‘Justice will not be served without international investigation’ – ITAK MP Shanakiyan

Tamil Affairs Jul 16
Speaking in Parliament this week, Ilankai Thamil Arasu Katchi (ITAK) MP Shanakiyan Rasamanickam issued a call for the immediate establishment of an international investigation mechanism into human rights violations in Sri Lanka, warning that domestic structures were neither impartial nor capable of delivering justice.
US may terminate global war crimes accountability funding, including in Sri Lanka
Tamil Affairs Jul 16
The White House has recommended ending US funding for nearly two dozen programmes that support war crimes investigations and accountability efforts globally, including in Sri Lanka, according to a report in Reuters last month.
Mannar Tamils block water testing for proposed mineral sand excavation
Tamil Affairs Jul 16
Residents of Pesalai North in Mannar turned away officials from the Sri Lankan Water Resources Board on 15 July, preventing them from conducting water testing linked to a proposed mineral sand excavation project in the area.
Remains of Tamil girl found with blue school bag and toy at Chemmani mass grave
Tamil Affairs Jul 15

The skeletal remains of a young girl, discovered with a blue school bag and toy, have been formally identified as part of ongoing excavations at the Chemmani mass grave in Jaffna, the Jaffna Magistrate’s Court heard on 15 July.

Foundation stone laid for Anton Balasingham statue in Paris
Tamil Affairs Jul 15
A commemorative event was held in Bondy, a suburb of Paris, on 12 July 2025 to mark the foundation stone-laying ceremony for a statue of Dr Anton Balasingham, the former political advisor of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and a central figure in the Tamil Eelam liberation struggle.
‘We want our land’ – Trincomalee residents protest land allocation to outsiders
Tamil Affairs Jul 15
Trincomalee residents protest land lease to outsiders near kanniya temple
TID summons Tamil activist over 2023 attack on Thileepan commemoration
Tamil Affairs Jul 15
Tamil activist Sinthujan summoned by TID over 2023 Thileepan commemoration attack while perpetrators remain unpunished
Court extends order halting winding-up of SriLankan Airlines amid $209 million bond dispute
Tamil Affairs Jul 14
A Sri Lankan court has extended an enjoining order until 30 July, temporarily preventing the winding-up of SriLankan Airlines over its failure to repay a defaulted bond worth hundreds of millions of dollars.
SJB Northern Organiser calls for international probe into Chemmani mass grave
Tamil Affairs Jul 14
Umaachandra Prakash, the Northern Provincial Organiser of the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) and a member of the Colombo Municipal Council, has called for an international investigation into the Chemmani mass grave, where dozens of human skeletal remains have recently been unearthed in Jaffna.
Chemmani mass graves ‘clear evidence of war crimes and a genocidal campaign’ - ITAK
Tamil Affairs Jul 14
The Ilankai Thamil Arasuk Katchi (ITAK) has issued a formal letter to Sri Lankan president Anura Kumara Dissanayake, calling for immediate international oversight, accountability, and justice in the ongoing Chemmani mass grave investigation in Jaffna.
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