- 20 July 2023
Sri Lanka: International expertise ruled out in newly found mass grave exhumations
As suspicion and fear grow regarding the findings of human remains in Kokkuthoduvai in war torn Mullaitivu district, exhumations were further delayed a week after a high-level meeting ruled out any.........
- 20 August 2022
Tamil mothers of disappeared fear the worst as bodies wash ashore in Colombo
Families searching for their enforced disappeared relatives fear that the bodies washed ashore within last few weeks along the Colombo coast could be that of their beloved ones as the relentless struggle......
- 25 January 2022
Sri Lanka military’s latest assault weapon: Barbed wire wrapped palm frond
Police in Sri Lanka have once again received a complaint against military officers occupying the Mullaitivu district for assaulting a Tamil with a palm stick wrapped in barbed wire. The victim, a driver.....
- 23 October 2021
Sri Lanka policeman assaults and arrest two Tamil youth
A video showing a Sri Lankan Sinhala Buddhist police officer mercilessly assaulting two Tamil youth on the streets for an alleged traffic offence have gone viral in social media. After kicking, punching and..........
- 24 February 2022
Excavations to resume on Sri Lanka’s largest mass grave
A court in north-western Sri Lanka has ordered to recommence investigations - halted three years ago - on the largest mass grave found in the country. Following a request made by Tamil.........
- 14 January 2022
Sri Lanka: Family seeks impartial investigation into killing of Tamil fisherman
The ‘killing’ of Edward Mariyaseelan, a fisherman in the Northern Province seems to re-emphasise that extra judicial killing have become a norm rather than an exception in Sri Lanka. The local community and...
- 28 September 2021
Tamil man abducted while EU team is in Sri Lanka to probe rights record
A war affected Tamil man was forcefully abducted in Eastern Sri Lanka allegedly by plain clothed terror police. This abduction has taken place while a top European Union team is visiting the..........
