Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has called on the new Sri Lankan government to ensure a “transparent and impartial” judicial process as the trial into the disappearance of Prageeth Eknaligoda continues this week.

Nine Sri Lankan military intelligence officers have been charged in connection with Eknaligoda’s abduction, but the case has been mired in delays since 2019.

Sri Lanka’s ambassador to the United Nations has been ordered to pay over $543,000 in unpaid wages and fined over $117,000.

The Working Group of Young Socialists in the SPD officially recognised the genocide against Eelam Tamils.

Russia’s State Duma has given initial approval to a bill that could remove the Taliban from a list of terrorist organisations.

A French court has found French-Cameroonian author Charles Onana guilty of denying the 1994 Rwandan genocide.

Sri Lanka’s President Anura Kumara Dissanayake is set to make his first official overseas visit to India from December 15 to 17, following an invitation from the Indian government.

The UK has indicated that it is reviewing the designation of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) as a proscribed terrorist organisation.

The controversial Indian conglomerate Adani Group has announced it will self-fund the Colombo West International Terminal (CWIT) project in Sri Lanka, withdrawing its request for a $553 million loan from the US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC). This decision follows allegations of bribery and fraud leveled against Adani by US authorities.

The Sri Lankan government has expressed its approval of the US State Department’s decision to sanction two former officials.