Switzerland

^{A Sri Lankan protestor attempts to obstruct a Tamil genocide memorial event in Canada in August.}

Sri Lanka’s Election Commission has announced a reduction in the number of Members of Parliament (MPs) representing the Jaffna electoral district, lowering the total from 7 to 6.

Canada

Thousands of postcards addressed to Sri Lanka's President Anura Kumara Dissanayake and Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya were sent today from Mannar, with Tamil residents urging the Sri Lankan government to immediately suspend the Adani Renewable Energy Project in the district.

Tamil family members of the enforced disappeared staged a protest outside the IOM office in Jaffna today, marking Children's Day as a day of mourning by the families who continue to search for their loved ones.

Today marks the birthday of Balachandran Prabhakaran, the third child of LTTE leader Velupillai Prabhakaran, who was executed by the Sri Lankan military during the final days of the Mullivaikkal massacre.

Balachandran, who was born on the 1^st of October 1996, would be 28 years old today.