Australian MP Hugh McDermott has called for the recognition of the Tamil genocide and justice for the atrocities committed by the Sri Lankan military against Tamils.
A prisoner convicted in the murder of former Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) parliamentarian Amarakeerthi Athukorala has died after reportedly falling from a building inside Welikada Prison, according to Sri Lankan prison authorities.
The deceased, identified as a 29-year-old inmate from Pasyala, had been sentenced to death over the 2022 killing of Athukorala during the height of Sri Lanka’s Aragalaya uprising.
Sri Lanka’s Director General of Health Services (DGHS) has suspended a Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist and a Senior House Officer attached to the Trincomalee District General Hospital over alleged misconduct linked to the death of a newborn during a delivery on April 9, amid a strike launched by the Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA).
Mullivaikkal Kanji was distributed by students from Jaffna University this week to mark 17 years since the Tamil genocide.
Kanji - a porridge of rice, water and salt- was the only food available for Tamils trapped in the No Fire Zones in the final months of the armed conflict.
The Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) has called on the governments of India and Tamil Nadu to reject growing calls for formal recognition of a Tamil genocide remembrance day linked to the mass atrocities committed against Tamils by the Sri Lankan state.
A Mullivaikkal kanji distribution event was held on Friday in Madhu, Mannar, as part of the ongoing Tamil Genocide Remembrance Week observed across the Tamil homeland ahead of May 18 commemorations.
The 41st anniversary remembrance of the Kumudini massacre was observed on Friday in Neduntheevu (Delft), with relatives of the victims, religious leaders and members of the public gathering to honour those killed.
As Wes Streeting sets out to challenge Keir Starmer to become the next leader of the Labour party and Britain’s latest Prime Minister, British Tamils are looking back on his record of years of engagement on accountability, genocide remembrance and Tamil self-determination.
A remembrance event marking the fourth day of Tamil genocide remembrance week was held on Friday in Kiran, Batticaloa district, as part of the ongoing commemorations marking the 17th anniversary of the Mullivaikkal genocide.
