Today marks 19 years since Tamil National Alliance (TNA) MP and human rights lawyer, Nadarajah Raviraj was assassinated in Colombo.  Raviraj was shot in Colombo at close range by unidentified gunmen on a motorbike at around 8:30am on November 10 2006, as he got into his car after giving an interview. The MP died later in hospital. His bodyguard was also killed. 

 

 

The Ilankai Tamil Arasu Katchi (ITAK) expressed their opposition to the appointment of former Sri Lankan military and defence officials to the Office of Reparations, in a letter to Sri Lankan president Anura Kumara Dissanayake. 

In their letter, ITAK noted that retired Sri Lankan naval officer Joseph Terence Gnananandan Sundaram and Wasantha Perera, who served as an additional secretary at the Ministry of Defence, have been recommended to be appointed to the office.

Residents and volunteers in Mullaitivu have begun cleaning and maintaining Maaveerar resting places ahead of the November 27 commemoration

An arms cache, including a T-56 assault rifle, explosive devices, medical supplies and blood-stained material, has been discovered hidden inside the roof of the University of Jaffna’s central library during renovation work carried out last week.

93rd birth anniversary of Annai Poopathy commemorated with a heartfelt tribute by her eldest daughter

A commemoration marking the 18th anniversary of the killing of S. P. Thamilselvan, the head of the political wing of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), was held in Kilinochchi this week.

Sri Lankan president Anura Kumara Dissanayake has instructed the Defence Secretary to take steps to release lands belonging to LTTE cemeteries that remain under military occupation, according to Fisheries Minister Ramalingam Chandrasekar.

Volunteers begin cleanup at the destroyed Vakarai Maaveerar resting place ahead of 2025 Great Heroes Day

The Colombo Fort Magistrate’s Court has ordered the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to verify the authenticity of medical reports submitted by former Sri Lankan president Ranil Wickremesinghe, as part of an ongoing investigation into the alleged misuse of more than Rs. 16 million in public funds during a visit to the United Kingdom.

The former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Judge Navi Pillay, will receive the 2025 Sydney Peace Prize for what organisers described as her “lifetime of advocating for fundamental human rights, peace with justice and the rights of women.” The South African jurist, who is of Tamil heritage, will accept the award at a ceremony in Sydney Town Hall on 6 November, where she will deliver the keynote Sydney Peace Prize lecture.