Ahead of Sri Lanka’s upcoming elections, the island’s former President Mahinda Rajapaksa has embarked on a four-day tour of China and met with the country’s Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sun Weidong.

Tamil Eelam flags at a protest in Geneva, 2019

The UK Proscribed Organisation Appeals Commission (POAC) rejected an appeal by the Transitional Government of Tamil Eelam (TGTE) to lift the ban on the Liberational Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), yet details several errors made by the British Home Secretary, James Cleverly. 

With the 2024 UK General Election set to take place on July 4, more British Tamils than ever before have been named as candidates with a range of Britain’s political parties. The Tamil Guardian interviewed the candidates who are hoping to become one of the UK’s first-ever British Tamil parliamentarians.

With the 2024 UK General Election set to take place on July 4, more British Tamils than ever before have been named as candidates with a range of Britain’s political parties. The Tamil Guardian interviewed the candidates who are hoping to become one of the UK’s first-ever British Tamil parliamentarians.

With the 2024 UK General Election set to take place on July 4, more British Tamils than ever before have been named as candidates with a range of Britain’s political parties.

The Tamil Guardian caught up with the candidates this month, as they vie to become one of the UK’s first-ever British Tamil parliamentarians.

Sri Lanka's Minister of Foreign Affairs Ali Sabry criticised the “double standard and hypocrisy” shown by some countries over the humanitarian situation in Gaza, and called for “upholding international law,” despite his government refusing to address crimes committed against the Tamil population on the island.

Sabry made the remarks addressing the BRICS Foreign Ministers’ meeting held in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, earlier this month.

Major General Rohitha Aluwihare, the former commanding officer of the General Officer Commanding 11 Infantry Division - Central and representing the Vijayabahu Infantry Regiment has been appointed as the Chief of Staff of the Sri Lankan army, as another official accused of war crimes receives a promotion from the military.

The first ever British Tamil hustings took place last week, as representatives from the UK’s major political parties pledged to work towards justice and accountability for mass atrocities in Sri Lanka.

Watch the full recording of the event below.

The Swiss Tamil Youth Organization (TYO) hosted the “Manavar Eluchi Naal" (Tamil Students Uprising Day) to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Pon Sivakumaran's sacrifice in Kollinken, Switzerland on Sunday.

Pon Sivakumaran, who gave his life 50 years ago in 1974 at the age of 24, is remembered as the first martyr in the Tamil resistance. On June 5, 1974, surrounded by the Sri Lankan police and fearing torture, he swallowed cyanide and took his own life.