Sri Lanka's press freedom is continuing to deteriorate according to the World Press Freedom Index.

Not content with the military running hotels and conducting whale watching tours, Sri Lanka's Immigration and Emigration Department announced Tuesday that a permanent monitoring unit would be established to keep track of Sri Lanka's tourists.

The decision came after 161 Muslim tourists who had overstayed their visas and engaged in activities "other than tourism", were asked to leave.

More than 180 Tamil political prisoners have been moved from Magazine prison in Welikada after clashes between prisoners and guards led to at least 31 people having sustained injuries.

The Tamil prisoners were moved to the main complex of the prison and were reportedly transferred to another jail for their own safety, after riots took over Magazine prison.

Those imprisoned, for alleged being LTTE cadres, continue to face military repression long after they are released, said Velvettithurai's urban councillor, MK Sivajilingam.

He added,

The headteacher of a school in Galle, E.K. Premasiri, was served an interdiction last week by none other than the Ministry of Education, after it emerged students at the school had performed a short school play with a comical portrayal of Sri Lanka's president, Mahinda Rajapaksa.

US congressman, Howard Berman, of the House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs, urged Sri Lanka to "allow for an independent international mechanism to investigate alleged war crimes and violations of international human rights law", in order to ensure accountability.

Concluding his four day visit to Sri Lanka, India's foreign affairs minister, SM Krishna reiterated the need to "devolve powers" in a "very visible manner" and expressed confidence in the ruling regime's commitment towards this.

Speaking to reporters on his way home to New Delhi, Krishna said,