Sri Lanka's Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption has launched an investigation into allegations concerning large quantities of gold reportedly taken into custody from Kumaran Pathmanathan, widely known as KP, following his capture in 2009.

A protest demanding the release of Tamil rapper Ganeshkumar Sangeethsan, who remains detained under Sri Lanka’s Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA), was held outside the Sri Lankan Presidential Secretariat in Colombo on Wednesday evening.

Representatives of the Union of Danish Tamil Organisations have raised the detention of Tamil rapper Ganeshkumar Sangeethsan with newly elected Danish parliamentarians, as international concern continues to grow over Sri Lanka’s use of the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) against Tamil artistic and political expression.

Ontario Associate Minister of Mental Health and Addictions and Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) for Scarborough—Rouge Park, Vijay Thanigasalam has called for the immediate release of detained Tamil hip hop artist Sangeethsan Ganeskumar, known as Hiphop Sangee, and urged Sri Lanka to abolish the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA).

Ilankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi (ITAK) Vanni District parliamentarian Thurairajha Ravikaran has called for the immediate release of detained Tamil rapper Ganeshkumar Sangeethsan and renewed demands for the repeal of Sri Lanka’s Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA).

Ilankai Tamil Arasu Katchi (ITAK) Batticaloa District parliamentarian Shanakiyan Rasamanickam has submitted a private member's motion urging the Sri Lankan government to take immediate steps to fully repeal the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA).

Excavation work at the Chemmani mass grave entered its 22nd day of the third phase on Thursday, during which two additional human skeletons were identified.

Sri Lankan police interrupted a protest in Mannar calling for the release of detained Tamil rapper Sangeethsan and the repeal of the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA), after questioning participants over the wording of a Tamil-language placard.

Gajendrakumar Ponnambalam criticises continued use of emergency laws, alleging political misuse, suppression of Tamil regions, and lack of government accountability

Residents gathered in Kurunagar on Wednesday to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the killing of 31 local fishermen in the seas off Mandaitivu by the Sri Lankan security forces.

Sri Lanka's parliament on Tuesday approved a further extension of the country's state of public emergency, with all seven votes against the measure cast by Tamil Members of Parliament.

Ilankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi (ITAK) parliamentarian Sivagnanam Shritharan has strongly condemned the detention of Kilinochchi-based rapper Sangeethsan Ganeskumar under Sri Lanka's Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA), describing the arrest as a grave attack on freedom of expression and warning that opposition across the North-East was rising.

Kerala rapper Vedan has raised the arrest of detained Eelam Tamil artist Sangeethsan Ganeskumar with Tamil Nadu's Social Justice Minister Vanni Arasu, as condemnation of the Sri Lankan government's use of the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) against the young rapper continues to spread.