The Catholic Church in Sri Lanka has called for investigations into the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings to continue without political interference, as fresh details emerged regarding a defamation case involving former State Intelligence Service (SIS) Director Major General (Retired) Suresh Sallay.

Sri Lankan opposition parties and Buddhist clergy launched an indefinite Satyagraha campaign in Colombo on Monday, demanding the release of former State Intelligence Service (SIS) Director Major General (Retired) Suresh Sallay, as controversy deepens over his detention in connection with investigations into the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings.

The LGBTQIA+ community in Jaffna held their fifth annual Pride Walk, under the theme  “We Exist For Each Other". 

The walk, organised by the Jaffna Transgender Network, began outside the iconic Jaffna Public Library and proceeded along Hospital Road and Pannai Road before ending at Jaffna Fort. 

Members of the LGBTQIA+ community, human rights activists, civil society representatives, and members of the public joined the walk to call for equality and to end all forms of discrimination. 

A total of 302 skeletal remains have been identified during the excavations at the Chemmani mass grave site so far, whilst 298 have been completely exhumed. 

Ilankai Tamil Arasu Katchi (ITAK) Batticaloa District MP Shanakiyan Rasamanickam has strongly condemned the arrest and detention of Tamil rapper Sangeethsan Ganeskumar, under Sri Lanka's Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA), calling for his immediate release and reaffirming demands for the repeal of the legislation.