Attorney V. S. Niranjan, representing the families of the disappeared, said that work was ongoing regarding the ongoing investigation into the Mannar Sathosa mass grave, which continues to be bogged down by Sri Lankan bureaucracy.

As controversy grew around hundreds of shipping containers that Sri Lankan authorities reportedly allowed into the island without undergoing the usual inspection process, a Tamil lawmaker has claimed that they contained weapons belonging to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) Velupillai Prabhakaran.

Mullaitivu Magistrate Court released two Tamil farmers from Kurunthurmalai who were arrested for farming, following a complaint by a Sinhala Buddhist monk alleging damage to an “archaeological” site.

Sri Lanka’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Vijitha Herath, met with the Ambassador of Palestine to Sri Lanka, Ihab Khalil last week, even as his government continued to defend its growing ties with Israel.

A draft resolution calling for an immediate and permanent ceasefire in Gaza failed to pass in the UN Security Council on Wednesday after the United States cast its veto – blocking the initiative backed by all ten elected members of the Council.

Excavation work at the Chemmani-Sindubathi burial site in Jaffna’s Nallur division has led to the recovery of human remains believed to belong to an infant under the age of one, fuelling calls for international oversight into excavating mass graves on the island.

Families of the disappeared staged a protest in Jaffna on Thursday, demanding international monitoring of excavations at the Chemmani-Sindubathi mass grave site, where bodies continue to be uncovered.

Students at the University of Jaffna gathered on Thursday to mark the 51st anniversary of the martyrdom of Ponnuthurai Sivakumaran, recognized as the first martyr of the Tamil liberation struggle.

Students at the University of Jaffna held a protest on Tuesday, demanding the immediate and unconditional release of two Tamil farmers from Mullaitivu who have been arrested whilst farming their own land, following a complaint by a Sinhala Buddhist monk.

The ITAK and TNPF held a key meeting in Kokkuvil, Jaffna today to discuss the formation of local government administrations

Vanni District Member of Parliament, Thurairasa Ravikaran, has accused key Sri Lankan state institutions of unlawfully seizing ancestral Tamil lands in the North-East and obstructing efforts to return them, despite repeated appeals from local communities and elected representatives.

Residents of Kuchchaveli in Trincomalee staged a protest today, condemning the Sri Lankan Navy’s shooting of a young Tamil fisherman during a naval operation off the north-eastern coast.

A 23-year-old Tamil fisherman from Jayanagar, Kuchchaveli was critically injured after the Sri Lankan Navy opened fire off the coast of Trincomalee on Tuesday, 3 June.

The fisherman has since been admitted to the Intensive Care Unit at Trincomalee General Hospital.

Tamil families of the disappeared have requested the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk to meet with them and visit Mullivaikkal during his visit to Sri Lanka later this month.