The National Police Commission (NPC) has received 9,295 complaints about the Sri Lanka Police's functioning during the last five years.

Complaints include cases of unlawful arrest, false charges, assault, torture, partiality, abuse of power, as well as police inaction. 

In a wide-ranging debate focused on Sri Lanka, British MPS from across the political aisle unified in their demand for the UK government to act on Sri Lanka in the form of Magnitsky-style sanctions; refer Sri Lanka to the International Criminal Court; urge Sri Lanka to meet its GSP+ commitments; and, dramatically reduce its bloated military spending.

All photographs courtesy of the Tamil Refugee Council

Tamils in Australia rallied through Sydney over the weekend to demand permanent protection for all refugees, including Eelam Tamils who have fled Sri Lanka. 

On November 6, Tamil activists and refugees demonstrated outside Sydney Town Hall as refugees continue to be denied permanent protection under the new Labor government. 

Fallen Tamil fighters were commemorated at Kanagapuram Thuyilum Illam over the weekend before locals began preparing the area for Maaveerar Naal. 

The parents of fallen cadres, activists and political representatives including Tamil National Alliance (TNA) MP Sivagnanam Shritharan paid tribute to the Maaveerar by lighting a lamp and laying flowers before beginning the clearing process. 

Three Eelam Tamil families fled Sri Lanka and arrived in Dhanushkodi as refugees on November 5th, with more looking to flee to Tamil Nadu in the wake of the worsening economic crisis. 

The families, including a three month old baby, were taken to Rameswaram Marine Police Station for an investigation before being taken to Mandapam refugee camp. 

As part of a project sponsored by the government of Tamil Nadu, a group of Eelam Tamil women from refugee camps in Kulaththuvaaipatti, Maappillaiyoorani and Thaappaaththi have teamed up to open the very first traditional Eelam Tamil restaurant in the industrial complex of Thoothukudi, Tamil Nadu.

British Tamil activists protested at Sri Lanka's stand at World Travel Market in ExCel exhibition centre London today, warning individuals against tourism in Sri Lanka.

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has been photographed shaking hands with Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe during the 27^th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 27), despite growing alarm over human rights violations on the island.

Singaporean authorities have reportedly saved an estimated 300 Sri Lankan migrants as their boat began to sink.

Singaporean authorities have notified Sri Lanka that refugees would be taken to Vietnam.

The news comes as an increasing number of Tamils are seeking asylum from Sri Lanka. Over 100 Eelam Tamils have found themselves marooned on Diego Garcia, a British island in the Indian Ocean, with no hope of receiving asylum in the UK. Whilst the UK is a party to the 1951 Refugee Convention, which guarantees that those entering British borders are able to apply for asylum; the Diageo Garcia is unique in being one of the only places under British sovereignty where the convention does not apply. The British government is currently facing condemnation for putting the lives of Tamil refugees, including children, at risk by enabling onward travel from Diego Garcia on a vessel that lacked basic safety equipment.

Earlier today, Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe left to attend the 27^th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 27), where he will meet with his Egyptian counterpart, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, alongside a coterie of world leaders. The two rulers are eager to start the convention, viewing the arrangement as a means of distracting from their dire human rights record. Eager to be seen as acting on climate change, Western leaders are bankrolling ‘eco-friendly’ projects run by abusive militaries and are greenwashing autocratic regimes.