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Chemmani mass grave toll reaches 366 ahead of ministerial visit
The number of skeletal remains identified at the Chemmani mass grave in Jaffna has risen to 366, as excavators uncovered further remains of children on Tuesday, at one of the largest mass graves unearthed on the island and a site long tied to the enforced disappearance and extrajudicial killing of Tamils by the Sri Lankan military. Six sets of skeletal remains, including those of children,…

Tamils protest Sri Lankan Navy shooting of fisherman

Jun 4, 2025
Residents of Kuchchaveli in Trincomalee staged a protest today, condemning the Sri Lankan Navy’s shooting of a young Tamil fisherman during a naval operation off the north-eastern coast.

Sri Lankan navy shoots Tamil fisherman in Trincomalee

Jun 4, 2025


A 23-year-old Tamil fisherman from Jayanagar, Kuchchaveli was critically injured after the Sri Lankan Navy opened fire off the coast of Trincomalee on Tuesday, 3 June.

The fisherman has since been admitted to the Intensive Care Unit at Trincomalee General Hospital.

Tamil families of the disappeared urge UN human rights chief to visit Mullivaikkal

Jun 4, 2025

Protest in mankulam

Tamil families of the disappeared have requested the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk to meet with them and visit Mullivaikkal during his visit to Sri Lanka later this month. 

The world let Sri Lanka get away with genocide and Gaza is the consequence

Jun 3, 2025
Theepan
The genocide unfolding in Gaza today has shocked the world, but it should not come as a surprise. It follows a now-familiar playbook.

China and Sri Lanka sign MoU to deepen economic ties

Jun 3, 2025

China

Following the conclusion of the China-Sri Lanka Joint Trade and Economic Commission in Colombo, the states have signed two Memorandums of Understanding which deepen economic and trade cooperation. 

Legal proceedings launched to declare Chemmani site a mass grave

Jun 3, 2025
Tamil legal representatives have initiated formal proceedings in the Jaffna Magistrate’s Court, seeking to have the Chemmani-Sindubathi site officially recognised as a mass grave, following the unearthing of multiple human remains during excavation works earlier this year.

Eastern Province People’s Planning Forum slams Sri Lankan land grabs

Jun 3, 2025
Members of the Eastern Province People’s Planning Forum have expressed strong condemnation of Sri Lanka's ongoing land grabs and Sinhala Buddhist colonisation in the Eastern Province, which they say run counter to the government's own pledges.

Sri Lanka's justice minister says anti-terror law a necessity

Jun 3, 2025
As Sri Lanka’s National People's Power (NPP) government faces mounting pressure over its proposal to replace the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) with a new anti-terrorism law, Justice and National Integration Minister Harshana Nanayakkara has reiterated the government's position on ensuring such legislation remains.

Sri Lanka arrests returning Tamil refugee family

Jun 3, 2025
The Sri Lankan Navy arrested three members of an Eelam Tamil refugee family, including a three-year-old child, who had arrived by boat from India near Thalaimannar on Monday.

Sri Lanka’s police issue instructions to boost Miss World contestant

Jun 3, 2025

Anudi Gunasekera

In an unusual move, Sri Lanka’s Acting Inspector General of Police (IGP), Priyantha Weerasooriya, has issued a nationwide directive instructing police personnel to support Anudi Gunasekara - Sri Lanka’s contestant in the 72nd Miss World which was held in India.

Tamils protest Sri Lankan Navy shooting of fisherman
Sri Lankan navy shoots Tamil fisherman in Trincomalee
Tamil families of the disappeared urge UN human rights chief to visit Mullivaikkal
The world let Sri Lanka get away with genocide and Gaza is the consequence
China and Sri Lanka sign MoU to deepen economic ties
Legal proceedings launched to declare Chemmani site a mass grave
Eastern Province People’s Planning Forum slams Sri Lankan land grabs
Sri Lanka's justice minister says anti-terror law a necessity
Sri Lanka arrests returning Tamil refugee family
Sri Lanka’s police issue instructions to boost Miss World contestant
Tamils protest Sri Lankan Navy shooting of fisherman
Sri Lankan navy shoots Tamil fisherman in Trincomalee
Tamil families of the disappeared urge UN human rights chief to visit Mullivaikkal
The world let Sri Lanka get away with genocide and Gaza is the consequence
China and Sri Lanka sign MoU to deepen economic ties
Legal proceedings launched to declare Chemmani site a mass grave
Eastern Province People’s Planning Forum slams Sri Lankan land grabs
Sri Lanka's justice minister says anti-terror law a necessity
Sri Lanka arrests returning Tamil refugee family
Sri Lanka’s police issue instructions to boost Miss World contestant