A Sri Lankan court resumed proceedings today against 19 Tamils, including local traders and youth from Mallavi, who participated in the Pottuvil to Polikandy (P2P) protest march, a landmark peaceful demonstration calling for Tamil rights and justice in 2021.

Rising British-Eelam Tamil Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) fighter Kenu Suthakaran is making waves both in and out of the cage. Fresh off his first professional victory this past weekend, Suthakaran spoke to the Tamil Guardian about his fighting journey, the role of identity in his career, and what lies ahead for him.

Six more human skeletons were uncovered on Wednesday at the Chemmani mass grave site in Jaffna, including the remains of infants, as the total number of bodies found continues to climb.

The total number of skeletal assemblages identified now stands at 147, with 140 fully exhumed.

Former Sri Lankan minister and Pivithuru Hela Urumaya leader Udaya Gammanpila has dismissed the ongoing forensic excavation of mass graves in Chemmani, Jaffna, as “pointless and a waste of money,” drawing outrage from families of the disappeared and Tamil rights advocates across the North-East.

On August 4, 2006, Sri Lankan security forces summarily executed 17 aid workers from the French NGO, Action la Contre Faim (ACF), in Muttur, Trincomalee. 

The killings, which have since been dubbed the 'Muttur massacre', took place at the organisation's compound where the ACF team was based as they provided humanitarian assistance to the survivors of the catastrophic tsunami in 2004. 

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk has responded to letters sent by Tamil political parties and civil society organisations following his recent visit to Sri Lanka, claiming he would “continue to advocate for complementary strategies to provide pathways to advance justice for victims at the international level.”

36 years ago, up to 64 Tamil civilians were killed by the Indian Peace Keeping Force (IPKF) in Valvettithurai in a massacre that was termed “India’s My Lai”.

Tamil actor Sasikumar has addressed the criticism surrounding his recent film 'Tourist Family', in an interview with film critic Sudhir Srinivasan, in which he defends speaking up for Eelam Tamils and slammed film censorship in India.

Over 200 people, including families of the disappeared, gathered to view dozens of items of evidence that were unearthed from the Chemmani mass graves earlier today, as more bodies continue to be identified at the site.