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Shanakiyan slams NPP MPs for boasting credit on Murakkoddanchenai camp release

Oct 03

Ilankai Tamil Arasu Katchi (ITAK) parliamentarian Shanakiyan Rasamanickam has criticised members of the ruling party for falsely claiming responsibility for the release of the Murakkoddanchenai military camp in Batticaloa, stressing that the move only came after sustained pressure and repeated appeals.

‘Open KKS for trade’ - Jaffna Chamber petitions Sri Lanka’s Trade Minister

Traders in Jaffna have petitioned Sri Lanka’s Minister of Trade, Wasantha Samarasinghe, to allow the import of goods through the Kankesanthurai (KKS) port, including clothing and vehicle spare parts.

Sri Lanka admits ‘mistakes’ and claims land in Vanni will be released

Sri Lanka’s Minister of Environment Dammika Patabendi has announced that 101,762.75 acres of land in the Vanni are to be released from state control, in what the government framed as a corrective measure after decades of military seizure and bureaucratic mismanagement.

Prisons not playgrounds: Sri Lanka keeps 39 young children locked up with mothers

Prison authorities in Sri Lanka have confirmed that 39 children under the age of five are currently growing up with their mothers inside prisons across the island, including facilities in Batticaloa, Trincomalee and Jaffna.

Foreign Buddhist monks among eight killed in Sri Lanka’s deadliest cable car crash

The death toll from last week’s cable car crash in Sri Lanka’s northwestern Kurunegala district has risen to eight, after a monk injured in the accident died in hospital on Sunday.

‘Brutal state terror’: TNP condemns assault on Mannar land rights protesters

TNP leader Srikanta condemns state violence against Mannar protesters at Jaffna

‘Arrest Fonseka and Shavendra Silva’ – Tamil activist demands truth on white flag surrenders

Thambirasa urges arrest of Fonseka and Shavendra Silva to reveal fate of Tamils who surrendered under the white flag

Underworld hitman connected to death of rugby star Wasim Thajudeen

Sri Lankan police have revealed that a crime figure murdered earlier this year in Middeniya was in a vehicle that pursued rugby player Wasim Thajudeen shortly before his death in 2012.

Sri Lankan Air Force officer accused of looting Frenchwoman’s royal antiques

An 86-year-old French woman has lodged a complaint with the Sri Lankan police, accusing a senior Sri Lankan Air Force officer of stealing silver and gold-plated valuables dating back to the reign of King Louis XIV of France.

‘Ranil and Mahinda are the number one thieves’ – Sri Lankan Fisheries Minister launches blistering attack

Sri Lanka’s Fisheries Minister R. Chandrasekar launched a blistering attack on former Sri Lankan presidents Ranil Wickremesinghe and Mahinda Rajapaksa, branding them the island’s “number one thieves” and accusing them of looting state resources and protecting criminals.

UN experts press Sri Lanka on disappearances, arbitrary detentions and intimidation at Geneva review

Sri Lanka faced sustained scrutiny in Geneva as the UN Committee on Enforced Disappearances (CED) concluded its first examination of the island’s record under the International Convention on the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance last week.

Tamil MPs back hunger strike in Jaffna demanding international justice for disappeared

Relay hunger strike in Jaffna enters fourth day demanding international justice for disappeared Tamils

Sri Lanka accuses Tamil reporter of ‘terrorist activity’ at UN

The Sri Lankan government has publicly accused prominent Tamil journalist and human rights defender Kumanan Kanapathipillai of “terrorist activities and financial crime” during a UN session, in what has been described as a deliberate smear campaign to intimidate him.

Relay hunger strike in Jaffna enters fifth day demanding international justice

Relay hunger strike in Jaffna enters fifth day demanding international justice for disappeared Tamils

Japanese PM invokes Jayewardene, ignoring violent anti-Tamil legacy

Japanese prime minister Shigeru Ishiba hailed former Sri Lankan president J.R. Jayewardene this week, recalling his 1951 address at the San Francisco Peace Conference and describing it as pivotal to Japan’s postwar reintegration into the international community.

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