The governor of Tamil Nadu, K Rosaiah in his inaugural address to the Tamil Nadu assembly on Thursday reiterated calls for those responsible for the genocide of Eelam Tamils in Sri Lanka to face justice, reported The Indian Express.

Further reforms are necessary “before Sri Lanka can be considered on a path to sustainable democratisation governed by the rule of law,” said the Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers Monica Pinto during an oral update at the 32nd Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council.

The rapporteur went stress the need to address  the independence of prosecutors and investigators in the accountability process Sri Lanka had internationally committed to, adding

China's Ambassador to Sri Lankan Yi Xianliang called on the Chief Minister of the Northern Province on Tuesday with the two discussing prospects for reconciliation and harmony on the island.

Indonesian police fired a warning shot into the air to stop Tamil asylum seekers from disembarking from the boat which is currently stranded off Aceh's coast, The Age reported.

The group of 44 men, women and children have been stranded there since June 11.

Amnesty International earlier this week called on the Indonesian authorities to allow the asylum seekers to disembark and meet with UN Refugee Agency officials, highlighting the ongoing discrimination faced by Tamils in the North-East.

The chief minister of Tamil Nadu, J Jayalalithaa this week called on the Indian prime minister, Narendra Modi ensure those responsible for genocide against Tamils to be brought to justice.

Meeting with Mr Modi in New Delhi on Tuesday, Ms Jayalalitha made these demands in a memorandum which she submitted to him, the Financial Express reported.

She also called for Eelam Tamil refugees in India to be granted dual citizenship.

The US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia Nisha Biswal said the US stood ‘very firmly’ on the need for progress on accountability in Sri Lanka.

Addressing the Sri Lanka Policy Forum at The Program on Peace-building and Human Rights at Colombia University’s Institute for the Study of Human Rights, Ms Biswal noted that a lot more needed to be done, reports Colombo Gazette.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Tuesday warned that the Sri Lankan government's inaction on critical areas was putting the country's economic outlook at risk, reported Reuters.

"Despite positive growth momentum, the Sri Lankan economy is facing challenges due to the difficult external environment and a period of significant political transition," the IMF executive board was quoted by the news site as saying.