The Core Group on Sri Lanka told the UN Human Rights Council that they are "deeply concerned" by the violent attacks on anti-government protesters that broke out last month and called for the perpetrators to be held accountable. 

International human rights organisation, Front Line Defenders, said they are "extremely concerned about continuing reprisals" against Tamil journalist and human rights defender Kanapathipillai Kumanan after he was recently intimidated by a Sri Lankan naval officer. 

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet called on Sri Lanka to “focus on deeper institutional reforms” as she cited the country as an example of regions where economic crises have impacted on human rights.

The Executive Director of the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), David Beasley, plans to visit Sri Lanka upon receiving an invitation from Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, as the crisis on the island worsens.

The Sri Lankan navy has detained 38 people, including several children, off the coast of Amparai this week, claiming that they were attempting to flee the island. 

Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister admitted his cash-strapped government will look to Moscow for oil, as an economic crisis in the country has left the island facing a dire fuel shortage.

Sri Lanka’s new Commander of the Army said that the military is prepared for an “agricultural revolution” as he met with senior Sinhala Buddhist monks who called for troops to be more “involved in the cultivation process” as militarisation continues on the island.

As the world's LGBTQ+ communities commemorate and celebrate Pride month, Jaffna Pride's annual Rainbow Pride Walk took place last weekend. 

Local Tamils and politicians blocked an attempt by Sinhala Buddhist monks and the Sri Lankan army to install a Buddha statue on a native Tamil temple site. 

Sinhala Buddhist monks and the Sri Lankan army had planned a Buddhist dedication ceremony to consecrate a Buddha statue at the site of a native Tamil temple despite an order by Mullaitivu Magistrate's Court decreeing that no changes could be made to the site.

Three Tamil National People's Front (TNPF) members have been arrested today as they protested against a landgrab of a native Tamil temple in Kurunthurmalai, Mullaitivu.

A dedication ceremony for a new Buddha statue is set to take place tomorrow with the assistance of the Sri Lankan army in Kurunthurmalai, Mullaitivu, in a further attempt to seize the site of an ancient Tamil temple.

Father Chandra Fernando, an outspoken Catholic priest and human rights activist, was gunned down in 1988 by suspected paramilitaries working with Indian military intelligence.

The 34^th anniversary of the assassination of Father Chandra Fernando was marked in Batticaloa this week, with tributes being paid to priest that championed human rights.