49-year-old Eezham cinema artist Gnanadas Kasinathar, based in the island, has come up with a film uncovering the depth of the trauma and the challenges experienced by the families of the enforced disappeared Tamils in the North-East. Uru (Trance), a recent short film written and directed by the artist has once again brought recognition to Eezham Tamil short-films with an international award on the subject of human rights. In an interview surrounding the plight of a trauma-stricken society and the problems faced by it, the artist explains how the families cope with the psychological scars as well as how the entire Tamil nation is being subjected to a systematic and psychological programme of structural annihilation. TamilNet Report: http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=79&artid=38902 ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcV7l-ievAQ

Lawyers protest against mob violence on Court complex in Mannaar ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ws62eR1tdw

Tamil protesters from North and East on Monday staged protest outside the embassy of USA, the British and Indian High Commissions and the UN office in Colombo. The families of enforced disappeared urged internationally guaranteed delivery of de-militarisation, real international investigations that also include investigations on protracted genocide and an internationally monitored and transparent negotiation process to resolve the national conflict in the island. TamilNet Report: http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=38598 ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7677C54CG_M

Mr. C. Mahendran of the Communist Party of India, interviewed on 18 May 2012 in Oslo by Palaka'ni presenter M.Pirabukannan from Tamil Nadu ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIqaIPBezl4