Britain’s former foreign secretary David Miliband tweeted that he wished the UK “could have done more” on Sri Lanka, as a fellow Labour parliamentarian visited the UN Human Rights Council this week. 

Labour MP Wes Streeting, highlighted the "widespread concerns" over Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa retracting from Colombo's commitments made at previous UN Human Rights Council sessions and emphasised the need to bring "people to justice for historic war crimes and atrocities committed during the Sri Lankan civil war." 

The family members of Tamil political prisoners, some of whom have been detained for years, rallied in Mannar last week, as they demanded the Sri Lankan government abolish the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) and release their relatives.

Ambika Satkunanathan has resigned from her post as the Commissioner of the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka (HRCSL) in an announcement she posted online, effective from Saturday morning

The Sri Lankan military announced it had set up “improvised quarantine centres” in the Eastern province, as it prepares to “quarantine foreigners and Sri Lankan expatriates arriving here” as part of measures to tackle transmission of the corona virus.

Shavendra Silva, the war crimes accused head of the army who is subject to US travel sanctions, travelled to the Polonnaruwa and Batticaloa districts on Monday morning, as he inspected the makeshift camps the military had constructed. 

The former commander of Sri Lanka’s army Daya Ratnayake has lashed out at the United Nations and staunchly brushed off reports of mass atrocities committed by Sri Lankan troops, calling them “completely baseless and fabricated”.

Former Finance Minister, Ravi Karunanayake, has been issued an arrest warrant for bond fraud.

Sri Lankan President, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, claimed yesterday during International Women’s Day that he would work to create an equal platform for women, free from violence, despite record levels of sexual violence.

At least two local Sri Lankan newspapers have reportedly claimed that the government is set to release a soldier who was sentenced to death over the massacre of eight Tamil civilians.

“A large number of Tamils in Sri Lanka have died while in protest demanding the government to reveal the fate of their loved ones who are victims of enforced disappearances,”Journalists for Democracy in Sri Lanka (JDS) reports. 

Tamil families of the disappeared sent a joint letter addressed to the UN High Commissioner, Michelle Bachelet, calling for the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to recommend that Sri Lanka is investigated for their lack of fulfilment in providing answers for their missing loved ones.

A protest calling the Sri Lanka government to release Tamil political prisoners and to address the issue of missing persons, took place yesterday in Batticaloa. 

The protest, which took place at the Mahatma Gandhi Park in Batticaloa, was set up near the site of the memorial of executed journalists. 

Local businesses in Mullaitivu have closed down in support for the families of disappeared, who held a protest today on International Women's Day to mark three years of demonstrations in Mullaitivu. 

Mothers and relatives of the disappeared marked International Women’s Day 2020 (8^th March) with a protest in Mullaitivu, as they reached three years in the struggle for truth and justice for the their loved ones.