Families of the disappeared staged a protest in Jaffna on Thursday, demanding international monitoring of excavations at the Chemmani-Sindubathi mass grave site, where bodies continue to be uncovered.

Students at the University of Jaffna gathered on Thursday to mark the 51st anniversary of the martyrdom of Ponnuthurai Sivakumaran, recognized as the first martyr of the Tamil liberation struggle.

Students at the University of Jaffna held a protest on Tuesday, demanding the immediate and unconditional release of two Tamil farmers from Mullaitivu who have been arrested whilst farming their own land, following a complaint by a Sinhala Buddhist monk.

The ITAK and TNPF held a key meeting in Kokkuvil, Jaffna today to discuss the formation of local government administrations

Vanni District Member of Parliament, Thurairasa Ravikaran, has accused key Sri Lankan state institutions of unlawfully seizing ancestral Tamil lands in the North-East and obstructing efforts to return them, despite repeated appeals from local communities and elected representatives.

Residents of Kuchchaveli in Trincomalee staged a protest today, condemning the Sri Lankan Navy’s shooting of a young Tamil fisherman during a naval operation off the north-eastern coast.

A 23-year-old Tamil fisherman from Jayanagar, Kuchchaveli was critically injured after the Sri Lankan Navy opened fire off the coast of Trincomalee on Tuesday, 3 June.

The fisherman has since been admitted to the Intensive Care Unit at Trincomalee General Hospital.

Tamil families of the disappeared have requested the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk to meet with them and visit Mullivaikkal during his visit to Sri Lanka later this month. 

Following the conclusion of the China-Sri Lanka Joint Trade and Economic Commission in Colombo, the states have signed two Memorandums of Understanding which deepen economic and trade cooperation. 

Tamil legal representatives have initiated formal proceedings in the Jaffna Magistrate’s Court, seeking to have the Chemmani-Sindubathi site officially recognised as a mass grave, following the unearthing of multiple human remains during excavation works earlier this year.

Members of the Eastern Province People’s Planning Forum have expressed strong condemnation of Sri Lanka's ongoing land grabs and Sinhala Buddhist colonisation in the Eastern Province, which they say run counter to the government's own pledges.

As Sri Lanka’s National People's Power (NPP) government faces mounting pressure over its proposal to replace the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) with a new anti-terrorism law, Justice and National Integration Minister Harshana Nanayakkara has reiterated the government's position on ensuring such legislation remains.

The Sri Lankan Navy arrested three members of an Eelam Tamil refugee family, including a three-year-old child, who had arrived by boat from India near Thalaimannar on Monday.

In an unusual move, Sri Lanka’s Acting Inspector General of Police (IGP), Priyantha Weerasooriya, has issued a nationwide directive instructing police personnel to support Anudi Gunasekara - Sri Lanka’s contestant in the 72nd Miss World which was held in India.