Five more skeletal assemblages have been identified and six previously documented remains were fully exhumed on Monday from the Chemmani mass grave sites in Jaffna, bringing the total number of skeletal remains fully excavated to 126, and the number identified so far to 135.

Lance Corporal Somaratne Rajapaksa, a Sri Lankan soldier convicted in the 1996 rape and murder of Tamil schoolgirl Krishanthi Kumaraswamy, has expressed willingness to testify in an international investigation into the Chemmani mass graves.

Police excavate Thambuluvil cemetery after TMVP aide claims site holds victims of enforced disappearances

The story of Gary Anandansagaree, Canada’s Minister of Public Safety, is impressive. He came to the country as a child just weeks after the Black July pogrom of 1983, where Sri Lankan state-backed mobs murdered thousands of Tamils just like him.

The number of human skeletons uncovered from the mass grave sites in Chemmani, Jaffna, has reached 126, with 117 remains fully exhumed, as court-supervised excavations continued this week at two designated forensic sites.

Minister Anandasangaree showed courage in advocating for the safety and dignity of his community. That is not a scandal. That is leadership.

The administration of Anura Kumara Dissanayake has taken aim at longstanding privileges enjoyed by the country’s political elite, releasing a draft bill to amend the Presidents’ Entitlements Act No. 4 of 1986 and signalling its intention to revoke the lifetime perks afforded to former presidents and Members of Parliament.

A Sri Lankan court has acquitted and released two former military intelligence officers accused of abducting and assaulting a journalist and two state officials in 2008, in a case that has drawn renewed scrutiny over impunity for state-linked violence.

A newly released Telugu film titled Kingdom has come under fire for its portrayal of Eelam Tamils, with widespread criticism erupting online and calls for the film to be banned.