Based on findings of the Presidential Commission of Inquiry (PCoI), which was examining the Easter Sunday bombings, which claimed the lives of over 250 people, BBC Sinhala Service has reported that India may have played a role in the attack and maintained that the accused leader of the National Thawheed Jammath (NTJ), Zaharan Hashim, could not have been the ‘Mastermind’ behind the attacks.

The families of the disappeared in Vavuniya, criticised the draft United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) resolution, highlighting its failure to acknowledge Tamils, the need for an independent international accountability mechanism and nothing alluding to Tamil self-determination.

(Photo of APPGT Chair Elliot Colburn)

Following the publication of a draft UN resolution on Sri Lanka, a number of British MPs led by the chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Tamils (APPGT) have called on British Foreign Secretary, Dominic Raab, to go beyond the current resolution and consider referring Sri Lanka to the International Criminal Court, as well as prepare files for independent criminal proceedings.

A Tamil mother died today after spending 21 years searching for her son who went missing in Vavuniya. 

61 year old, Thamotharampillai Perinpanayaki, from Maravankulam in Vavuniya, passed away due to an illness without knowing the whereabouts of her son, Tharumakulanathan, who has been missing since 2000. 

Sri Lanka has cancelled a speech from Prime Minister, Imran Khan, allegedly due to concerns of antagonising India as they fear Khan could raise the issue of Kashmir.

Tamil Makkal Thesai Kootani (TMTK) leader C V Wigneswaran criticised the draft United Nations Human Rights Council resolution by the Core Group on Sri Lanka as "disappointing and insufficent".

Imaad Zuberi, a Pakistani-American businessman was jailed for 12 years after pleading guilty to charges which include the obstruction of a federal investigation into a Trump inaugural committee donation, falsifying records and a failure to disclose and pay tax on US$5.65 million received from the Sri Lankan government to lobby in Washington to improve its image.

Sri Lanka has already made the decision to reject any resolution based on the UN Human Rights Chief's damning report that may be submitted at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) 46th session says Sri Lanka's Co-Cabinet Spokesperson and Energy Minister Udamma Gammanpila.

The UK government will present a new resolution on Sri Lanka at the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC), to maintain focus on reconciliation and accountability, Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said today.

In his statement to the Council on its opening session, Raab said that the UK government would continue to lead action at the UNHRC on Syria, South Sudan, "and on Sri Lanka, where we will present a new resolution to maintain the focus on reconciliation and on accountability."

Black balloons were flown over the Sri Lankan Embassy in London this morning, as the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) session begins in Geneva today.