After receiving complaints against the Sri Lankan military's continued occupation of the Tamil North and  Eastern provinces, Sri Lanka's Human Rights Commission has called for a report from military commanders to assess the legal provisions under which they were deployed and if a public security threat can justify their presence.

A commemoration event was held this morning to mark 22 years since the Mirusuvil massacre, where Sri Lankan soldiers murdered eight Tamil civilians in Jaffna, including three children, before dumping their bodies in a mass grave.

A joint statement by several Tamil diaspora organisations has called on Tamil parliamentarians to affirm their commitment to the non-negotiable core principles of the Tamil nation.

Minister for Labor and Foreign Employment  Manusha Nanayakkara, noted that 300,000 Sri Lankans have left the island for foreign employment.

Deputy Chief of the Chinese Embassy, Hu Wei visited the Eastern province between 8-10 December and noted that China is ready to 'assist all communities' across the island.

After the Office of Missing Persons, 244 family members of the disappeared to appear for investigation in the Mullaitivu district, members of these families staged a protest demanding that they end their sham investigations.

Cyclone Mandous situated in the Bay of Bengal brought high levels of pollution from India to Sri Lanka forcing schools to be closed last Friday.

The Sri Lankan Navy has detained 5 Tamils who were attempting to flee to the island.

The Sri Lankan Navy detained 5 Tamils before handing them over to the Mannar Police. The group which consisted of 3 Men and two women were from the areas of Trincomalee,Vavuniya and Pesalai. 

Tamils in Denmark marked 16 years since the death of Anton Balasingham, the chief political strategist of the LTTE.

Balasingham, aged 68 years, passed away at his home in South London on December 14, 2006. His death sparked grief across the Tamil nation, with three days of mourning declared.

The body of a Tamil refugee who took his own life in Vietnam in protest of the country’s deportation attempts, has been repatriated to the island.

Another longstanding and active member of the Tamil families of disappeared struggle died on Thursday.

E. Valliamma, aged 78, of Kalmadu Poompuhar had been searching for her son Ramachandran Senthuran for over 15 years.

He was abducted aged just 16 on May 17, 2007, while on his way to work as a daily wage labourer in Vavuniya.

Vavuniya High Court has ordered the Sri Lankan army to produce the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) cadres who surrendered to the state's forces at the end of the armed conflict in May 2009 in court by next year.