The Kumarapuram massacre, in which 26 Tamil civilians were killed by the Sri Lankan military and a 15-year-old girl was gang-raped, was commemorated today, marking 30 years without justice. 

Sri Lankan police are facing fresh accusations of attempting to obscure accountability following the fatal shooting of a Tamil teenager in Jaffna, amid claims that authorities have misrepresented the boy’s age and sought to intimidate his family into silence.

Environmentalists and wildlife officials have warned that wild elephants in the Amparai District continue to die after consuming improperly disposed waste, accusing Sri Lankan government authorities and local councils of long-standing neglect in addressing a crisis that has persisted for years.

The family of the 17-year-old Tamil boy shot dead by Sri Lankan police in Jaffna have slammed the security forces for the killing, stating that he was gunned down while travelling to transport labourers for work.

Sri Lankan police opened fire and killed a 17-year-old Tamil boy in Jaffna, in the early hours of Tuesday morning.

Measures were carried out on Monday to drain rainwater that had accumulated inside the Chemmani mass grave, as preparations continue for the next phase of excavation at one of the most significant burial sites in the Tamil homeland.

Sri Lanka’s government has formally extended the state of public emergency for a further month, following parliamentary approval on Friday, amid continuing recovery efforts after Cyclone Ditwah.

Four Buddhist monks, including Balangoda Kassapa Thera, and five others have been further remanded until 11 February in connection with the unauthorised construction of a Buddha statue within the coastal protection zone in Trincomalee.

A protest was held in Jaffna demanding the disclosure of information relating to the enforced disappearance of Lalith Weeraraj and Kugan Muruganandan, and condemning the continued failure of former Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa to appear before court in the long-running case.