The villagers of Isaimalaithalvu in Mannar staged a protest demanding the Nanattan Divisional Secretariat hand over 46 acres of land presently held by the Sri Lankan Forest Department.

With Tamil Nadu actor Vijay announcing the formation of a new political party in Tamil Nadu, we look back at his history of support for the Tamil Eelam liberation struggle.

^{Vijay addresses a protest demanding the Sri Lankan consulate in Tamil Nadu is shut down, 2014.}

Renowned Tamil Nadu actor 'Thalapathy' Vijay, one of the highest-paid in India, today announced he is qutting acting and entering politics in order to "help the people of Tamil Nadu and the Tamil community". 

The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) said that the Online Safety Bill will have "far-reaching negative implications for human rights" and called on the Sri Lankan government to amend the bill to comply with its human rights obligations. 

In a hard-hitting letter, Justice C V Wigneswaran, Member of Parliament from the Jaffna District slammed Sri Lanka's former High Commissioner to India Milinda Moragoda proposal to absolve the provincial councils and reiterated calls for a United Nations supervised referendum in the North-East.

Photo of Sri Lankan police

Responding to a brutal assault of a Tamil youth by Sri Lankan officers, attached to the Achchuveli Police, the Jaffna regional office of the National Human Rights Commission has initiated an investigation into the incident.

Sri Lanka’s president defended his controversial appointment of Deshabandu Tennakoon as the head of the island’s police force, and claimed that Constitutional Council “is part of the Executive,” in a demonstration of his apparent willingness to consolidate power in the president’s office.

The son of Chamal Rajapaksa, Sri Lanka’s former speaker and minister, Shasheendra has been appointed by Ranil Wickremesinghe as the State Minister for Irrigation and Water Resources Management, in a move that sees a member of the Rajapaksa family back in government, after the former president was ousted by protests in 2022.

Sri Lanka's preparations to mark its 76th Independence Day have already been marred, after two paratrooper mishaps resulted in four military officers being hospitalised, whilst the ongoing economic crisis has angry citizens in the south taking to the streets in protest. 

File photograph: Tamil protest for justice after Nagarasa Alex was tortured to death in November 2023

Kanesh Nishanthan who was recently released from Jaffna prison, died yesterday, sparking suspicion over the cause of his death.

The 28 year old, who hails from Nallur was detained and held at the Jaffna prison and was released on the 26th of this month.