Sri Lankan Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka has called for former President Mahinda Rajapaksa to be arrested and executed, in remarks that stand in sharp contrast to his own unaddressed record of alleged war crimes against Tamils.

Ilankai Tamil Arasu Katchi (ITAK) Batticaloa District parliamentarian Gnanamuthu Srinesan has warned that a proposal by Sri Lankan president Anura Kumara Dissanayake to establish a separate judicial mechanism for Buddhist clergy would undermine the rule of law and entrench a discriminatory legal order in Sri Lanka.

Nine skeletal remains, including those of eight children, were fully exhumed from the Chemmani mass grave on Tuesday (June 9) as excavations at the site continued to uncover further evidence of burials.

Artists, activists and members of the public gathered in Vavuniya on Monday to demand the immediate release of Tamil rapper Sangeethsan Ganeshkumar, who remains detained under Sri Lanka's Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA).

The National Council of Tamil Canadians (NCCT) have called for the "immediate and unconditional release" of Tamil rapper Sangeethsan Ganeskumar and stated that his arrest was not an "isolated incident" but forms part of the "ongoing genocide" against the Tamil nation. 

The Tamil Youth Organization (TYO) Canada and twelve Tamil Students' Associations have strongly condemned the arrest and detention of Tamil rapper Sangeethsan Ganeskumar, known professionally as Hiphop Sangee, under Sri Lanka's Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA), calling for his immediate and unconditional release.

Provincial Council elections are unlikely to be held before 2027, according to Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) General Secretary Tilvin Silva, who claimed funds set aside for the polls were used instead to deal with the impact of Cyclone Ditwah.

Patali Champika Ranawaka, the former Sri Lankan cabinet minister and one-time General Secretary of the Sinhala nationalist Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU), drew attention this week after calling for the humane treatment of detainees – remarks that are in sharp contrast to his previous comments on Tamils.

The mayor of Brampton, Patrick Brown, has called for the immediate release of Tamil rapper Sangeethsan Ganeskumar, known professionally as Hiphop Sangee, who has been imprisoned since his arrest under Sri Lanka's Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA).