News Updates

  7 years ago this month: Around 200,000 Tamils marched through London, calling for a ceasefire as Sri Lanka intensified attacks against the Tamil population in the remaining areas held by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (Photo: Tamil Guardian) PEARL’s News Update 19 April 2016     NEWS     White van abduction by…

  Tamil protestors voice their discontent about environmental issues, including the planned power plant in Sampur ; Jaffna 09 April 2016 (Photo: Tamil Guardian) PEARL’s News Update 13 April 2016     NEWS     Tamils denied access to land “released” by the government Although one month has passed since Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena…

  Families of the disappeared at a meeting with government ministers in Akkaraipattu, Amparai, 30 March 2016 (Photo: JDS) PEARL’s News Update 05 April 2016     NEWS     Several Tamil students admitted into hospital following assault by Sinhala mob A group of Tamil students have been hospitalised following an attack by a mob…

  Sinhala soldiers march with Buddhist flags at opening of another yet shrine in Kilinochchi (Photo: Sri Lanka Army) PEARL’s News Update 29 March 2016     NEWS   ‘Amazing evening of sweet music’ at US navy concert with war crimes-accused Sri Lankan military The USS Blue Ridge docked in Colombo over the weekend amidst…

  Mallakam Koanappulam camp IDPs hold a hunger strike protest demanding resettlement (Photo: @uthayashalin) PEARL’s News Update 21 March 2016   NEWS   President Sirisena again rules out foreign judges in Sri Lanka war crimes probe Addressing the National Law Conference in the sea side southern resort of Wadduwa yesterday, Sirisena said: “I will not…