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‘Where is the LTTE?’ Lawyer challenges terror charges against jailed Tamil rapper
  The lawyer representing detained Tamil rapper Sangeethsan Ganeskumar challenged allegations that his client sought to revive the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) during proceedings before the Jaffna Magistrate's Court this week, arguing that the material cited by police contains no reference to the organisation or its leadership. Sangeethsan, better known by his stage name…

Sri Lankan Navy accused of surveying Tamil-owned land in Suthanthirapuram without notice

Jul 8, 2025
Tamil residents in Suthanthirapuram, Vadamaradchi East, have raised alarm after Sri Lankan navy personnel reportedly began surveying lands in the J/435 Grama Niladhari Division without prior notice to local authorities or property owners.

Sri Lankan military occupying public cemetery and irrigation lands, warns MP Ravikaran

Jul 8, 2025
Vanni District Member of Parliament T. Ravikaran has called for the immediate release of a public cemetery and 25 acres of land belonging to the Department of Irrigation, which remain under the occupation of the Sri Lankan military in Oddusuddan, Mullaitivu.

Sri Lankan Army officer arrested for series of chain snatchings in Kandy

Jul 8, 2025
An active-duty Sri Lankan Army officer has been arrested by the Kandy Police in connection with a series of chain snatchings in and around Kandy, including a high-profile incident at the Kandy Lake Round.

Sri Lanka announces recruitment of 5,000 new police personnel as militarisation ramps up

Jul 8, 2025
Sri Lanka’s Public Security Minister Ananda Wijepala announced this week that the government is set to recruit 5,000 new police personnel, despite ongoing criticism of the state’s expansive and militarised security infrastructure across the island, particularly in the Tamil homeland.

Muslim student held under PTA for Instagram post on Palestine remains in custody 

Jul 8, 2025
Sri Lankan authorities continue to hold a Muslim student under the draconian Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA), nine months after his arrest over a social media post expressing solidarity with Palestinians.

‘I understand the devastation that Tamil Canadians carry from the genocide’ – PM Carney

Jul 7, 2025
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney backed Public Security Minister Gary Anandasangaree and affirmed his support for Tamil Canadians, after racist and xenophobic attacks last month.

Tamil families mark 35 years since Sampur Massacre with calls for international justice

Jul 7, 2025
Tamil families gathered at the Sampur Memorial Monument on 7 July 2025 to mark the 35th anniversary of the Sampur Massacre, with survivors and civil society groups once again urging an international justice mechanism for the atrocities committed by Sri Lankan security forces.

The UN’s Sri Lankan delusion: Franche and the futility of wishful thinking

Jul 7, 2025
Thusiyan Nandakumar
In a more than 40-minute interview with Ada Derana, during which the issues of accountability and justice in Sri Lanka were repeatedly raised, how many times did the United Nations Resident Coordinator in Sri Lanka, Marc-André Franche, say the word “Tamil”?

More skeletal remains identified at Chemmani mass grave as weapon part recovered

Jul 7, 2025
More sets of human skeletal remains were unearthed at the Chemmani mass grave site in Jaffna, bringing the total number of remains discovered during the ongoing excavation to 47.

Sinhalese encroachment intensifies on Tamil paddy lands in Vavuniya North

Jul 7, 2025
Over 600 acres of ancestral Tamil paddy lands in Vavuniya North are reportedly being encroached upon by Sinhalese settlers with alleged state backing
Sri Lankan Navy accused of surveying Tamil-owned land in Suthanthirapuram without notice
Sri Lankan military occupying public cemetery and irrigation lands, warns MP Ravikaran
Sri Lankan Army officer arrested for series of chain snatchings in Kandy
Sri Lanka announces recruitment of 5,000 new police personnel as militarisation ramps up
Muslim student held under PTA for Instagram post on Palestine remains in custody 
‘I understand the devastation that Tamil Canadians carry from the genocide’ – PM Carney
Tamil families mark 35 years since Sampur Massacre with calls for international justice
The UN’s Sri Lankan delusion: Franche and the futility of wishful thinking
More skeletal remains identified at Chemmani mass grave as weapon part recovered
Sinhalese encroachment intensifies on Tamil paddy lands in Vavuniya North
Sri Lankan Navy accused of surveying Tamil-owned land in Suthanthirapuram without notice
Sri Lankan military occupying public cemetery and irrigation lands, warns MP Ravikaran
Sri Lankan Army officer arrested for series of chain snatchings in Kandy
Sri Lanka announces recruitment of 5,000 new police personnel as militarisation ramps up
Muslim student held under PTA for Instagram post on Palestine remains in custody 
‘I understand the devastation that Tamil Canadians carry from the genocide’ – PM Carney
Tamil families mark 35 years since Sampur Massacre with calls for international justice
The UN’s Sri Lankan delusion: Franche and the futility of wishful thinking
More skeletal remains identified at Chemmani mass grave as weapon part recovered
Sinhalese encroachment intensifies on Tamil paddy lands in Vavuniya North