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EU delegation granted access to Chemmani mass grave as tally reaches 454
A delegation from the European Union is to visit the Chemmani mass grave in Jaffna on Wednesday morning, after the Jaffna Magistrate's Court granted permission for the inspection on Monday, in the latest instance of international attention on a site where excavations continue to unearth evidence of atrocity. The visit comes amid sustained calls from Tamil families, human rights groups and…

Shasheendra Rajapaksa indicted for allegedly diverting funds meant for the war victims

Jul 7, 2026
Shasheendra Rajapaksa, a former state minister of the dynasty that ruled Sri Lanka through the war years, has been indicted for corruption over the alleged manipulation of the Office for Reparations, the body meant to compensate the conflict's victims, the latest in a string of cases against a family that has never answered for the genocide of Tamils.
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A 30km route or a 250km detour: Mannar protests over Pallakandal shrine access

Jul 7, 2026
Residents of Mullikulam in Mannar have protested the closure of the traditional route to the Pallakandal St Anthony's Shrine ahead of its annual feast, a restriction that would force pilgrims to travel some 250 kilometres rather than 30, reviving a years-long dispute between the conservation of Wilpattu National Park and the religious access of the North-East's Catholics.

Amnesty International urges transparency in screening of Sri Lankan peacekeepers deployed to Haiti

Jul 7, 2026
Amnesty International raises concerns over Sri Lanka’s Haiti deployment amid past abuse allegations
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Hizbullah demands justice for Easter victims and vindication for Muslims

Jul 7, 2026
As Sri Lanka’s Easter Sunday investigation gathers renewed political attention, SLMC vice president M. L. A. M. Hizbullah has called for those behind the attacks to be brought before the law and for the Muslim community to be officially cleared of collective blame.

Sri Lanka’s deadliest prison riot in years kills 26

Jul 7, 2026
Sri Lanka’s prison system has been thrown back into crisis after two days of violence at Negombo Prison killed 26 people and injured more than 100, just weeks after rights groups warned the United Nations of overcrowding, custodial deaths and torture in detention facilities.

Sri Lanka moves to acquire 27 acres in Maruthankerni in yet another land grab

Jul 7, 2026
Sri Lanka’s Survey Department has issued notice of a land survey in Maruthankerni, marking 11.2657 hectares of land in Devathuravu for acquisition under the Land Acquisition Act for an unspecified “public purpose”.
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Vavuniya High Court freezes governor's removal of mayor

Jul 6, 2026
The Vavuniya High Court has issued an interim order suspending the gazette through which the Northern Province governor removed the Vavuniya mayor, S. Kandeepan, from office, freezing the decision that had triggered protests across the town.
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Keppapulavu continues protest demanding return of Sri Lankan military-occupied lands

Jul 6, 2026
Residents of Keppapulavu in Mullaitivu protested for the twelfth consecutive day on Sunday, demanding the release of their ancestral lands, which have remained under military occupation since 2009.

Remembering the Black Tigers

Jul 5, 2026

21 Black Tiger elite commandos who took part in the raid on a Sri Lankan airbase in Anuradhapura, 2007

On July 5, Eelam Tamils across the world remember and mourn the sacrifices made by the LTTE's elite women and men, the Black Tigers. “Karumpuli Naal” marks the sacrifice made by the first Black Tiger, Captain Miller, or Vallipuram Vasanthan, 39 years ago.

'We have to keep this revolution alive' - Rebecca Devika Dharmpalan

Jul 3, 2026

Photograph by Ify Obi 

Rebecca Devika Dharmapalan spoke to Tamil Guardian following the publishing of her book “My Pen is Sharp Like the Gun in my Hand: The Revolutionary Feminism of the Tamil Tigers’' which centres the voices and lives of women cadres in the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). Her research critiques the legal frameworks that construct a narrow understanding of the women who joined the LTTE. 

Shasheendra Rajapaksa indicted for allegedly diverting funds meant for the war victims
"" A 30km route or a 250km detour: Mannar protests over Pallakandal shrine access
Amnesty International urges transparency in screening of Sri Lankan peacekeepers deployed to Haiti
"" Hizbullah demands justice for Easter victims and vindication for Muslims
Sri Lanka’s deadliest prison riot in years kills 26
Sri Lanka moves to acquire 27 acres in Maruthankerni in yet another land grab
"" Vavuniya High Court freezes governor's removal of mayor
"" Keppapulavu continues protest demanding return of Sri Lankan military-occupied lands
Remembering the Black Tigers
'We have to keep this revolution alive' - Rebecca Devika Dharmpalan
Shasheendra Rajapaksa indicted for allegedly diverting funds meant for the war victims
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A 30km route or a 250km detour: Mannar protests over Pallakandal shrine access
Amnesty International urges transparency in screening of Sri Lankan peacekeepers deployed to Haiti
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Hizbullah demands justice for Easter victims and vindication for Muslims
Sri Lanka’s deadliest prison riot in years kills 26
Sri Lanka moves to acquire 27 acres in Maruthankerni in yet another land grab
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Vavuniya High Court freezes governor's removal of mayor
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Keppapulavu continues protest demanding return of Sri Lankan military-occupied lands
Remembering the Black Tigers
'We have to keep this revolution alive' - Rebecca Devika Dharmpalan