Sri Lanka’s Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa has claimed that a statement given to the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) by the father of a child killed in the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings could be “harmful for the country".

Tamil residents of Valikamam West are being forced to buy drinking water after the Sri Lankan navy and army extracted tens of thousands of litres daily from village wells, leaving them saline, warned local council member I. Nagaranchini.

The 30th anniversary of the Nagarkovil Maha Vidyalayam student massacre was observed today, honoring the 21 students killed in the 1995 airstrike

Tamil protests in Mannar against the installation of wind turbines and the excavation of mineral sands entered their 50th consecutive day yesterday, with demonstrators taking part in a torchlight march.

Tamils in Batticaloa gathered this week to mark the 35th anniversary of the Puthukkudiyiruppu massacre, where Sri Lankan soldiers and Muslim Home Guards killed 17 Tamil civilians, including women and children, in September 1990.

This week marks the 30th anniversary of the Nagarkovil massacre, where the Sri Lankan air force bombed a school in Jaffna killing dozens of Tamil school children.

Dr Kasipillai Manoharan, the father of Ragihar Manoharan, one of five Tamil students summarily executed by Sri Lanka’s Special Task Force (STF) in Trincomalee in 2006, has died in exile at the age of 74, without ever seeing justice delivered for his son’s murder.

Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) leader Thalapathy Vijay has said LTTE leader Velupillai Prabhakaran gave Eelam Tamils a “mother’s love”, as he voiced solidarity with Tamils in the North-East and across the diaspora.

The seventh day of Lt.Col. Thileepan's hunger strike was marked at his memorial in Nallur, Jaffna. 

Lt. Col. Thileepan refused food and water in a protest calling on the Indian government to honour its pledges to the Tamil people. 

A bust of Lt. Col. Thileepan was unveiled in Nallur, Jaffna, this evening to honour his enduring legacy as the Tamil nation marks 38 years since his fast unto death. 

Local residents restore Thileepan memorial 

Sri Lankan police removed a photograph of Lt. Col. Thileepan and flags from a memorial site in Trincomalee yesterday, following four days of commemorations by local residents. 

The sixth day of Lt. Col. Thileepan's hunger strike was commemorated this morning Nallur, Jaffna, with local residents gathering to remember his protest. 

A new report by CIVICUS has warned that civic space in Sri Lanka remains “repressed” under the government of Anura Kumara Dissanayake, despite the president’s campaign promises to dismantle draconian laws and expand democratic rights.

Tamil Guardian hosted a sold-out screening of the film 'Little Jaffna' last week in London, which was followed by a question-and-answer session with director Lawrence Valin and several cast members.