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  A memorial sports tournament commemorating Colonel Shankar, the Special Commander of the Tamil Eelam Air Force (Sky Tigers) who was killed in an attack carried out by Sri Lankan deep penetration forces in Ottusuddan, Mullaitivu, on 26 September 2001, was held in Switzerland on 7 June 2026. Organised by the Sports Division of the Swiss Tamil Coordinating Committee, the event took…

Türk must go to Mullivaikkal

Volker Türk is no stranger to Sri Lanka. There is little prospect of progress for the High Commissioner in Colombo. Instead, it is the Tamil North-East, and Mullivaikkal in particular, where he must go.

Chemmani–Sindhubathi mass grave: 19 human skeletal remains identified so far

Nineteen human skeletal assemblages have been uncovered so far during excavations at the Sindhubathi Hindu cremation grounds in Jaffna, which concluded its first phase yesterday. 

UN visit to Sri Lanka: Empty diplomacy or breakthrough for survivors?

As the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, prepares to visit Sri Lanka this month, the question is not what Tamil survivors will say — they have been saying it for over a decade. The question is whether the High Commissioner and the United Nations will listen and act.

Full text: Tamil political parties sign agreement on federalism and justice for genocide

Ponnambalam talks with dharmalingam

The Tamil National Assembly and the Democratic Tamil National Alliance (DTNA) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in Jaffna, pledging to jointly pursue a federal solution recognising the Tamil homeland and to seek international justice for the genocide committed against the Tamil people.

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Occupation Watch - 1 June, 2025

In May 2025, the Sri Lankan military escalated its occupation of the Tamil homeland under the guise of civil outreach—ranging from church renovations and aid distributions to military-run golf tournaments held on seized Tamil land. These highly publicised activities, led by infantry divisions accused of war crimes, serve to normalise the military’s entrenched dominance while deflecting scrutiny over its role in crimes against humanity.

Northern Province

Tamil protest blocks major road in Trincomalee after Navy shooting

Tamil residents of Thirukkadalur in Trincomalee staged a mass protest this week, blocking the main Nilaveli Road to demand justice after the Sri Lankan navy shot a Tamil fisherman in the region.

Slow progress and red tape continue to hinder Mannar mass grave investigation

Attorney V. S. Niranjan, representing the families of the disappeared, said that work was ongoing regarding the ongoing investigation into the Mannar Sathosa mass grave, which continues to be bogged down by Sri Lankan bureaucracy.

Hundreds of containers let into Sri Lanka without inspection had LTTE weapons, says Tamil MP

As controversy grew around hundreds of shipping containers that Sri Lankan authorities reportedly allowed into the island without undergoing the usual inspection process, a Tamil lawmaker has claimed that they contained weapons belonging to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) Velupillai Prabhakaran.

Mullaitivu Magistrate Court releases Tamil farmers as land does not belong to Sri Lanka's Archaeology Department

Kurunthurmalai illegally constructed vihara

Mullaitivu Magistrate Court released two Tamil farmers from Kurunthurmalai who were arrested for farming, following a complaint by a Sinhala Buddhist monk alleging damage to an “archaeological” site.

At the hearing yesterday, the government lawyer had admitted that there is not an official government gazette which declares that the contested land belongs to Sri Lanka's Department of Archaeology. As a result, the case was dismissed and the farmers were released.