A survivor of the 2009 Mullivaikkal genocide delivered a harrowing testimony, recalling how Sri Lankan soldiers looted jewellery from the bodies of Tamils. 

US Congressman Herb Conaway has expressed his support for Tamil self-determination, as Tamils across the world commemorate the 16th anniversary of the Mullivaikkal genocide.

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer said he was "pleased" his government had placed sanctions on Sri Lankan war criminals, as he released a message ahead of Tamil Genocide Remembrance Day on Sunday.

Sri Lankan military involvement in civilian life across the Tamil homeland has continued this week, with the armed forces continuing to entrench themselves in events across the North-East.

Pottuvil, Amparai: Military embedded in civilian and ecological spaces

In an address before Congress on 16th May 2025, US House Congressman Don Davis commemorated the 16th anniversary of the Tamil genocide in Sri Lanka.

^{File photograph: Gunaratne on the far fight, at the war front in 2009.}

The International Truth and Justice Project (ITJP) has submitted a dossier to the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office calling for targeted sanctions against retired Sri Lankan General Kamal Gunaratne, citing his direct involvement in war crimes, torture, and systemic human rights abuses.

An exhibition titled “Ninaivayutham” is being held at the University of Jaffna to commemorate the Tamil genocide and pass its memory to future generations

In December 2006, Professor S. Raveendranath, the Vice-Chancellor of Eastern University in Sri Lanka, disappeared after attending an official meeting in a high-security zone in Colombo. Despite repeated requests for state protection and the deepening threats he faced, no meaningful investigation has brought answers. Nearly two decades on, his family continues to demand truth and justice.

Vanni District Member of Parliament T. Ravikaran has condemned the arrest of three Tamil farmers in Kurunthurmalai, following allegations made by Sinhala Buddhist monks that they had cultivated land within a so-called archaeological reserve.