• Human rights groups warn Sirisena to face the ICC if he follows Duterte's 'war on drugs'

    Jan 19

    Human rights organisations in the Philippines and around the world have denounced Sri Lankan president Maithripala Sirisena’s praise of the Philippine president’s campaign against illegal drugs, which has been internationally condemned for its brutality.

  • Trinco village protests over lack of teachers


    Residents of Paddalipuram, Trincomalee protested on Thursday over the lack of teachers at the village schools. 

    The village, which falls under Muttur division, has experienced a shortage of teacher and educational support staff over a number of years, residents said. 
     

  • Tamil detainee at Vavuniya prison dies
    <p>A Tamil detainee at Vavuniya prison died at the local hospital yesterday.&nbsp;</p> <p>Kesavan Sasikumar, aged 41, had been receiving treatment for ill health.&nbsp;</p> <p>He was arrested for alleged drugs smuggling.&nbsp;</p>
  • Militarisation: troops mark Thai Pongal in Mullaitivu temple

    Despite calls to end their involvement in civilian life in the Tamil homeland, Sri Lankan troops held a Thai Pongal service at Oddusuddan temple on January 15. 

  • TID arrests Akkaraipattu deputy mayor
    <p>Sri Lanka's Terrorism Investigation Division (TID) has arrested the deputy mayor of Akkaraipattu Municipal, Abdul Gaffoor Asmy on January 16.&nbsp;</p> <p>Asmy was reportedly arrested for failing to comply with a TID arrest warrant.&nbsp;</p> <p>Unverified reports suggest the TID was investigating him following an anonymous letter they received linking him to Islamic State and over his failure to repay debts.&nbsp;</p>
  • Families of disappeared representative to join Mannar mass grave analysis team to US
    <p>The Mannar court has granted permission for a representative of the families of the disappeared to accompany a team transporting bone samples from the Mannar ‘sathosa’ mass grave for analysis in the USA.</p> <p>Following a petition filed by families of the disappeared, the Mannar magistrates court ruled that a representative of the families should be included in the team.</p>
  • French govt to meet with SL over boat migration to Reunion
    <p>The French government is to meet with Sri Lankan authorities to clamp down on boat migration to Réunion, the Indian Ocean island which forms an overseas department and region of France.</p> <p>In ten months, four boats from Sri Lanka have landed at Réunion carrying a total of 80 migrants. Some have been returned.</p>
  • Rajapaksa assumes duties as opposition leader
    <p>The former president, Mahinda Rajapaksa today assumed duties as a Opposition Leader, despite calls from the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) to not to allow him to take up the post.</p> <p>Rajapaksa commenced his duties following a religious ceremony with Buddhist monks.&nbsp;</p> <p>The TNA had said the United Peoples Freedom Alliance (UPFA) “cannot be considered as a party in Opposition since the Leader of the UPFA is the Head of Government and the Head of the Cabinet of Ministers” and wrote to the European Union, the Commonwealth, the UN Secretary-General and the heads of Foreign Missions in Colombo over the issue.</p>
  • Sri Lankan military plans new army camp in Batticaloa

    Almost ten years since the end of the armed conflict, Sri Lanka's military is planning to build a new army camp in Batticaloa, despite international calls for it to reduce its size and deployment in the Tamil homeland. 

  • TID warns former LTTE cadre against commemorating fallen

    Sri Lanka's Terrorism Investigation Division (TID) has warned former LTTE cadre of the 'Rehabilitated Liberation Tiger of Tamil Eelam Party' against commemorating fallen cadre. 

    The party leader, Kanthasamy Inbarasa told reporters at a press conference yesterday at the Jaffna Press Club that the TID had issued a written warning. 

  • Sri Lankan soldiers finish course at British military school despite concerns of rights abuses

    Photograph: Forces Network

    Sri Lankan soldiers have finished a course at a British military school this week, becoming the first Sri Lankan women to graduate from the Infantry Training Centre in Catterick, UK, despite concerns about rights abuses committed by Sri Lankan troops.

  • Sri Lankan army to release farms in Mullaitivu
    <p>The Sri Lankan army has announced that it will release three army farms in Mullaitivu.</p> <p>The army said in a press release on Wednesday that a total of 1201.88 acres of state and private land, including Nachchikuda, Vellankulam and Udayarkattukulam army farms - totalling 120 acres - would be released next Monday.</p>
  • Tamil Nadu CM condemns Sri Lanka navy involvement in fisherman death

    The Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu has condemned an incident involving the Sri Lankan navy which resulted in the drowning of an Indian fisherman.

    In a statement, Chief Minister K Palaniswami said that fisherman K Muniasamy drowned when his boat capsized after being chased by the Sri Lankan navy. Eight other fishermen had also gone overboard but were rescued.

  • Militarisation: Soldiers and southern students hold event at Tamil school in Jaffna

    The Sri Lankan army continued with its militarisation of Tamil schools in the North-East, by teaming up with university students from Moratuwa and handing out school accessories to Tamil schoolchildren in Jaffna last week.

  • Sirisena wishes to replicate Duterte's bloody war on drugs

    The Philippine president’s campaign against illegal drugs, which has been internationally condemned for its brutality, was praised by the Sri Lankan president yesterday.

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