Farmers in Muthunagar, Trincomalee, have entered the eighteenth consecutive day of a satyagraha protest, braving torrential rains as they continue to demand the return of their seized farmlands from the Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA).

The Mannar District Federation of Public Organizations has condemned the Sri Lankan government’s one-sided decision on the Mannar wind power project, calling it undemocratic and a violation of fundamental rights

More than 140 organisations and individuals have jointly condemned the continuing surveillance, harassment and intimidation of Tamil photojournalist Kumanan Kanapathipillai, calling on the Sri Lankan government to end its campaign of persecution against him and other Tamil- journalists in the North-East.

Twenty-two countries have signed on as co-sponsors to a revised UN resolution that will be voted on this week, extending the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights’ (OHCHR) mandate on in Sri Lanka for another two years.

Public and civil society organisations from the Eastern Province have condemned the Sri Lankan government for carrying out projects that they say violate the rights and livelihoods of Tamils in the North-East under the guise of “development.”

A bulletproof vehicle provided to former Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa by the state has been returned, his media spokesperson Manoj Gamage confirmed.

Issuing a statement, Attorney-at-Law Gamage said the vehicle had been handed back.

ADIC warns of rising alcohol-related deaths in Sri Lanka, criticizing government inaction and weak regulation.

The Sri Lankan Ministry of Finance has announced it will receive a €8 million grant from the European Union to promote 'biodiversity' and 'sustainable land use' despite military-backed land grabs and deforestation. 

Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Buddhasasana, Religious and Cultural Affairs has inaugurated a newly established Buddha Sasana Council, as the state continues to draw closer to Buddhism on the island.

The Tamil Youth Organisation (TYO) hosted its annual Tamil Youth Conference in London on Saturday, bringing together more than 100 Eelam Tamil youth from nine European countries in a gathering that combined political reflection, professional development and cultural expression.

As protests against the controversial Mannar wind power project continued this week, locals have reported suspicions over apparent attempts to manufacture support for the scheme.

Neville Wanniarachchi, the former Chief Security Officer of ex-Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa, has been remanded until 17 October on charges of failing to disclose the source of millions of rupees’ worth of assets.

A Sinhala-Buddhist organisation has lodged a protest with the Swiss Embassy in Colombo, demanding action against what it described as “LTTE activities” in Geneva.

A Sri Lankan diplomat remained in the chamber of the United Nations General Assembly as dozens of delegates walked out in protest during a speech by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu this week.