Armed Sri Lankan soldiers surrounded and photographed a group of Tamil demonstrators in Poonakari this week, as they protested against military land grabs in the area.

"How many fags do we have here in Colombo? NGOs are obtaining a good dowry from embassies. They are going to attempt to put this filth into the minds of our Sinhala people and make us all extinct."

"The scum of the earth f**kers who hide behind colourful rainbow flags are preparing to have an event from June 10th to 18th, and before that they're preparing to try and legalise faggot f**kery."

"Faggot activities aren’t legal. Let’s take the law into our own hands. If the police aren’t going to do anything about it our community is ready to do it ourselves. We will not let these mother f**king dogs to ruin our culture. Ladies and Gents of Sinhale, join us on the 28th to look at the faces of these faggots at Race course.”

Protestors in London are currently demonstrating against Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena, who is visiting the United Kingdom today.

A wide range of civil society actors have expressed 'urgent concerns' regarding the Sri Lankan government's proposed Office of Missing Persons (OMP), and called for 'substantial international involvement', in a letter to President Maithripala Sirisena.

The signatories, which included members of southern civil society and Tamil civil society from the North-East, noted that the government is yet to share the ideas for the mechanism and said there were concerns about continuing violations, such as white van abductions and harassment of victims' families by security forces.

The letter urged that justice cannot be compromised and that the OMP should facilitate rather than impede justice mechanisms.

"We reject the idea that seeking truth may be separated from victim families’ right to justice, and insist that the pursuit of these two rights be recognized as complementary. In this regard, a model that excludes or insulates the OMP from sharing information gathered during tracing investigations with a criminal investigative process would be unacceptable. Information available to the OMP must be made available to other transitional justice mechanisms, with appropriate safeguards in the interests of protection of witnesses or victim families,

"We strongly suggest that the Government rename the proposed Office as ‘Office of Missing and Forcibly Disappeared Persons’, so as to reflect accurately the mandate of the body," the letter further said.

"We are also concerned about, and would like to draw the Government’s attention to continuing incidents of harassment and intimidation of victim families and activists that are not helpful in creating a conducive environment for public consultations or operationalization of the OMP mechanism. The continued use of the draconian Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA), the lack of due process in carrying out arrests and resuming the use of white vans in the past month have heightened the sense of fear and insecurity among affected people."