Court-supervised excavations at the Chemmani-Siththupathy mass grave site in Jaffna resumed on Monday, with investigators uncovering another human skeleton and bringing the total number of skeletal remains identified at the site to 262.

Student unions at the University of Jaffna have condemned the vandalism of a Vesak lantern displayed during a recent Buddhist celebration and rejected attempts to portray the incident as an act carried out by the Tamil student community.

Nearly 300 Buddhist monks in Sri Lanka have been accused of abusing children over the past three years, with charges filed against 27 of them, according to a report published by the Organised Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP).

Tamil landowners and activists from the Tamil National People's Front (TNPF) have successfully blocked an attempt by Sri Lankan authorities to survey lands in Iyakkachchi, Kilinochchi, which residents say are being targeted for permanent acquisition by the Sri Lankan military.

Residents and activists in Vavuniya staged a protest condemning the granting of bail to a monk accused of sexually abusing a minor girl

A Sri Lankan court has sentenced a Sinhala Buddhist monk to 30 years of rigorous imprisonment after finding him guilty of sexually abusing a 14-year-old boy at a temple.

Valikamam East Pradeshiya Sabha Chairman Thiyagarajah Nirosh has criticised the Sri Lankan government’s response to allegations of child abuse involving the Sinhala Buddhist clergy, warning that the state remains constrained by Buddhist majoritarianism and is failing to uphold the principle that all citizens are equal before the law.

Fishermen in Point Pedro, Jaffna have accused Sri Lanka's government of neglecting search efforts for four Tamil fishermen who went missing at sea, while alleging that claims made by Fisheries Minister Ramalingam Chandrasekar regarding naval and aerial search operations are false.

Tamil Women’s groups joined by representatives of Muslim women’s organisations, local government representatives and civil society activists from the North staged a protest in Mannar on Friday calling for justice for survivors of sexual abuse and protection for children and women.

The 22nd remembrance of slain senior Tamil journalist Aiyathurai Nadesan was held on Sunday at the memorial for murdered journalists in Gandhi Park, Batticaloa, with journalists, politicians and civil society representatives paying tribute and renewing calls for justice.

A commemorative event honouring artists whose works contributed to the Tamil liberation struggle was held in Switzerland with the 11th edition of the Ezhuchikkuyil 2026 Tamil Eelam patriotic song competition.

The occupying Sri Lankan police force has arrested two Tamil youths from Jaffna after reportedly taking photographs in the vicinity of the controversial Thaiyiddy Vihara, a Buddhist shrine at the centre of a long-running dispute over the colonisation of Tamil land in the Valikamam North region.

A commemoration marking the 45th anniversary of the burning of the Jaffna Public Library was held there today, to remember its destruction by Sri Lanka's security forces and state-backed mobs.

Nishan Velupillay has been selected in Australia's squad for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, making him the first footballer of Tamil heritage to compete at the tournament.