ITAK calls for demilitarization in Sri Lanka's north and east, amid concerns over military presence and human rights ...

Rights monitors are questioning the motives behind Sri Lanka’s decision to ban 16 Tamil diaspora organizations, which the government has accused of links to “terrorism” and the alleged revival of a ...

* On June 7, a three-day workshop for Tamil-language media in north-eastern Sri Lanka was cancelled after outsiders threatened to disrupt it. The workshop was to provide training on investigative ...

The United Nations Human Rights Office’s report on Sri Lanka details entrenched and systemic rights violations—including ...

Senior Tamil politician Mavai Senathirajah, a key figure in the long political struggle for the rights of Tamils in Sri Lanka ’s north and east, passed away on Wednesday (January 29, 2025) after ...

In a blow to the goals of the separatist Tamil Tigers, Sri Lankan government troops captured the northern town of Kilinochchi Friday, which has served as a de facto headquarters for the rebels in ...

To be sure, Rajapaksa’s behavior did not cost him popularity with Sri Lanka’s non-Tamil population. And he might have governed for years as the man who ended a 26-year war. But his administration, ...