Sri Lankan authorities have arrested a 75-year-old Tamil refugee as he returned to the island at Palaly airport, despite being recognised by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and obtaining all necessary clearance.

Tamil families of the disappeared staged a protest in front of the Vavuniya Old Bus Stand this week, renewing their longstanding call for justice as the number of elderly survivors continues to dwindle.

Sri Lankan president Anura Kumara Dissanayake is scheduled to undertake his first official visit to Germany on June 11, amid international scrutiny over his government's human rights record, lack of progress on accountability for wartime atrocities and failure to repeal the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA).

Fresh concerns have been raised over a proposal to declare 10,000 acres of land in the Vavuniya North Divisional Secretariat as a forest reserve, sparking fears of further displacement and land grabs by the Sri Lankan state.

Judicial proceedings relating to the mass grave discovered in Kokkuthoduvai, Mullaitivu, continued at the Mullaitivu Magistrate’s Court on 29 May 2025, with the formal submission of the final forensic report compiled by judicial medical officers.

Two Tamil farmers from Kurunthurmalai in Mullaitivu have been further remanded until 7 June, following a complaint by a Sinhala Buddhist monk alleging damage to an “archaeological” site.

Tamil landowners from Keppapulavu in the Mullaitivu district have once again spoken out against the continued military occupation of their private lands, 16 years after the end of the armed conflict.

The Sri Lankan military’s “Clean Sri Lanka” drive in Mannar has sparked concerns among locals over potential land encroachment under the guise of environmental efforts