Eelam Tamils held commemorative events in the North-East to mourn the victims of the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami. 

On December 26th, 2004, over 35,000 people perished during the catastrophic tsunami that hit the coasts of the North-East and South of the island of Sri Lanka.

Eelam Tamils are celebrating Christmas across the North-East today. 

 

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) announced on last week that it will hold hearings in a case accusing Myanmar of committing genocide against its Rohingya minority.

British MP Uma Kumaran called on the UK's Foreign Secretary to expand on the government's sanctions on Sri Lankan war criminals. 

December 20 marks 25 years since the Mirusuvil massacre, where Sri Lankan soldiers murdered eight Tamil civilians in Jaffna, including three children, before dumping their bodies in a mass grave.

The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Employment, Arun Hemachandra, will lead a Sri Lankan delegation to Israel to discuss employment opportunities for Sri Lankans across the country and to strengthen ties between the countries in the sector. 

Residents of Gankankulam staged a protest march demanding an immediate halt to illegal gravel excavation and protection of their village’s environment and resources

Five Tamils have been released on bail after they were arrested by Sri Lankan police earlier today during a peaceful protest against the illegally constructed Buddhist temple in Thaiyiddy, Jaffna. 

The Batticaloa High Court granted bail to Ampitiye Sumanarathana, an extremist Buddhist monk who incited violence against Tamils.

The Batticaloa Magistrate’s Court had previously issued an arrest warrant after Sumanarathana failed to appear before the court for the hearing on December 15. 

The Sri Lankan government is expected to nominate Colonel O.R Rajasinghe as the Auditor General, in a move which is considered to undermine the independence of the office and further militarisation of government institutions.

The court hearing on the case seeking excavation of the alleged mass grave wells in Mandaitivu has been adjourned until 31 March pending further investigations

The British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) Court of Appeal upheld a ruling that Tamil asylum seekers were unlawfully detained on the island of Diego Garcia.

The family of three people injured in a car collision involving former Speaker and National People’s Power (NPP) parliamentarian Asoka Ranwala has raised serious concerns over the impartiality and pace of the police investigation, fuelling renewed scrutiny over political privilege and impunity in Sri Lanka.

The case over the removal of archaeological signboards in Valaichchenai involving the Pradeshiya Sabha Chairman and others has been postponed until 9 February