Sri Lankan military fuelling drug crisis in Tamil homeland, says Ponnambalam

Tamil National People’s Front (TNPF) leader and Jaffna District MP Gajendrakumar Ponnambalam has accused the Sri Lankan military of playing a central role in the spread of narcotics across the Tamil homeland, warning that drug addiction has been deliberately fostered.
UK soldier cleared in Bloody Sunday murder trial
A former British Army soldier known as "Soldier F" has been acquitted of two murders and five attempted murders related to the Bloody Sunday massacre in Derry on January 30, 1972.
Sri Lanka joins UN peacekeeping talks despite war crimes
Sri Lanka’s participation in a United Nations peacekeeping conference has drawn renewed scrutiny, as the country’s army commander — whose regiment was implicated in war crimes — attended the United Nations Troop Contributing Countries (UNTCC) Chiefs’ Conclave 2025 in New Delhi earlier this month.
Sri Lanka’s police chief warns drug traffickers infiltrating politics
Sri Lanka’s Inspector General of Police (IGP), Priyantha Weerasuriya, has issued a stark warning that individuals linked to organised crime and drug trafficking are infiltrating the island’s political system, with some already preparing to contest upcoming elections.
Swiss Social Democratic Party calls for international genocide investigation into Sri Lanka

The Social Democratic Party of Switzerland (SP Switzerland) has unanimously passed a resolution on the situation in Sri Lanka, calling for an international genocide investigation at their party congress on the 25th of October 2025 in Sursee, Canton of Lucerne.

Sri Lankan army disrupts Heroes Day cemetery preparations in Visuvamadu
Sri Lankan army personnel obstructed voluntary preparatory work at the Maaveerar Thuyilum Illam in Theravil, Visuvamadu, ahead of the 2025 Maaveerar Day commemorations
Trincomalee farmers continue protest in heavy rain for 38 days
Farmers from Muthu Nagar in Trincomalee have passed their 38th consecutive day of their protest, braving relentless rain as they demand the return of their agricultural lands that have been seized by the Sri Lankan government for a solar power project.
'Sri Lanka must stop harassing Tamil photojournalist Kumanan' - RSF

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has urged the Sri Lankan government to end the ongoing harassment of Tamil photojournalist Kanapathipillai Kumanan, who has been targeted for documenting human rights violations in the Tamil homeland.

‘Even the LTTE never did this’: SLPP warns Sri Lanka descending into lawlessness
The General Secretary of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP), Sagara Kariyawasam, has said that even the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) “did not enter offices to assassinate their opponents,” warning that the current state of law and order in Sri Lanka is “more terrifying than during the time of the conflict.”
No end to occupation
Sri Lanka’s Deputy Minister of Defence made an audacious claim last week, stating over 700 acres of land in the North and East have been “returned to the public”. It only takes a cursory glance to see the painfully clear reality in the North-East. The occupation continues.
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