Shortly before her performance at the V&A Museum, Tamil Guardian sat down with dancer and choreographer Usha Jey to discuss her artistic journey so far.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's state visit to Sri Lanka from April 4 to 6, 2025, has placed the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP)-led National People's Power (NPP) government on the defensive as local elections loom in May.
French President Emmanuel Macron said on Wednesday France could recognise a Palestinian state in June.
"We need to move towards recognition (of a Palestinian state). And so over the next few months, we will. I'm not doing it to please anyone. I'll do it because at some point it will be right," he said during a interview on France 5 television.
As Sri Lankan Prime Minister Harini Amarasuriya becomes the latest government figure to continue backing failed domestic accountability mechanisms for enforced disappearances, whilst Tamils continue to demand international action, we take a look at one of Sri Lanka's longest standing commissions - the Office on Missing Persons (OMP).
Sri Lankan Prime Minister Harini Amarasuriya claimed her government is “committed to delivering justice” to families of the disappeared but doubled down on domestic accountability mechanisms which have long been rejected by Tamil families of the disappeared.
Sri Lankan media organisations were reportedly excluded from covering Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s high-profile state visit to Colombo earlier this month, with reports highlighting how the President’s Media Division (PMD) took exclusive control of all media coordination and access.
Sri Lanka’s Minister of Public Security and Parliamentary Affairs, Ananda Wijepala, has announced that approximately 1,700 individuals who deserted the Sri Lankan armed forces have been arrested in a major crackdown on organised crime and illegal arms, with authorities acknowledging that many of those involved in criminal activity are former members of the military.
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