Court orders DNA test on former Atamasthanadhipathi Pallegama Hemarathana Thera in serious child sexual abuse case

A memorial sports tournament commemorating Colonel Shankar, the Special Commander of the Tamil Eelam Air Force (Sky Tigers) who was killed in an attack carried out by Sri Lankan deep penetration forces in Ottusuddan, Mullaitivu, on 26 September 2001, was held in Switzerland on 7 June 2026.

The UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture is conducting its first visit to Sri Lanka since 2019 to assess detention conditions, review reforms and examine whether authorities have acted on past recommendations.

Residents of the Kulathulvaipatti Sri Lankan Tamil rehabilitation camp in Ettyapuram have petitioned authorities for improved housing, water, electricity and infrastructure, highlighting the continued hardships faced by Eelam Tamil refugees living in Tamil Nadu decades after fleeing Sri Lanka.

A protest was held outside the Sri Lankan High Commission in London on Thursday, organised by Freedom Hunters for Tamils (FHFT), demanding justice for Tamil rapper Sangeethsan Ganeskumar and an end to the use of Sri Lanka's Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) against Tamils.

The Sri Lanka Air Force has carried out the first test flight of its upgraded Israeli-made Kfir C12 fighter aircraft at SLAF Base Katunayake, renewing scrutiny of a warplane closely associated with Sri Lanka’s bombing campaigns across the Tamil homeland.

ITAK raises concerns over Sri Lanka’s continued use of the PTA and Hiphop Sangee’s arrest during talks with EU officials in Brussels

The Chairman of the Valikamam North Pradeshiya Sabha, S. Sugirthan, has issued an urgent notice to the Jaffna District Military Commander demanding the immediate suspension of construction work on a Sri Lankan military hospital being built on privately owned civilian land in Vasavilan, Jaffna.

Representatives of the Association of Families of the Forcibly Disappeared led a protest in Vavuniya on Friday over the arrest of Tamil rapper Sangeethsan Ganeskumar under Sri Lanka's Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA), demanding his unconditional release and calling for urgent international intervention, including from United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

The 40th anniversary of the Verugal massacre was commemorated at the Poongar Thaan Thoontreeswarar Temple in Eechchilampattu, Trincomalee District, on Friday, with relatives, civil society activists and residents gathering to remember the 21 people killed while transporting food supplies to displaced Tamil families in 1986.

This week marks 70 years since Sri Lanka’s first anti-Tamil pogroms, when government backed Sinhala mobs murdered more than 150 Tamils across the island – the first of many massacres that were to take place in the decades to come.

Sri Lanka’s Criminal Investigation Department informed the Colombo Fort Magistrate’s Court on Monday that it has launched an investigation into allegations of contempt of court involving six individuals, including former Sri Lankan ministers Wimal Weerawansa and Udaya Gammanpila, as well as parliamentarian Dilith Jayaweera.

A commemoration marking the 70th anniversary of the first massacre of Tamils in Amparai was held on Thursday at the American Mission Hall in Batticaloa, with participants paying tribute to the victims through candle lighting, floral tributes and a two-minute silence.