A senior figure from the Sarvajana Balaya Party has called on Sri Lankan president Anura Kumara Dissanayake and his government to publicly clarify their position on Tamil genocide remembrance activities, reiterating his party's rejection of claims that Tamils were subjected to genocide in Sri Lanka.

Naam Tamilar Katchi (NTK) leader Seeman has called for the immediate release of Tamil rapper Hip Hop Sangeeth, condemning his arrest under Sri Lanka's Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) and questioning how a song could be treated as a security threat more than seventeen years after the end of the armed conflict.

Tamil landowners in Valikamam North staged a protest for the seventh consecutive Friday this week, demanding the release of hundreds of acres of land that remain under Sri Lankan military occupation despite the end of the armed conflict more than seventeen years ago.

Pon. Sivakumaran, the first Tamil to die in the liberation struggle, was remembered today in Urumpirai, Jaffna, on the 52nd anniversary of his death. 

The Chairman of the Valikamam East Pradeshiya Sabha, Thiyagarajah Nirosh, was questioned by occupying Sri Lankan police on Thursday and had a statement recorded regarding preparations for a memorial event marking the 52nd anniversary of the death of Tamil martyr Pon Sivakumaran.

Today marks 52 years since the death of Ponnuthurai Sivakumaran, the first Tamil to die in the liberation struggle. 

Sri Lanka's United National Party (UNP) has accused the National People's Power (NPP) government of attempting to undermine Buddhism and interfere in the affairs of the Buddhist clergy, as controversy continues over proposed reforms aimed at addressing misconduct within the Buddhist Sangha.

Investigators identified eight additional skeletal remains at the Chemmani mass grave site on Thursday, bringing the total number of victims uncovered during ongoing excavations to 283.

Relatives of victims and members of the public gathered in Verugal this week to commemorate the 41st anniversary of the Vattavan massacre, one of a number of deadly attacks on Tamils in the region, as families renewed calls for truth, justice and accountability.