Tamil Nadu’s Chief Minister, M.K. Stalin, has met with India’s Prime Minister and the leader of the main opposition party, Sonia Gandhi, to put forwards the demands of Tamil Nadu.

A key demand of which is for:

“Eelam Tamils to have equal civil and political rights”

Tamil National Alliance (TNA) MP, Vino Noharathalingam signed a letter on Wednesday (June 16th), urging Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa to provide relief assistance to COVID-19 affected families in the North East.

The body of a man, who was quarantined in his home in Vavuniya, was recovered from a well last Tuesday.

Tributes were paid across Canada, UK and Jaffna following the death of the mother of slain Tamil journalist Mylvaganam Nimalarajan, last Sunday.

India’s High Commissioner for Sri Lanka, Gopal Baglay, met with the Tamil National Alliance and pledged support for the right to self-governance through the 13^th Amendment.

On Twitter the High Commission tweeted:

Eelam Tamil refugees are on their 9-consecutive day of protest against continued detention in a state-run camp situated in Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu.

Speaking in parliament, MP for Carshalton and Wallington raised concerns over the deterioration of human rights in Sri Lanka.

Yesterday US President, Joe Biden announced that Julie Chung as Ambassador to Sri Lanka and Maldives alongside 8 other nominees for crucial diplomatic roles.

The Sri Lankan Foreign Ministry claimed that the resolution passed by European Union (EU) parliament "contains factual inaccuracies" and fails to take into consideration the apparent "multifaceted progress" in terms of reconciliation and development. 

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Sri Lankan police released the captain of the MV X-Press Pearl container ship, which caught fire and caused a major environmental disaster along Sri Lanka’s coast earlier this month.

Thousands of families in the Mannar district have been seriously impacted by the travel ban, with daily wage labourers being particularly affected over the last few weeks.

Tamil Nadu politicians expressed their solidarity with Arputham Ammal, the mother of A.G. Periarivalan, who has spent over 31 years imprisoned for his alleged role in the 1991 Rajiv Gandhi assassination.