Members of the Tamil Youth Organisation (TYO-UK) addressed crowds across multiple events held in the UK for Remembrance Day.

A cross-party group of British MPs sympathetic to the Tamil struggle, the All Party Parliamentary Group for Tamils (APPG-T), marked the Eelam nation's Remembrance Day.

In a statement, the APPG-T chair, Conservative MP Lee Scott  said,

Former Jaffna district parliamentarian MK Sivajilingam told the BBC that most of the victims of the assault were disabled and that the guards went on to destroy a

Speaking on International Day of Solidarity with the Palestian people, Mahinda Rajapaksa supported the Palestinian peoples' struggle for statehood, highlighting their 'inalienable right' to do so.

“On this solemn occasion to commemorate the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, I wish to reaffirm, on behalf of my government and the people of Sri Lanka, our sincere support for the just struggle of the Palestinian people to achieve their inalienable rights, including the right to statehood,”

Tamil prisoners have been attacked by guards in a prison in Anuradhapuram, The Island reports.

According to the Commissioner General of Prisons, P.W. Kodippilli, prison officials received information the inmates were planning to commemorate fallen Tamil soldiers on Heroes’ Day.

A search operation was launched by guards, which resulted in clashes with the Tamil prisoners.

According to reports in the pro-government newspaper, Island, Sri Lanka's External Affairs minister, G.L. Peiris, accused the West of allowing the LTTE to "operate with impunity". Peiris added, that even now the West were "playing ball with the LTTE" and "facilitating LTTE operations".

The External Affairs minister went on to accuse an unnamed UK minister of "receiving a well paid job from an LTTE front organisation".

His comments were made at a conference on reconciliation and the international community, over two years after Sri Lanka proclaimed victory over the LTTE.