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Supreme Court challenge filed as Tamil artist remains jailed under PTA
A fundamental rights petition will be filed before Sri Lanka's Supreme Court seeking the release of Tamil artist Sangeethsan Ganeskumar, better known as HipHop Sangee, after his arrest and detention under the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA), President's Counsel M. A. Sumanthiran announced on Thursday. The move comes amid growing criticism of the rapper's detention and mounting calls from…

Israeli tourist injured in Arugam Bay robbery

Aug 19, 2025
An Israeli tourist was injured in Arugam Bay after leaping from a moving tuk-tuk to escape an attempted robbery, in an incident that has again drawn attention to the presence of Israeli tourists on the island.

Expressway to nowhere: $500m yuan loan pushes Sri Lanka further into Chinese debt

Aug 19, 2025
Sri Lanka is set to borrow the equivalent of US$500 million in Chinese yuan from the Export-Import Bank of China (EXIM) to resume work on the long-delayed Central Expressway (CEP 1).

Sri Lankan Navy handed powers to run controversial maritime security operations

Aug 19, 2025
The Sri Lankan government has vested fresh powers in the navy to run a maritime security operation project, reviving a role once mired in controversy and corruption under Avant Garde Maritime Services (Pvt).

US State Department highlights entrenched impunity, repression and rights abuses in Sri Lanka

Aug 19, 2025

The United States State Department’s 2024 Country Report on Human Rights Practices: Sri Lanka has detailed a litany of human rights violations – from extrajudicial killings and torture to press suppression and prolonged detention – underscoring that the government has taken “minimal steps to identify and punish officials who committed human rights abuses.”

Ongoing intimidation and repression 

Convicted Sri Lankan soldier reveals more mass graves and political cover ups

Aug 19, 2025
Somaratne Rajapakse, the Sri Lankan soldier convicted in the 1996 rape and murder of Tamil schoolgirl Krishanthi Kumaraswamy, has revealed further details of mass graves in Jaffna, implicating senior politicians and the army in a systematic cover-up.

Mannar environmental protection protest enters 17th day

Aug 19, 2025
Mannar protest against wind towers and sand mining enters 17th day

'Chemmani mass graves demand justice' - British Tamils petitions UK Prime Minister

Aug 19, 2025
The Movement for Self-Determination of Tamil Eelam (MSDTE) has submitted a petition to British Prime Minister Keir Starmer urging the United Kingdom to pass a parliamentary resolution recognising the crimes committed in Chemmani and referring Sri Lanka to the International Criminal Court (ICC).

‘Camps in every corner’ - Vavuniya Mayor slams Sri Lankan military occupation

Aug 19, 2025
The Mayor of Vavuniya Municipal Council, S. Kandipan, has strongly condemned the suffocating militarisation of the Tamil homeland, declaring that while “camps can be seen in almost every corner of the North,” the South of the island remains entirely free of such entrenched occupation.

Tamil journalist grilled for nearly 7 hours by Sri Lanka’s Counter Terrorism police

Aug 18, 2025
Tamil journalist, Kanapathipillai Kumanan, was subjected to an almost seven-hour interrogation by Sri Lanka’s Counter Terrorism and Investigation Division (CTID) on Sunday, in what press freedom advocates have denounced as part of a continuing campaign of harassment against Tamil media workers.

‘We will not stop’: Mannar satyagraha enters 16th day against destructive wind and mining projects

Aug 18, 2025
The people of Mannar have entered their sixteenth consecutive day of satyagraha against the erection of wind power towers and mineral sand mining projects, vowing that their agitation will not end until the projects are brought to a complete halt.
Israeli tourist injured in Arugam Bay robbery
Expressway to nowhere: $500m yuan loan pushes Sri Lanka further into Chinese debt
Sri Lankan Navy handed powers to run controversial maritime security operations
US State Department highlights entrenched impunity, repression and rights abuses in Sri Lanka
Convicted Sri Lankan soldier reveals more mass graves and political cover ups
Mannar environmental protection protest enters 17th day
'Chemmani mass graves demand justice' - British Tamils petitions UK Prime Minister
‘Camps in every corner’ - Vavuniya Mayor slams Sri Lankan military occupation
Tamil journalist grilled for nearly 7 hours by Sri Lanka’s Counter Terrorism police
‘We will not stop’: Mannar satyagraha enters 16th day against destructive wind and mining projects
Israeli tourist injured in Arugam Bay robbery
Expressway to nowhere: $500m yuan loan pushes Sri Lanka further into Chinese debt
Sri Lankan Navy handed powers to run controversial maritime security operations
US State Department highlights entrenched impunity, repression and rights abuses in Sri Lanka
Convicted Sri Lankan soldier reveals more mass graves and political cover ups
Mannar environmental protection protest enters 17th day
'Chemmani mass graves demand justice' - British Tamils petitions UK Prime Minister
‘Camps in every corner’ - Vavuniya Mayor slams Sri Lankan military occupation
Tamil journalist grilled for nearly 7 hours by Sri Lanka’s Counter Terrorism police
‘We will not stop’: Mannar satyagraha enters 16th day against destructive wind and mining projects