Tamil farmer's land cultivation obstructed and workers arrested in Kurunthurmalai as Buddhist monk and authorities enforce disputed land seizure

Sri Lanka’s recent local government elections illustrated a sharp decline in support for the National People’s Power (NPP), a fall most pronounced in the Tamil North-East. Less than a year since it swept into both presidential and parliamentary power on a platform of anti-corruption and political reform, the coalition now finds itself facing growing disillusionment, especially among the Tamils who had tentatively extended it goodwill last year.

Hundreds of protestors gathered outside Ramanathan Hindu Ladies College in Bambalapitiya this week, demanding justice for 16-year-old Amshi, a Tamil schoolgirl who died by suicide after reportedly enduring prolonged sexual abuse by her Maths teacher.

Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister Harini Amarasuriya has reiterated her government’s commitment to the Office on Missing Persons (OMP), despite widespread rejection of such domestic mechanisms by victims' families and Tamil civil society.

At least six Sri Lankan military personnel were killed on Friday after a helicopter assigned to a training exercise crashed into the Maduru Oya reservoir in the Eastern Province.

Sri Lanka claimed it is committed to repealing the controversial Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA), during the latest round of human rights discussions with the European Union, a move tied to its continued access to preferential trade benefits under the GSP+ scheme.

Marking 3,000 days of protest, families of the disappeared renewed their call for international justice in their ongoing struggle for truth and accountability

Ilankai Tamil Arasu Katchi (ITAK) Secretary and President’s Counsel M.A. Sumanthiran has declared that the results of the recently concluded local government elections have dispelled the myth of an "Anura wave" and reaffirmed the enduring strength of Tamil nationalism in the North-East.