A new report by US think tank, the Oakland Institute, into internally displaced people in Sri Lanka has revealed how “insufficient the new administration’s actions have been to address these injustices.”

The report, ‘Waiting to Return Home,’ released on Tuesday, examines various pledges made by new President Sirisena to return land to reveal ‘vast inadequacies including resettlement on lands that are not fertile.”

The Batticaloa District Tamil Journalists Association staged a protest on Wednesday demanding justice for the demanded justice for the murder of journalist Ayuthurai Nadesan who was killed in Batticaloa twelve years ago.

The chief minister of Tamil Nadu, J Jayalalitha has written to the Indian prime minister, Narendra Modi requesting his intervention in securing the release of seven Tamil Nadu fishermen who were arrested by the Sri Lankan navy on Tuesday.

"Sri Lankan Navy has escalated the frequency and magnitude of instances of abduction of our fishermen and the seizure of their boats and fishing equipment over the last two years," Ms Jayalalitha said in a letter. See more here.

The Working Group on Co-operation under the framework of the European Union –Sri Lanka Joint Commission is to set priorities to assist Sri Lanka in the areas of accountability, transitional justice, resettlement and durable solutions reports Xinhua news.

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Another Tamil man was arrested by the Terrorism Investigation Department (TID), who accused him of plotting to restart the LTTE.

Father of two Sankaralingam Sasikaran, 30, was arrested on Monday evening in Kilinochchi and taken to the 2nd floor of the TID headquarters in Colombo, according to his wife.

Mr Sasikaran, originally from Sinnaoorani, Batticaloa, was living in Bharathipuram, Kilinochchi, where he was employed by a local NGO, which worked with war-affected households and providing education to children.

The 12th anniversary of assassinated Tamil journalist Aiyathurai Nadesan was observed today in Batticaloa The remembrance ceremony was organized by the Eastern Provincial Journalists Federation and Jaffna Press Club.

Photograph:Tamil Guardian

Mr Nadesan, commonly known as ‘Nellai Nadesan,’ was shot dead by a paramilitary group when he was on his way to his office in 2004. As a profile journalist and a columnist, he worked for local Tamil dailies and international news agencies.