Tamil families of the disappeared in Vavuniya rallied earlier this week to reiterate longstanding calls for international justice. 

The relatives held placards that read “ To say that those who surrendered in the civil war have died is a pure [lie] deceiving both us and the international community” and “How can we expect justice in a country where the President himself is considered a murder?”

On Sunday, Sri Lankan police stormed the house of Tamil Guardian journalist and Batticaloa Press Club secretary, Selvakumar Nilanthan, and interrogated his family over his whereabouts after he had fled the country.

British High Commissioner to Sri Lanka, Sarah Hulton has made a wide-ranging tour of Jaffna and Kilinochchi where she met with civil society groups, women’s organisations and Jaffna’s Mayor and Municipal Commissioner.

Useful meetings with Governor Thiagarajah and #Jaffna mayor Manivannan on key priorities for the region and recent government commitments.

Tamils in Canada held a commemoration event in Toronto to mark Maaveerar Naal on Sunday. 

Flowers were laid by rows of photographs of fallen Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) cadres and candles lit by makeshift gravestones.

Acclaimed Kollywood music producer Santhosh Narayanan, and singer Dhee performed at the event.

Presidential Adviser Rear Admiral Sarath Weerasekara slams the commemoration of war dead by #Tamils throughout the north and east, as one for 'Tiger Terrorists'

"If your son was a terrorist, if he was a rapist, a killer, there's no prohibition to lighting a lamp inside a house" pic.twitter.com/YikDIMZ0Wl

Senior members of the Ilankai Tamil Arasu Kadchi (ITAK), the largest constituent party of the Tamil National Alliance (TNA), marked Maaveerar Naal at the party's Jaffna headquarters on Sunday.

A Secretary of the Sri Lankan Embassy in Oman was arrested last week for his suspected involvement in a human trafficking racket. 

Edirachchilage Kushan is alleged to have trafficked women from Sri Lanka, seeking foreign employment, into prostitution. The women would be sent tourist visas in Oman and then entrapped in sex trafficking.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin wrote to the Minister of external affairs, S. Jaishankar, to intervene in the arrest of 24 Indian fishermen by the Sri Lankan navy. 

In his letter, Minister Stalin urged Mr Jaishankar to request that the Sri Lankan navy refrain from arresting the fishermen. 

Sri Lanka's police and military brutally assaulted a Tamil youth in Manipay, Jaffna.

He was not taken to the hospital and was detained at Manipai police station.

Last Sunday, Tamils in Mullaitivu gathered to remember the 12 civilians slaughtered in an Sri Lankan government air strike.

Kannan, who lost his father and brother during the attack, lit flames of remembrance at the event and those who participated in the event paid their tributes to the victims. The government air strikes took place on 27 November 1990.