Commemorative events were held in Jaffna on Tuesday to mark the 38th anniversary of one of the most horrific massacres committed by the Indian Peace Keeping Force (IPKF) during its occupation of the Tamil homeland — the killing of 68 civilians, including doctors, nurses, and patients, in October 1987.

The Sri Lankan police formally inaugurated the Proceeds of Crime Investigation Division (PCID) on Sunday, a new unit established under the Proceeds of Crime Act No. 05 of 2025 to investigate assets, property, and funds obtained through illegal means.

Former Sri Lankan presidents Mahinda Rajapaksa and Maithripala Sirisena have written to the Ministry of Public Security requesting the return of their bulletproof vehicles, citing “security concerns”.

Former Sri Lankan army commander and accused war criminal Sarath Fonseka expressed “respect” Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) leader Velupillai Prabhakaran, claiming that he refused to flee the battlefield during the final stages of the armed conflict in 2009.

Writing in The Diplomat last week, Tamil Guardian editor Thusiyan Nandakumar described Tamil frustration at the latest United Nations Human Rights Council resolution on Sri Lanka, which has “been widely panned by observers as the weakest on Sri Lanka since such measures on accountability were first introduced” at the global body. 

Human rights advocate and lawyer Ranitha Gnanarajah has spent over a decade working at the intersection of justice and grief. Her work reflects both a legal and personal struggle, from families still searching for their disappeared loved ones to lands hiding mass graves beneath them. For Gnanarajah, the pursuit of justice has become an act of defiance against Sri Lankan state's refusal to reckon with the atrocities on the island, where the wounds of the past remain open. In 2021, she received the prestigious International Women of Courage Award, coinciding with the International Women's Day during a virtual event conducted by the United States Secretary of State. Speaking to the Tamil Guardian, she reflected with honesty and compassion on her journey, one that began within the lived struggles of her own people.

Displaced families in Sammanturai protest and appeal to the Sri Lankan president for the return of their ancestral farmlands

The Chairman of the Karai Thuraipattu Pradeshiya Sabha, Chinnarasa Logeswaran, has condemned the Sri Lankan Department of Archaeology’s ongoing seizure of Tamil farmlands in Mullaitivu, declaring that the “encroachment of farmlands long cultivated by the Tamil people can never be accepted under any circumstance.”

The Valikamam North Pradeshiya Sabha has unanimously rejected a request by the Sri Lankan Navy to acquire a two-acre plot of land in Keerimalai, Jaffna, for the installation of a radar system.