A British Tamil poet’s work was chosen by the Royal Family for this year’s Armistice Day commemorations, with his specially commissioned sonnet read at the national service attended by the Princess of Wales.
A mass torchlit demonstration took place in Mannar this week as residents marked the 100th consecutive day of their protest against the construction of new wind power towers on Mannar Island.
Social activists in Kalmunai demanded an immediate halt to allegedly unlawful and racially motivated construction in Tamil-majority areas, citing flood risks and ethnic bias
Tamil Eelam activists protested outside the Sri Lankan embassy in London, condemning human rights violations and calling for a referendum on Tamil Eelam
The Sri Lankan navy detained fourteen Indian fishermen and seized their trawler on Saturday night, after they claimed it was poaching in the waters off Analaitivu, an islet west of Jaffna.
Sri Lanka’s Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa said his party was “crystal clear” on fully implementing the 13th Amendment, as he spoke to media outlets calling for deeper strategic, economic, and political ties with India, during a high-profile visit to New Delhi this week.
Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, the Vatican’s Secretary for Relations with States, was hospitalised in Colombo after falling ill during an official visit to Sri Lanka marking 50 years of diplomatic relations between the Holy See and the Sri Lankan state, forcing the cancellation of several engagements.
Writing in Himal Southasian, an observer of the 1999 Chemmani exhumations reflects on newly uncovered mass graves and Sri Lanka’s continued failure to deliver justice for Tamil victims of war-time crimes
