The UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) passed a resolution on Sri Lanka last week, extending the mandate of the Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights (OHCHR) for a further two years. This extension will allow the OHCHR to continue gathering and preserving evidence that can be used in future war crime trials. When those trials will be, however, is the question that no one is able to answer. More than 16 years after the genocide at Mullivaikkal, impunity still reigns in Sri Lanka. And the UN has just given Colombo another carte blanche.

The Bishop of Mannar, Gnanapragasam Anthonypillai spoke out against the controversial wind power project on Mannar Island, stating that the decision to establish 14 wind farms was made unilaterally by Colombo despite local opposition.

Farmers in Muthunagar, Trincomalee, have entered the 26th day of their continuous satyagraha protest in front of the Trincomalee District Secretariat, demanding the return of farmlands seized for a Sri Lankan state-backed solar power project.

Protests continued in Jaffna’s Thaiyiddy area on Monday as members of the Tamil National People’s Front (TNPF), local landowners, and residents staged a demonstration against preparations for a state-backed ceremony at the illegally built and controversial Tissa Vihara Buddhist temple.

38th commemoration of 2nd Lt. Maalathy, LTTE’s first fallen female fighter, held in Mannar.

The Pirambadi massacre in Kokkuvil, where over 60 Tamils were shot dead or crushed with an armoured vehicle by Indian Peacekeeping Forces (IPKF), was remembered in Jaffna today. 

A flame was lit and flowers were laid at a memorial dedicated to the victims who were massacred 38 years ago.

Sri Lankan government moves to acquire privately owned Tamil land in Jaffna for Navy’s radar installation

Maritimepattu council orders Sri Lankan army to close beauty salon undermining war-affected civilians’ livelihoods

Tamil National People’s Front (TNPF) leader and Jaffna parliamentarian Gajendrakumar Ponnambalam has said that no government in the world has been willing to bring the Sri Lankan state before an international court, despite overwhelming evidence of atrocities committed against Tamils.

Today marks 38 years since the death of 2nd Lt. Maalathy, the first female fighter of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) to lose her life in the Tamil armed struggle.

Across the world, the day is being commemorated as Tamil Women’s Day, an opportunity to honour women’s involvement in the fight for Tamil rights.