A Sri Lankan court granted bail today to a Buddhist monk and four laymen that were arrested for attacking Christian places of worship. 

Reports have suggested that women in three Kilinochchi villages were subjected to coercive birth control last month.

After being asked to visit the hospital to check up their children, the doctors allegedly used coercive language to convince the women to take Progestogen-only subdermal implants (PODIs), a long-term hormonal birth control under the skin of a women’s upper arm.

India’s Shipping Minister, GK Vasan, has expressed his opposition to the proposed sale of two naval ships to Sri Lanka.

“I am against the selling of warships to Sri Lanka. I will meet the Prime Minister soon and represent him not to sell the warships,” he told reporters at a function in Erode.

The Buddhist Ravana Balaya group warned today that the Tamil National Alliance’s Chief Ministerial Candidate, C.V Wigneswaran would not be allowed to return to Colombo following the results of the Northern Provincial Council election.

In a statement released today, the All Party Parliamentary Group For Tamils, urged the British government, in the light of Navi Pillay’s recent findings, to reconsider its stance on the 2013 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Sri Lanka.

India’s Union Minister of State V Narayanasamy has confirmed to media that India is providing two warships to Sri Lanka under an agreement signed several years ago.

Tamil Nadu’s Chief Minister J Jayalalitha has demanded that India cancels the sale, saying there is a deep sentiment amongst all sections of society that the Sri Lankan government must be held accountable for the genocide that was committed against Tamils.

A United Nations led survey into violence against women across the Asia Pacific region found that substantial numbers of sexual violence cases were met with impunity in Sri Lanka.

Lawyer’s Right Watch Canada (LRWC), commemorated Sunila Abeseykara’s life at the United Nations Human Rights Council.

Watch full statement from one of the LRWC directors, Gary Anandasangaree, below.