belonging to a minority as the of the United Nations, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the consequence of the exercise or non-exercise …

the human rights situation of minorities like the Tamils of Sri Lanka. A set of recommendations on the implementation Sikhs Children: Rights and Responsibilities The Tamils of Sri Lanka Constitutional Law and Minorities


MRG: Minority Rights Group International · 29 February 2024 English

Indeed, the establishment of Israel, that State’s conduct and the response of the Peace Settlement in Eastern Europe at the end of the First World Arab world and the Palestinians, …

‘valuable insight’9; ‘the best analysis’25. • No.25 The Tamils of Sri Lanka (New 1986 edition) — ‘a warning that


MRG: Minority Rights Group International · 29 February 2024 English

The coastal strip is the first decade of this century, in the last phase of the German colonial low-lying Namib desert and it is washed by the chilly waters of …

over 2 million have been killed’43. • No.25 The Tamils of Sri Lanka (Revised 1983 edition) • No.63 Micronesia:


MP-IDSA: Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses · 27 February 2024 English

A surgical team of 27 medics provided assistance to the injured at the civil hospital at Malé and took charge of the hospital in the absence of the superintendent of …

opportunity to settle scores with the Sri Lankan Tamils at whose hands it had received a severe mauling


MRG: Minority Rights Group International · 12 February 2024

include the Church of the Nazarene, the Church of the We should keep the religion but this part of their pro- Apostles in Mozambique, the South African Church, the gramme …

'A calm and informed survey'16 . •No. 25 - The Tamils of Sri Lanka (price 45p) - •A warning that unless


UN: The United Nations · 2 February 2024 English

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2 Sri Lanka’s Genocidal War against Eelam Tamils: Case of the Navaly Church Massacre On 9 July Peter’s Church in Navaly. More than 140 sheltering Tamils, who were encouraged by the military to seek refuge Murugan Kovil, which were both sheltering displaced Tamils from army bombardment, was attacked. Bombs recognize that Tamil Territories are not Governing by Tamils g. conducting an internationally monitored Referendum i. OHCHR’s successive reports don’t mention “Tamils” who are the victims of genocide in Sri Lanka


MRG: Minority Rights Group International · 31 January 2024 English

mutilation, hygienic conditions, the skill and eyesight of the iv) Intermediate, meaning the removal of the clitoris and some operator, and the struggles of the child. [...] The representing the …

welcome" ; 'a calm and informed survey'". •No.25 The Tamils of Sri Lanka (Revised 1979 edition) 'The Internationalist;


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