In a new report, the UN High Commissioner expresses concern over the lack of accountability for human rights violations committed by Sri Lanka and renewed her call to member states to use universal jurisdictions and targeted sanctions against alleged perpetrators of human rights abuses.  

The Metropolitan Police’s War Crimes Team have arrested a 48-year-old man in Britain over the murder of Tamil journalist Mylvaganam Nimalarajan in Jaffna more than 20 years ago - marking the first time that British authorities have made an arrest over war crimes committed in Sri Lanka.

Sri Lanka has enforced a series of hours long powercuts this week as the island grapples with a fuel shortage amidst it's deepening economic crisis. 

The Ceylon Electricity Board imposed a four and half hour long power cut yesterday with two hour long powercuts on the previous days to ration the country's fuel supply. 

Mariyanayakam Kanikkaiyamma, 72, was found beaten to death in her home in Jaffna on Tuesday. 

Initial investigations by Jaffna police have revealed that a young man, who had come to work at her house, attacked her with flower pots and fled with her gold jewellery. 

An investigation into the murder is ongoing. 

Locals in Wattavalai held a protest to condemn a Buddhist monk for abusing a child in Templestow garden the previous day. 

The Buddhist monk, of the Haiti garden vihara, has been arrested following a complaint filed by the victim's father at the Wattavalai police station. 

“Ever since the 13th Amendment was passed 34 years ago, the Tamils have rejected it in total,” said Tamil parliamentarian Gajendrakumar Ponnambalam as he warned Tamil leaders against voting for a new constitution in Sri Lanka that may include it, labelling the move a “death knell”.

Ponnambalam’s party, the Tamil National People’s Front (TNPF), has firmly opposed recent moves by other Tamil parties calling on India to ensure the full implementation of the 13th Amendment, in an interview with the Tamil Guardian.

Sri Lankan Minister, Ramesh Pathirana, claimed that the government was open to turning to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for a bailout if the need arises as they have in the past.

This statement follows repeated statements from Sri Lankan lawmaker, Vasudeva Nanayakkara, who insisted that Sri Lanka would not turn to the IMF. Responding to a plea for this from former Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe's, Nanayakkara went so far as to state:

British Home Secretary, Priti Patel, met with Sri Lanka’s High Commissioner to the UK, Saroja Sirisena, to discuss “shared issues of security and migration”.

At least three Tamil political prisoners have launched a hunger strike inside of Jaffna prison today, as their families joined them in protest outside the Northern Province Governor's office, demanding they all be released from Sri Lankan detention.

Sri Lankan Foreign minister claims the country has taken "substantial steps" with a view to "accountability restorative justice and meaningful reconciliation", a week after the Tamil families of the disappeared marked five years of continuous protest.