Tamil organisations across Canada have strongly condemned recent racist and xenophobic attacks targeting Canada’s Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree, warning that such narratives seek to undermine the Tamil Canadian community.

Members of the LGBTQ+ community in Jaffna organised the annual Pride Walk this week, drawing participants from across the Northern Province to call for equality, dignity, and an end to discrimination.

The march began at Nallur Sangiliyan Park and concluded at Ariyakulam Junction, with participants carrying rainbow flags, banners, and placards bearing messages of inclusivity and acceptance. 

Father Chandra Fernando, an outspoken Catholic priest and human rights activist, was gunned down on June 6, 1988 by suspected paramilitaries working with Indian military intelligence.

Before he was assassinated, he spoke to Jon Lee Anderson and Scott Anderson on the massacres and crimes taking place in the Tamil homeland, the lack of support from the Catholic Church and his view of the armed Tamil resistance.

Sri Lanka’s presidential powers to pardon convicted prisoners are facing renewed scrutiny after a convicted financial fraudster was released from prison, reportedly without presidential approval, triggering a criminal investigation and raised fresh concerns over impunity and corruption within the island’s justice system.