India’s High Commissioner for Sri Lanka, Gopal Baglay, met with the Tamil National Alliance and pledged support for the right to self-governance through the 13th Amendment.
Eelam Tamil refugees are on their 9-consecutive day of protest against continued detention in a state-run camp situated in Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu.
Yesterday US President, Joe Biden announced that Julie Chung as Ambassador to Sri Lanka and Maldives alongside 8 other nominees for crucial diplomatic roles.
The Sri Lankan Foreign Ministry claimed that the resolution passed by European Union (EU) parliament "contains factual inaccuracies" and fails to take into consideration the apparent "multifaceted progress" in terms of reconciliation and development.
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Sri Lankan police released the captain of the MV X-Press Pearl container ship, which caught fire and caused a major environmental disaster along Sri Lanka’s coast earlier this month.
Thousands of families in the Mannar district have been seriously impacted by the travel ban, with daily wage labourers being particularly affected over the last few weeks.
Tamil Nadu politicians expressed their solidarity with Arputham Ammal, the mother of A.G. Periarivalan, who has spent over 31 years imprisoned for his alleged role in the 1991 Rajiv Gandhi assassination.
Nine European human rights ambassadors have called on the Sri Lankan government to immediately release Ahnaf Jazeem, a detained poet and teacher, or uphold his right to a fair trial.
US-based advocacy organisation, People for Equality and Relief Lanka have slammed Sri Lanka’s attacks on Tamil American’s as “terrorist sympathisers” following the introduction of a resolution into the US Congress calling for an “international mechanism for accountability”.
