The Tamil Genocide Monument in Chinguacousy Park, Brampton, was targeted in two “deliberate and reprehensible” acts of vandalism this week, drawing condemnation from the National Council of Canadian Tamils (NCCT) and prompting arrests by Peel Regional Police.

A report titled ‘From Fear to Violence: Religious Attacks in Sri Lanka’ has revealed an alarming escalation in religiously motivated violence across the island, exposing a pattern of aggression, impunity, and systemic discrimination that disproportionately targets non-Sinhala Buddhists.

 A US$1 million United Nations-funded initiative to conduct an extensive marine scientific survey in Sri Lanka’s coastal waters is under threat due to the government’s failure to finalize a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for foreign research vessels, according to media reports.