Eelam Tamil residents and activists staged a protest outside the Northern Province Governor's office in Jaffna this week, demanding the return of land that remains occupied by the Sri Lankan military.

In yet another incident highlighting the Sri Lankan state’s ongoing harassment of Tamil activists, Manuel Uthayachandra, the President of the Mannar District Families of the Disappeared organization, faced an attempt by Sri Lankan police to arrest her while she was away from her home.

The Sri Lankan police arrived at her residence in Mannar and informed her family that she was to be arrested and should immediately report to the police station. At the time, Uthayachandra was in Colombo receiving medical treatment.

Jaffna Teaching Hospital held an event today to commemorate the Tamil staff and patients that were massacred by the Indian Peace Keeping Force (IPKF) at the hospital 37 years ago. 

Jaffna Teaching Hospital held an event today to commemorate the Tamil staff and patients that were massacred by the Indian Peace Keeping Force (IPKF) at the hospital 37 years ago. 

Sri Lanka’s foreign minister Vijitha Herath acknowledged the growing problem of the island becoming a hub for international cybercrimes, warning that its shaky economic recovery might be impacted.

“We have to see if Sri Lanka is a cyber crimes hub,” Herath told reporters, “and whether our financial system is being affected by this.”

The Jaffna University Students' Union warned that dissatisfaction is brewing among Tamil youth as they slammed the current political class for failing to push forward Tamil nationalism, and leaving the Tamil people feeling abandoned by their leaders.

Sid Sriram joined a long list of illustrious names to perform at the O2 Arena on the Greenwich Peninsula, last Sunday, to mark his biggest UK solo concert to date. The multi-talented versatile singer adds another feather to his musical journey progressing from last year’s performance at the OVO Arena, Wembley. 

Today marks 24 years since Tamil journalist Nimalarajan Mylvaganam was murdered in his Jaffna home.

Nimalarajan contributed to the BBC for over six years, as well as the Tamil daily Virakesari and Sinhala weekly Ravaya.

He was murdered as he was writing for the BBC at home one evening. According to the BBC,

His father was repeatedly knifed and his mother and young nephew badly injured by a hand grenade explosion in their sitting room.

Selvarani Thambirasa, the head of the Association for Enforced Disappearances (AERD) in Amparai, spoke out about her interrogation at the hands of the Sri Lankan police last week, where she was accused of helping to regroup the LTTE.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Canada “do everything we can to protect” Tamil Canadians, as he testified in a public inquiry on foreign interference in the affairs of diaspora communities.

US Ambassador to Sri Lanka Julie Chung met with accused war criminal Sampath Thuyacontha this week, as Washington continued to ramp up military ties with Colombo despite the longstanding record of human rights abuses.

Chung tweeted photographs of her meeting with the new Secretary of Defence – a military figure who boasted of causing “chaos” during the Mullivaikkal genocide. Thuyacontha was the Wing Commander of the No 09 squadron, a helicopter gunship squadron that conducted nearly 400 missions during the genocide.