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Mullaitivu District Judge T. Saravanarajah has tendered his resignation from his posts due to threats on his life and a lot of stress, the Mullaitivu District Magistrate said. His resignation letter was sent to the secretary of the Judicial Services Commission on September 23. According to the letter, he resigned from the post of District Judge, the post of magistrate, ...

The police prevented the planned Commemoration of Thileepan in Trincomalee and prevented him from performing the commemoration with a picture of Dhileepan. Subsequently, the picture was removed and the commemoration ceremony was held by garlanding the empty beam. திருகோணமலையில் கதிரைக்கு மாலை அணிவித்து திலீபனுக்கு அஞ்சலி. தியாகி திலீபனின் நினைவஞ்சலியானது இன்று (26) திருகோணமலை குளக்கோட்டன் மண்டபத்தில் இடம் பெறவிருந்த நிலையில் நீதிமன்றம் ஊடாக திருகோணமலை துறைமுக பொலிசாரால் ...

Multiple attempts have been made by the Sri Lankan state to suppress the commemoration of Lt. Col. Thileepan. While these ongoing efforts to suppress Tamil people’s right to remember our heroes has been an implicit state policy, it manifests itself overtly during such landmark commemorative events. Thileepan, a revolutionary figure that led the Jaffna’s political wing of the Liberation Tigers ...

A contentious land dispute has erupted between residents of Kokkuveli and Karuppanichchankulam, triggering tensions and leading to a standoff between the two communities. The dispute revolves around an attempted land grab by Sinhala families from Kokkuveli, who seek to build a crematorium and cemetery for their use. The background of this conflict is complex. Residents of Karuppanichchankulam, who were formerly ...

The 9th day of excavation, conducted on September 15th, marked a significant development in the ongoing investigations at the Kokkuthoduvai mass grave, as the skeletal remains of 3 more victims were exhumed. Alongside this discovery, one more dog tag, belonging to former cadres of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), has been recovered and taken as evidence for further ...

A Sinhala mob attacked and destroyed a memorial float dedicated to Lt Col Thileepan as it travelled through Trincomalee today. To mark 37 years since Thileepan’s fast unto death, the Tamil National People’s Front (TNPF) organised a memorial rally with a commemorative vehicle dedicated to Lt Col Thileepan, a political wing leader of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). ...

During the 54th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, Deputy High Commissioner, Nada Al-Nashif, raised concerns over increasing military land grabs in the Tamil homeland; the failure to hold Provincial Council elections; crackdowns on memorial events; and the use of state forces to intimidate protesters and journalists. Economic concern Noting the financial crisis in Sri Lanka, Al-Nashif detailed ...

A racist mob has gathered in front of the private residence of Tamil National People’s Front (TNPF) MP Gajendrakumar Ponnambalam for the second consecutive day. The protestors have been openly chanting racist slogans, demanding the arrest of the MP. These protests, which spanned two consecutive days, were led by the former hardline Sinhala nationalist party Sihala Urumaya and the current ...

The leader of the Tamil National People’s Front, Gajendrakumar Ponnambalam MP was arrested at his home in Colombo this morning. The party have confirmed that after being taken to Kollupitiya police station, Mr Ponnambalam is being transported away from Colombo, purportedly to Jaffna. Mr Ponnambalam was due to table a special motion in Parliament regarding the assault and threats to ...

Questioning the legal possibilities of conducting a credible investigation within the domestic sphere of the Sri Lankan Constitution and pointing out other hurdles within the SL State system, C.V. Wigneswaran, the Chief Minister of Northern Provincial Council (NPC) on Tuesday passed a resolution rejecting the domestic process being proposed by the USA and other powers. In ithe new resolution, the ...