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Chemmani mass grave toll reaches 366 ahead of ministerial visit
The number of skeletal remains identified at the Chemmani mass grave in Jaffna has risen to 366, as excavators uncovered further remains of children on Tuesday, at one of the largest mass graves unearthed on the island and a site long tied to the enforced disappearance and extrajudicial killing of Tamils by the Sri Lankan military. Six sets of skeletal remains, including those of children,…

Sri Lankan PM Amarasuriya rules out international probe into war crimes

Oct 27, 2025
The National People’s Power (NPP) government has reiterated its opposition to an international investigation into war crimes in Sri Lanka, with Sri Lankan Prime Minister Harini Amarasuriya reaffirming the state’s position in parliament last week.

Sri Lankan military fuelling drug crisis in Tamil homeland, says Ponnambalam

Oct 27, 2025
Tamil National People’s Front (TNPF) leader and Jaffna District MP Gajendrakumar Ponnambalam has accused the Sri Lankan military of playing a central role in the spread of narcotics across the Tamil homeland, warning that drug addiction has been deliberately fostered.

Sri Lanka joins UN peacekeeping talks despite war crimes

Oct 27, 2025
Sri Lanka’s participation in a United Nations peacekeeping conference has drawn renewed scrutiny, as the country’s army commander — whose regiment was implicated in war crimes — attended the United Nations Troop Contributing Countries (UNTCC) Chiefs’ Conclave 2025 in New Delhi earlier this month.

Sri Lanka’s police chief warns drug traffickers infiltrating politics

Oct 27, 2025
Sri Lanka’s Inspector General of Police (IGP), Priyantha Weerasuriya, has issued a stark warning that individuals linked to organised crime and drug trafficking are infiltrating the island’s political system, with some already preparing to contest upcoming elections.

Swiss Social Democratic Party calls for international genocide investigation into Sri Lanka

Oct 27, 2025

The Social Democratic Party of Switzerland (SP Switzerland) has unanimously passed a resolution on the situation in Sri Lanka, calling for an international genocide investigation at their party congress on the 25th of October 2025 in Sursee, Canton of Lucerne.

Sri Lankan army disrupts Heroes Day cemetery preparations in Visuvamadu

Oct 27, 2025
Sri Lankan army personnel obstructed voluntary preparatory work at the Maaveerar Thuyilum Illam in Theravil, Visuvamadu, ahead of the 2025 Maaveerar Day commemorations

Trincomalee farmers continue protest in heavy rain for 38 days

Oct 26, 2025
Farmers from Muthu Nagar in Trincomalee have passed their 38th consecutive day of their protest, braving relentless rain as they demand the return of their agricultural lands that have been seized by the Sri Lankan government for a solar power project.

'Sri Lanka must stop harassing Tamil photojournalist Kumanan' - RSF

Oct 26, 2025

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has urged the Sri Lankan government to end the ongoing harassment of Tamil photojournalist Kanapathipillai Kumanan, who has been targeted for documenting human rights violations in the Tamil homeland.

‘Even the LTTE never did this’: SLPP warns Sri Lanka descending into lawlessness

Oct 26, 2025
The General Secretary of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP), Sagara Kariyawasam, has said that even the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) “did not enter offices to assassinate their opponents,” warning that the current state of law and order in Sri Lanka is “more terrifying than during the time of the conflict.”

No end to occupation

Oct 26, 2025
Sri Lanka’s Deputy Minister of Defence made an audacious claim last week, stating over 700 acres of land in the North and East have been “returned to the public”. It only takes a cursory glance to see the painfully clear reality in the North-East. The occupation continues.
Sri Lankan PM Amarasuriya rules out international probe into war crimes
Sri Lankan military fuelling drug crisis in Tamil homeland, says Ponnambalam
Sri Lanka joins UN peacekeeping talks despite war crimes
Sri Lanka’s police chief warns drug traffickers infiltrating politics
Swiss Social Democratic Party calls for international genocide investigation into Sri Lanka
Sri Lankan army disrupts Heroes Day cemetery preparations in Visuvamadu
Trincomalee farmers continue protest in heavy rain for 38 days
'Sri Lanka must stop harassing Tamil photojournalist Kumanan' - RSF
‘Even the LTTE never did this’: SLPP warns Sri Lanka descending into lawlessness
No end to occupation
Sri Lankan PM Amarasuriya rules out international probe into war crimes
Sri Lankan military fuelling drug crisis in Tamil homeland, says Ponnambalam
Sri Lanka joins UN peacekeeping talks despite war crimes
Sri Lanka’s police chief warns drug traffickers infiltrating politics
Swiss Social Democratic Party calls for international genocide investigation into Sri Lanka
Sri Lankan army disrupts Heroes Day cemetery preparations in Visuvamadu
Trincomalee farmers continue protest in heavy rain for 38 days
'Sri Lanka must stop harassing Tamil photojournalist Kumanan' - RSF
‘Even the LTTE never did this’: SLPP warns Sri Lanka descending into lawlessness
No end to occupation