The Indian Consulate in Jaffna distributed Ramadan gifts to the Islamic community, led by Consul General Sai Murali and attended by Northern Province Governor N. Vethanayagan
The Supreme Court of Canada has dismissed an appeal filed by Sri Lankan groups challenging Bill 104, also known as the Tamil Genocide Education Week Act, reaffirming Ontario’s legislation that paves the way for continued education and commemoration efforts around the Tamil genocide.
Former Sri Lankan Navy Commander and Admiral of the Fleet, Wasantha Karannagoda, has lashed out at the United Kingdom and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, following the decision to impose sanctions on him and two other senior military officials over their involvement in human rights violations.
Former Sri Lankan president, Maithripala Sirisena, has denounced the UK’s recent imposition of sanctions on three Sri Lankan military officials for war crimes, describing it as “unfair” treatment of Sri Lanka’s “war heroes”.
In between her two shows 'Ashnaa Unplugged' at Theatreship in Canary Wharf, rising singer/songwriter Ashnaa Sasikaran spoke with Tamil Guardian about her past, current and future projects.
Since January, Sri Lanka has witnessed multiple violent killings, with 27 reported shootings over the span of just 82 days, leaving at least 22 people dead, according to Sri Lankan police.
Sri Lankan human rights activist and chairman of Families of the Disappeared, Brito Fernando, shared harrowing allegations of torture and abuse committed by retired Sri Lankan army commander and accused war criminal Major General Shavendra Silva during his tenure at the Matale Vijaya torture camp.
Activist Balendran Jeyakumary submitted a formal letter to the Public Relations Division of the Presidential Secretariat, urgently requesting information on the disappearance of her son, Balendran Mahinthan, who was forcibly disappeared in December 2008.
Former Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa has slammed the United Kingdom's announcement of sanctions against senior Sri Lankan military commanders, rejected allegations of war crimes and called on the current government in Colombo to “stand by and defend former armed forces personnel who face persecution by foreign government”.
Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has issued a statement criticising the United Kingdom’s recent decision to impose sanctions on four individuals, including three former Sri Lankan military commanders, for war crimes.
In a wide-ranging and reflective online discussion, Eelam Tamil writer and researcher Sinthujan Varatharajah joined Palestinian journalist Hebh Jamal to explore the politics of international solidarity, hierarchies of attention, and the contradictions faced by oppressed peoples organising for liberation.
The family of a woman and her child who were shot dead by Indian Peacekeeping Forces (IPKF) in 1987 returned to Jaffna to perform their funeral rites in accordance with Hindu traditions, 38 years after the killings.
The rituals took place on Sunday (23rd), following a court’s approval to exhume the skeletal remains, which had been buried in the family’s home compound since the time of their deaths.
The Association for Relatives of Enforced Disappearances in Jaffna District staged a protest in Nallur this week, once again drawing attention to the unresolved plight of thousands of Tamils who were forcibly disappeared by Sri Lanka’s armed forces.
