The Sri Lankan attorney-general has denied Tamil political prisoners’ requests to keep their cases in Vavuniya, citing concerns about witness protection.

Three detainees at the Anuradhapura prison were admitted to hospital yesterday after their hunger-strike led to a severe deterioration in their health.

Swiss government officials met with members of the Sri Lankan military in Jaffna last month, where they discussed the ‘rehabilitation’ of former LTTE cadres.

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The United States military concluded its first–ever Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) exercise for Sri Lankan soldiers, which included training in “anti-terrorism security”, in Trincomalee this week.

The Sri Lankan Air Force is set to purchase 18 new aircraft, including several fighter jets, reports The Sunday Leader.

The Sri Lankan navy arrested a group of 10 Indian fishermen near Neduntheevu on Saturday, for allegedly illegally entering Sri Lankan territory.

Three Tamil political prisoners hunger striking at the Anuradhapura prison have been rushed to hospital today following severe deteriorations in their health.

The detainees have been fasting for 13 days in protest at the Sri Lankan attorney-general department’s attempts to move their cases from Vavuniya to Anuradhapuram.

The three detainees decided to abstain from drinking water from this morning, leading to a rapid decline in their health.

The Sri Lankan army declared open a newly constructed canteen at its 59 Division headquarters in Mullaitivu last month.

The Sri Lankan government on Friday adopted santions against the Democratic People's Rupublic of North Korea, as outlined in the UN Security Council resolution. 

The regulations were issued by the country's foreign minister Tilak Marapana. 

Three political prisoners detained at Anuradhapura prison have urged the government to charge or release them. 

The men, who have been accused by the Sri Lankan authorities of links to the LTTE, have been on hunger strike since September 23. 

Reiterating their demands on Sunday, the men have threatened to stop taking fluids as well.

Swiss police on Saturday shot dead an asylum seeker from Sri Lanka during an altercation in the refugee detention centre. 

The 38 year old asylum seeker is reported to have been armed with a knife. Police were called after he charged at two other asylum seekers. 

The incident occurred in Brissago, Switzerland. 

A video has emerged of an Assistant Superintendent of Police assaulting an arrested protester in Hambantota on Friday. 

The National Police Commission on Saturday announced it had launched an investigation into the alleged assault. 

See video here. 

The British minister for Asia and the Pacific met with the Sri Lankan government-appointed governor of the Northern Province during his trip to Jaffna on Friday.

The Northern Provincial Council has urged the Sri Lankan government to intervene in the case of Tamil political prisoners hunger striking in Anuradhapuram prison.

Following a resolution passed at the 107th sitting of the council on Friday, the council chair C. V. K. Sivagnanam wrote to the Sri Lankan President, Prime Minister and Minister of Resettlement and Prison Reforms.

The United Nations Special Rapporteur on truth , justice, reparations and guarantees of no recurrence Pablo de Greiff is to carry out an official visit to Sri Lanka, from 10 to 23 October 2017.