A torch rally was held at the Ondaachchimadam Bridge in Batticaloa on Monday evening in a show of solidarity with the “Unextinguished Flame” vigil in Chemmani, Jaffna - a protest demanding international justice for the mass graves recently uncovered in the area.

Tamil Eelam Football Association (TEFA) will host the second CONIFA Asia Cup in London from July 1st to 5th. 

Tamil Eelam were crowned champions in the inaugural tournament held in Lisbon, Portugal in 2023. The team now looks to maintain its dominance as it hosts East Turkistan FA and the Tibetan National Sports Association. 

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk assured Tamil parliamentarians that the plight the Tamil people will not be sidelined at the upcoming UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) session in Geneva, despite the prominence of ongoing global conflicts.

The sixth consecutive day of protests by Tamil landowners in Valikamam North, Jaffna, drew wider political backing on Thursday, as Members of Parliament and senior Tamil leaders joined calls for the release of more than 2,400 acres of land still under Sri Lankan military occupation.

Lawyers urge UN intervention for internationally supervised exhumation at Chemmani mass grave

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk reflected on his visit to the Chemmani mass grave site near Jaffna on Wednesday, reiterating the importance of ensuring “independent experts with forensic expertise” are allowed to be used to excavate such sites of mass atrocities.

A cross-section of Tamil political leaders and civil society representatives handed a letter to UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk during his visit to the island, urging the United Nations to maintain a firm stance on accountability for mass atrocities committed in Sri Lanka and not allow the Sri Lankan government to exploit his visit to undermine international pressure.

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, visited the Chemmani mass grave site in Jaffna on Wednesday, as well as a vigil set up by Tamil protestors where he laid flowers before a flame amid calls for international accountability over wartime atrocities.

Protesters at the ongoing Chemmani vigil in Jaffna forcibly removed Sri Lankan Fisheries Minister Ramalingam Chandrasekar from the site on Wednesday, rejecting his presence and demanding that he leave immediately.