Members of the LGBTQ+ community in Jaffna organised the annual Pride Walk this week, drawing participants from across the Northern Province to call for equality, dignity, and an end to discrimination.

Father Chandra Fernando, an outspoken Catholic priest and human rights activist, was gunned down on June 6, 1988 by suspected paramilitaries working with Indian military intelligence.

As the world marked World Environment Day this week with a united call to #BeatPlasticPollution, Tamil environmental activists condemned Sri Lanka’s continued neglect of the North-East’s deepening ecological crises.

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva accused Israel of carrying out “premeditated genocide” in Gaza during a visit to Paris.

In May 2025, the Sri Lankan military escalated its occupation of the Tamil homeland under the guise of civil outreach—ranging from church renovations and aid distributions to military-run golf tournaments held on seized Tamil land. These highly publicised activities, led by infantry divisions accused of war crimes, serve to normalise the military’s entrenched dominance while deflecting scrutiny over its role in crimes against humanity.