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In Pictures - Colonel Shankar memorial sports tournament 2026 held in Switzerland
  A memorial sports tournament commemorating Colonel Shankar, the Special Commander of the Tamil Eelam Air Force (Sky Tigers) who was killed in an attack carried out by Sri Lankan deep penetration forces in Ottusuddan, Mullaitivu, on 26 September 2001, was held in Switzerland on 7 June 2026. Organised by the Sports Division of the Swiss Tamil Coordinating Committee, the event took…

Norwegian Parliament to debate Sri Lanka’s post-election record

Feb 24, 2026
The Parliament of Norway is set to hold a formal debate this week on Sri Lanka’s political trajectory and human rights record, one year after the country’s most recent elections.

‘Neither the old nor the new’ - Jaffna University backs growing resistance to PTA and PSTB

Feb 24, 2026
The University of Jaffna has joined a widening campaign across the Tamil homeland opposing both Sri Lanka’s Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) and a newly proposed counter-terrorism law, as resistance intensifies against what campaigners describe as the continuation of repressive state powers.

Amidst Oxbridge snub, Namal Rajapaksa turns to pubs and temples 

Feb 24, 2026
Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) politician Namal Rajapaksa has held a series of smaller meetings across the United Kingdom with sections of the Sinhala diaspora, after both the Oxford Union and Cambridge Union cancelled planned speaking engagements with him this week.

Kaddaikadu commemorates 1994 Sri Lankan massacre of Tamil fishermen

Feb 23, 2026
The 32nd anniversary of the killing of Tamil fishermen by the Sri Lankan Navy was commemorated on Wednesday at St Mary’s Grounds in Kaddaikadu, where relatives and locals gathered in remembrance.

TID summons two Tamil civil society groups in Mullaitivu and Kilinochchi

Feb 23, 2026

TID summons

Two civil society organisations operating in the North-East have been summoned by Sri Lanka’s Terrorism Investigation Division (TID), in what activists warn is the latest move in an escalating pattern of surveillance and intimidation targeting Tamil civic space.

MP cites LTTE-era discipline as model in Sri Lanka’s drug crisis debate

Feb 23, 2026
An Up-Country People’s Front parliamentarian has drawn attention to the period of Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) control in the North-East as he backed tougher legal measures to tackle the island’s illicit drug crisis.

Families demand answers as 19 years pass since Sri Lanka disappeared Tamil journalist

Feb 23, 2026
A protest was held in Point Pedro on Saturday, marking nineteen years since the enforced disappearance of Tamil journalist and teacher Subramaniam Ramachandran, who was arrested by Sri Lankan military personnel and has not been seen since.

Sinhala Buddhist monks demand supremacy of Buddhism in new ‘Maha Sangha’ declaration

Feb 23, 2026
Some 500 Sinhala Buddhist monks gathered in Colombo on 20 February 2026 for a “Maha Sangha Convention” at the headquarters of the All Ceylon Buddhist Congress (ACBC), adopting a ten-point declaration that reasserts the primacy of Buddhism within the Sri Lankan state.

Jaffna woman alleges police torture and fabricated drug charge against husband

Feb 23, 2026
The wife of a Tamil man arrested in Jaffna has accused Sri Lankan police of torturing her husband in custody and subsequently charging him in a drug case, in what she says is an attempt to cover up abuse.

US Pacific Fleet commander visits Sri Lanka to deepen military ties

Feb 23, 2026
The commander of the United States Pacific Fleet, Admiral Steve ‘Web’ Koehler, arrived in Sri Lanka last week for a three-day visit, as Washington moves to deepen security cooperation with Colombo despite longstanding concerns over human rights abuses and militarisation in the Tamil homeland.
Norwegian Parliament to debate Sri Lanka’s post-election record
‘Neither the old nor the new’ - Jaffna University backs growing resistance to PTA and PSTB
Amidst Oxbridge snub, Namal Rajapaksa turns to pubs and temples 
Kaddaikadu commemorates 1994 Sri Lankan massacre of Tamil fishermen
TID summons two Tamil civil society groups in Mullaitivu and Kilinochchi
MP cites LTTE-era discipline as model in Sri Lanka’s drug crisis debate
Families demand answers as 19 years pass since Sri Lanka disappeared Tamil journalist
Sinhala Buddhist monks demand supremacy of Buddhism in new ‘Maha Sangha’ declaration
Jaffna woman alleges police torture and fabricated drug charge against husband
US Pacific Fleet commander visits Sri Lanka to deepen military ties
Norwegian Parliament to debate Sri Lanka’s post-election record
‘Neither the old nor the new’ - Jaffna University backs growing resistance to PTA and PSTB
Amidst Oxbridge snub, Namal Rajapaksa turns to pubs and temples 
Kaddaikadu commemorates 1994 Sri Lankan massacre of Tamil fishermen
TID summons two Tamil civil society groups in Mullaitivu and Kilinochchi
MP cites LTTE-era discipline as model in Sri Lanka’s drug crisis debate
Families demand answers as 19 years pass since Sri Lanka disappeared Tamil journalist
Sinhala Buddhist monks demand supremacy of Buddhism in new ‘Maha Sangha’ declaration
Jaffna woman alleges police torture and fabricated drug charge against husband
US Pacific Fleet commander visits Sri Lanka to deepen military ties