Eight Tamil prisoners, detained under Sri Lanka's Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA), in Sri Lanka's Anuradhapura prison have submitted a fundamental rights petition to Sri Lanka's Supreme Court requesting relief after they were threatened at gun point by State Minister, Lohan Ratwatte.

Sri Lankan police have denied abducting a former LTTE cadre at gunpoint in Trincomalee, claiming instead that the abduction was an arrest for which police had a warrant.

On Tuesday, 39-year-old Manoharadas Subas was forced into a vehicle at gunpoint by unknown persons who said that he was being taken to the Uppuveli police station. Subas’s family went to the Uppuveli police station but were told that no police officers there had any involvement in the incident.

Three leading press freedom groups have established a People's Tribunal to "investigate their murders and hold governments accountable", in an effort to achieve justice in the killing of journalists, with an opening hearing to be held on the 2nd November 2021 in the Hague. 

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The Central Bank of Iran (CBI) has noted that it is ready to provide the necessary financial mechanisms for financing trade transactions between Iran and Sri Lanka. 

Memorials for former Prime Minster SWRD Bandaranaike were held in the South last week, despite the Sri Lankan government restricting gatherings across the North-East citing a COVID risk. 

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The first design of the groundbreaking Tamil Community Centre (TCC), to be built in Toronto, has been released. 

Senior Tamil National Alliance (TNA) officials met with an EU delegation visiting Sri Lanka as part of their review of the General Scheme Preference. 

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Events were held by Tamils across the UK in London, Leicester and Nottingham earlier this week, to mark the 34th anniversary of the death of Lt Col Thileepan, a political wing leader of the LTTE who fasted to death in 1987, after the Indian government failed to acknowledge the promises made to the Tamil people. 

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In the midst of the 48th UN Human Rights Council session, six Tamil American organisations have signed a joint statement calling on the international community to refer Sri Lanka to the International Criminal Court (ICC) for the crime of genocide and for an internationally conducted referendum.
The referdum, they note, would allow the Tamil people in the North-East to "find a democratic, peaceful, permanent, and political solution that meet Tamil's aspirations.

Further demands included for a repeal of Sri Lanka's sixth amendment to the constitution which was enacted in 1983 and makes it a criminal offence  to advocate secession and establishing a separate state within Sri Lanka.

A former LTTE cadre was abducted at gunpoint from his home in Trincomalee this morning.

Family members of 39-year-old Manoharadas Subas said unknown persons arrived at the home in Varodayanagar and forced him into a vehicle, stating that he was being taken to the Uppuveli police station.

The family went directly to the Uppuveli police station but were told that no police officers there had any involvement in the incident.

A large military presence in Nedunkerny, Vavuniya has prevented worshippers from praying at the Vedukkunaari Lingeswarar Temple, with some locals noting that some idols had been damaged in recent days.

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The relatives of Tamil political prisoners detained under the draconian Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) have held a press conference calling for the release and a presidential pardon of those detained.