The Ilankai Thamil Arasuk Katchi (ITAK) has issued a formal letter to Sri Lankan president Anura Kumara Dissanayake, calling for immediate international oversight, accountability, and justice in the ongoing Chemmani mass grave investigation in Jaffna.

The Sri Lankan Navy has allegedly been conducting land surveys in the J/435 Grama Niladhari Division of Chundikkulam, located in Vadamarachchi East, Jaffna, raising fears of further land appropriation and military expansion in the Tamil homeland.

The United States issued sanctions against Francesca Albanese, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories earlier this month, after her criticism of Israel’s ongoing offensive in Gaza.

The imposition of a 30% tariff on Sri Lankan exports by US President Donald Trump should be a stark wake-up call for Colombo. It’s ailing economy has just been dealt another severe blow. But instead of confronting the systemic issues at the heart of the island’s financial frailty, officials have chosen to spin the decision as an isolated diplomatic setback and temporary negotiating hurdle. The truth is far more damning. This tariff has exposed the deep and long-standing fragility of Sri Lanka’s economic model, weighed down not just by corruption, but by impunity, militarisation and occupation.

Last month marked 19 years since the one of the most gruesome murders of a Tamil family by the Sri Lankan military. We look back on the events of the murder and the struggle to find justice for it.

Tamils in Kilinochchi came together in a moving tribute to honour the life and legacy of student and cricketer Nadesan Janakan, with the conclusion of the inaugural Janakan Trophy (20 overs) last month. 

Janakan was just 16 years old when he was forcibly disappeared in Mullivaikkal in May 2009.

Man dies during police chase in Vavuniya, sparking public outrage and unrest

A group of seven fishermen from Tamil Nadu were arrested by the Sri Lankan Navy earlier today for allegedly entering Sri Lankan territorial waters and engaging in fishing activities near Nedunthivu, an island off the northern Jaffna Peninsula.

The second phase of the Chemmani mass grave excavation in Jaffna has been temporarily halted, following the recovery of 65 human skeletal remains, officials confirmed.