Sri Lanka military to deploy ex-soldiers for spying

Beefing up the militarization of Sri Lanka the army has launched an operation to enlist retired military personnel to collect intelligence information. A classified directive dated 08 June 2021, has...........

Europe targets trade incentives and anti-terror funding to Sri Lanka

Debt-ridden Sri Lanka risks losing privileged access to the EU market and anti-terror funding as the European Parliament voted for tougher action against the island nation. The European...........

Tamils brave police blockades and win legal battle to honour their war dead

Sri Lanka police in spite of being in a court -which allowed the war-affected Tamils the right to mourn their dead at Mullivaikkal-  haven’t given up their effort to block the annual remembrance..........

Sri Lanka gearing towards legalizing impunity for gross human rights violations

Armed with a two-thirds majority in the parliament, the Sri Lankan government is aiming to legalize impunity, which takes the country further away from delivering justice to victims of crimes committed....

May 18: Heightened surveillance, physical intimidation and court bans for Tamils

Senior Tamil politician and former member of Parliament M K Sivajilingam was manhandled while trying to pay tribute at a memorial in Jaffna. While returning back from Mullaitivu after paying homage.....

Police and security forces ‘accused of stealing Mullivaikkal memorial monument’

The Police and security forces in Northern Sri Lanka are accused of an ‘despicable act of stealing’ by Tamil lawmakers, priests and attorneys after a granite plaque which was about to be erected in.......

Sri Lanka terror police arresting Jaffna mayor “nothing but Fascism”

The midnight arrest of the Jaffna mayor has sparked a huge furore in the Sri Lankan Parliament with Tamil lawmakers calling it as “nothing but fascism”. Mayor Viswalingam Manivannan detained.....

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