Retired Sri Lankan Air Force commander,Sumangala Dias, has been reportedly refused a post as Sri Lanka's Ambassador for Italy following similar rejections in Canada due to concerns over war crimes.

Writing in response to the state of emergency declared by Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, CIVICUS highlights that the emergency measures enable authorities "to detain people without warrants, seize property, enter and search any premises, suspend laws and issue orders that cannot be questioned in court".

"Officials who issue such orders are also immune from lawsuits" they add.

The Sri Lankan police deliberately allowed a violent attacker to escape, residents of a Chunnakam neighbourhood have alleged.

On Monday, a sword-wielding group broke into a house near Ezhalai Sivaguru shop and attacked the occupants of the house and damaged the belongings in the house.

While the mob fled the scene as neighbors gathered upon hearing the commotion, one attacker was apprehended by the locals.

The neighbors admitted one injured person to the Tellippalai hospital and informed the police about the incident. The apprehended individual was handed over to the Chunnakam police who arrived at the scene.

Scottish Justice Minister, Keith Brown, has come under fire for misleading members of Scottish parliament as to why Police Scotland has suspended its training programme with Sri Lanka's police forces, which have implicated in grevious human rights violations.

Heavy rains have been lashing Mannar for several days, causing a flood in the district. 

The Sri Lankan Human Rights Commission is set to investigate the death of Shamsudin Mohammad Ramzan, who died in Mannar Hospital whilst under police custody, the Commission’s Northern Province Coordinator T.Kanagaraj said on Sunday. 

The Police arrested Ramzan,along with another person, on Friday, October 1. 

Mannar Police inspector said that a request has been made for an autopsy report and arrangements have been made to obtain a confession from another person arrested.

Indian Foreign Secretary, Shri Harsha Vardhan Shringla, reaffirmed "India's commitment to protecting the rights of Tamils through full implementation of the 13th amendment" during his visit to Jaffna.

Whilst visit he met with representatives of the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) and the Ceylon Workers Congress (CWC). His visit to Jaffna follows the day after his arrival in Colombo.

Despite ongoing criticism of their involvement in civilian affairs in the North-East, the Sri Lankan military ramped up search operations  in Mannar with sudden vehicle searches and patrols, normalising wider patterns of militarisation of the Tamil homeland.

Cambodia has banned the broadcast of ‘Methagu’ a movie based on the life of Velupillai Prabhakaran the leader of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) following a request made by the Sri Lanka government which identify “the LTTE as one of the most brutal terrorist organisations in the world.” 

The Cambodian Ministry of Information requested all TV station owners in the country to ban the broadcast of the movie on cable TV and all other TV stations.  

UK High Commissioner for Sri Lanka, Sarah Hulton, met with Sri Lanka's Foreign Minister, G. L. Peiris, last week to discuss bilateral relations, trade and human rights.
The discussion touched on a range of subject matters including reconciliation, enforced disapperances, accountability and reperations. Sarah Hulton further raised specific concern over "high profile Sri Lankan cases".