Côte-des-Neiges-Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, a borough in Montreal, has passed a motion recognising May 18 as Tamil Genocide Remembrance Day. 

Tamil farmer's land cultivation obstructed and workers arrested in Kurunthurmalai as Buddhist monk and authorities enforce disputed land seizure

Hundreds of protestors gathered outside Ramanathan Hindu Ladies College in Bambalapitiya this week, demanding justice for 16-year-old Amshi, a Tamil schoolgirl who died by suicide after reportedly enduring prolonged sexual abuse by her Maths teacher.

Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister Harini Amarasuriya has reiterated her government’s commitment to the Office on Missing Persons (OMP), despite widespread rejection of such domestic mechanisms by victims' families and Tamil civil society.

At least six Sri Lankan military personnel were killed on Friday after a helicopter assigned to a training exercise crashed into the Maduru Oya reservoir in the Eastern Province.

Sri Lanka claimed it is committed to repealing the controversial Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA), during the latest round of human rights discussions with the European Union, a move tied to its continued access to preferential trade benefits under the GSP+ scheme.

Marking 3,000 days of protest, families of the disappeared renewed their call for international justice in their ongoing struggle for truth and accountability

Ilankai Tamil Arasu Katchi (ITAK) Secretary and President’s Counsel M.A. Sumanthiran has declared that the results of the recently concluded local government elections have dispelled the myth of an "Anura wave" and reaffirmed the enduring strength of Tamil nationalism in the North-East.

Former Member of Parliament and Tamil National People’s Front (TNPF) candidate for the Valvettithurai Urban Council, M.K. Shivajilingam, stated that the people have entrusted them with a mandate to govern themselves.

The Israeli cabinet has approved plans to expand the war on Gaza and remain in the enclave for an unspecified amount of time. Benjamin Netanyahu said the new offensive will be an intensive military operation aimed at defeating Hamas. 

Netanyahu stated in a video message on X that Gaza’s Palestinian population “will be moved, for its own protection”.

A journalist and a Tamil People’s Alliance candidate were assaulted in separate incidents during the local government elections in Jaffna, prompting police investigations

Voting came to a close in the North-East earlier today, as Tamils across the region cast votes for local government polls.

A SriLankan Airlines flight from Chennai to Colombo was searched on 3 May, after authorities at Chennai Airport received an email claiming that five suspected Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) operatives were on board.

A high-level European Union (EU) monitoring mission is currently in Sri Lanka to assess the country’s compliance with the Generalised Scheme of Preferences Plus (GSP+) - a vital trade concession worth over $500 million annually that grants Sri Lankan exports, particularly garments, duty-free access to European markets.