Silenced Voices, Shattered Freedoms: The Enduring Harassment and Oppression of Tamil Journalists in Sri Lanka (2009–2025)   A Comprehensive Analysis of the Harassment, Intimidation, Threats, and Systematic Rights Violations Faced by Tamil Journalists under Sri Lankan State and Security Apparatus Since the End of the armed conflict. Edited By: Wimal Navaratnam-ABC Tamil Oli 1           Introduction Over fifteen years since the formal end of Sri Lanka’s brutal civil war, the country’s Tamil journalists have remained at the frontlines of risk, their profession marked by unprecedented harassment, legal persecution, intimidation, assaults, disappearances, and killings. Instead of a new dawn of reconciliation and press freedom, the experiences of Tamil journalists in the post-2009 era have reflected persistent state oppression, entrenched impunity for abuses, and a climate where press freedoms, particularly for those reporting on m...

An Exhaustive Review of Ministry Timelines, Official Responses, Legal Frameworks, and Current Status (2025) “Three Thousand Days of Silence and Strength: Tamil Families’ Unyielding Quest for International Justice” In solemn remembrance of the victims of enforced disappearances, this report is published to honour 3,000 days of relentless protest by Tamil families in Vavuniya. Their unwavering vigil stands as a testament to love, loss, and an enduring demand for international justice. Each day marked not only their sorrow, but a collective cry for truth and accountability. We dedicate these pages to those who vanished—and to the families who refuse to let them be forgotten. Introduction Enforced disappearances and cases of missing persons represent some of the most deeply entrenched and painful human rights issues in Sri Lanka’s modern history. The phenomenon has spanned decades, affecting all communities—Sinhala, Tamil, and Muslim—across multiple waves of conflict, insurr...