Tamil civil society representatives in Mullaitivu met with UN human rights officials and discussed growing concerns in the district about systematic Sinhala colonisation and violations carried out by the Sri Lankan state under various wings, particularly the archaeology department.

The Tamil Heritage Council, a civil society organisation, said they had published a detailed report about Sinhala colonisation and land-grabs in the district and handed it over to the officials.

The image of a Buddhist vihara on the sign board for Nainativu was found covered with red paint on Saturday. 

Nainativu, which is site of an iconic Tamil Hindu temple, has become a focal point of Tamil anger towards the military's Buddhisation of the Tamil homeland. 

Sri Lanka's president, Maithripala Sirisena warned against what he described as "the shadows of old Imperialism", arguing that the current political crisis was not a conflict between political parties, but a !conflict between national and foreign thinking". 

The Sri Lankan army announced that soldiers had been involved in carrying out repair work at a Tamil school in Kilinochchi last month, as the military continued to involve itself with civilian activities in the region.

Buddhists monks and the Sri Lankan military partnered up once more to hold religious ceremonies in Mullaitivu last month, despite concerns over the militarised Sinhalisation of the North-East.

At destroyed LTTE cemeteries scattered across the Tamil homeland, tens of thousands across the North-East commemorated Maaveerar Naal on the 27th of November.

The events took place despite reports of intimidation and harassment from the military, which continues to be stationed across the region, and a deepening political crisis in Colombo.

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The Sri Lankan army showed little sign that it was slowing down its militarisation of the North-East as it announced another batch of troops had completed a “Special Infantry Operations -  Refresher Course” at its base in Jaffna

The Sri Lankan military carried out an exercise where troops dispersed protestors, at the army’s Battalion Training School (BTS) at Puthukkuddiyirippu last month.

Politics, culture, religion and caste were the topics of discussion at an event held at SOAS University of London last month, as British Tamils gathered to discuss Tamil identity in the diaspora.

Tamil children in villages in Vavuniya are being forced to travel long distances to attend school due to school closures in the district.

Specifically the closures of two schools - Koliya Kulam GTM School and Varudaiyar Iluppaikulam GTM school - have affected families in several surrounding villages including Kunchukulam, Navvi and Palamottai.