Five Al Jazeera journalists were killed late on Sunday in what the network has described as a deliberate, targeted Israeli strike on a tent outside the main gate of Gaza City’s al-Shifa Hospital.

Three Sri Lankan soldiers have been arrested over the murder of a 32 year-old Tamil man, Ethirmanasingham Kapilraj, in Mullaitivu. 

A youth-led protest took place in Mannar on Wednesday under the rallying cry ‘Protect Black Soil’, as young people took to the streets to oppose proposed ilmenite mineral sand mining by multinational corporations in the district.

In the early hours of Wednesday morning, a heavily guarded convoy carrying wind turbine components forced its way into Mannar town, under the protection of hundreds of Sri Lankan police officers.

Sri Lanka’s Counter Terrorism and Investigation Division (CTID) has summoned leading Tamil journalist and rights defender Kanapathipillai Kumanan to appear for an “inquiry” at its occupying Alampil sub-station in Mullaitivu on 17 August.

A Sri Lankan court resumed proceedings today against 19 Tamils, including local traders and youth from Mallavi, who participated in the Pottuvil to Polikandy (P2P) protest march, a landmark peaceful demonstration calling for Tamil rights and justice in 2021.

Six more human skeletons were uncovered on Wednesday at the Chemmani mass grave site in Jaffna, including the remains of infants, as the total number of bodies found continues to climb.

The total number of skeletal assemblages identified now stands at 147, with 140 fully exhumed.

Former Sri Lankan minister and Pivithuru Hela Urumaya leader Udaya Gammanpila has dismissed the ongoing forensic excavation of mass graves in Chemmani, Jaffna, as “pointless and a waste of money,” drawing outrage from families of the disappeared and Tamil rights advocates across the North-East.

On August 4, 2006, Sri Lankan security forces summarily executed 17 aid workers from the French NGO, Action la Contre Faim (ACF), in Muttur, Trincomalee. 

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk has responded to letters sent by Tamil political parties and civil society organisations following his recent visit to Sri Lanka, claiming he would “continue to advocate for complementary strategies to provide pathways to advance justice for victims at the international level.”

36 years ago, up to 64 Tamil civilians were killed by the Indian Peace Keeping Force (IPKF) in Valvettithurai in a massacre that was termed “India’s My Lai”.

Tamil actor Sasikumar has addressed the criticism surrounding his recent film 'Tourist Family', in an interview with film critic Sudhir Srinivasan, in which he defends speaking up for Eelam Tamils and slammed film censorship in India.

Over 200 people, including families of the disappeared, gathered to view dozens of items of evidence that were unearthed from the Chemmani mass graves earlier today, as more bodies continue to be identified at the site.