Popular British Tamil DJ, music producer and entrepreneur, Robert Rajeswaran aka DJ Rob R, has released a statement online, expressing his experiences of repeated racial abuse, ethnic hatred and threats to his life as a Tamil business owner in the southern region of Sri Lanka.

Sri Lankan president Anura Kumara Dissanayake admitted a “black state” existed on the island, revealing links between the criminal underworld and Sri Lanka’s security forces in an address last week.

Former Sri Lankan president and accused war criminal Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga has begun moving out of her official residence on Independence Avenue, Colombo, following the government’s decision to strip former heads of state of their long-held privileges.

Sri Lanka’s Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) has launched a wide-ranging investigation into the assets of senior officers in the country’s police and armed forces, according to a report by the state-owned Silumina newspaper.

Christian clergy and bishops from across the North-East gathered in Jaffna on Thursday for a symbolic protest titled “Chemmani Solidarity Cry”, calling for justice for the victims of genocide.

A landmark report commissioned by the UN Development Programme (UNDP) and the UN Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs (DPPA), with support from the Australian Government, finds that Sri Lankan militarisation in the North-East has worsened the climate vulnerability and weakened the adaptive capacity of Tamils across the region.

A protest calling for justice for the victims of the Chemmani mass graves and the repeal of the draconian Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) was held in Jaffna town on Saturday, organised by the Movement for Equal Rights.

An ongoing investigation into the Chemmani mass grave in Jaffna has confirmed that a shoe recovered from the site dates back to before 1995.

Northern fishermen demand urgent action against illegal fishing and launch the ‘Mullai Declaration’ in Mullaitivu

Fundamentalism has become an inseparable element of Sri Lankan politics, allowing criminal networks to flourish under the protection of political elites, warned Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi (ITAK) parliamentarian Gnanamuthu Srineshan during remarks this week.

Two large concrete pillars erected by the Sri Lankan Air Force at the entrance of the Pilavu Settlement in Keppapulavu, Mullaitivu, were removed last week by local authorities following complaints from residents that they obstructed public movement.

Tamils in France commemorated S. P. Thamilselvan, the head of the political wing of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), who was assassinated by the Sri Lankan air force (SLAF) 18 years ago. 

This week across the Tamil homeland preparations have begun as the nation readies itself to mark Maaveerar Naal – Great Heroes Day. For Eelam Tamils this is more than just a day of remembrance. It is a moment that brings together a nation that has suffered war, destruction, and occupation, yet continues to endure. For decades, the Sri Lankan state has tried to stifle it. Sixteen years since the death of the last Tamil liberation fighter, such repression must end.