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What the United Nations, the European Union, Russia, India, China, the United States, Canada, Australia, South Africa and rights groups are saying about the civil war, alleged war crimes and accountability, including allegations of genocide against Tamils. Each item reports what its named source says; Lanka Monitor does not adjudicate these claims.
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Belgium Tamils mark Eelam Tamil Women's Day in Antwerp
Belgium Tamils mark Eelam Tamil Women's Day in Antwerp by Thusi test Mon, 02/11/2026 - 22:18 Body Portraits of 2nd Lt Maalathy and the Maaveerar at the commemoration in Antwerp. Photograph: Thaarakam Eelam Tamils in Antwerp marked Eelam Tamil Women's Day alongside the 39th anniversary of the death of 2nd Lt Maalathy and twelve Maaveerar including Lt Col Kumarappa and Pulendran, in the latest of a series of commemorations held across the
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Sri Lankan government says it is open to discussing terror bill as criticism mounts
Sri Lankan government says it is open to discussing terror bill as criticism mounts by Thusi test Mon, 02/11/2026 - 16:43 Body Sri Lankan Transport Minister Bimal Rathnayake. Image: Daily Mirror A Sri Lankan cabinet minister has said the government is "open to discussions" on its proposed counterterrorism law, as criticism of the bill from the UN, rights groups and Tamils in the North-East continues to mount. Transport Minister Bimal Rathnayake
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China to rebuild nine cyclone-damaged bridges in Sri Lanka with Rs 3.93 billion grant
China to rebuild nine cyclone-damaged bridges in Sri Lanka with Rs 3.93 billion grant by Thara Mon, 02/11/2026 - 15:12 Body Chinese and Sri Lankan officials at the groundbreaking ceremony for the first bridge in Gampaha China will provide a Rs 3.93 billion grant to rebuild nine bridges damaged by Cyclone Ditwah, as Beijing deepens its economic and military engagement with the Sri Lankan state. Work on the first bridge under the China Aid
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Cleaning of Theravil LTTE cemetery begins ahead of Maaveerar Naal
Cleaning of Theravil LTTE cemetery begins ahead of Maaveerar Naal by Sharmini Sun, 01/11/2026 - 13:25 Body Volunteers have begun cleaning the Theravil Thuyilum Illam - resting homes- in Visuvamadu today in preparation for Maaveerar Naal which falls annually on November 27. Families of fallen Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and volunteers lit a lamp and paid their respects to the Tamil combatants who gave their lives in the liberation
Sri Lanka’s Tamil farmers fight to reclaim land after civil war
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- Sri Lanka's Tamil farmers fight to reclaim land after civil war Source: The Star · 29 Oct 2026, 07:23 UTC
- Sri Lanka's Tamil farmers fight to reclaim land after civil war Source: RTL Today · 28 Oct 2026, 02:36 UTC
- Sri Lanka’s Tamil farmers fight to reclaim land after civil war Source: The Sun Malaysia · 28 Oct 2026, 02:29 UTC
- Sri Lanka's Tamil farmers fight to reclaim land after civil war Source: France 24 · 28 Oct 2026, 02:24 UTC
- Sri Lanka's Tamil farmers fight to reclaim land after civil war Source: Yahoo News Singapore · 28 Oct 2026, 02:20 UTC
- Sri Lanka's Tamil farmers fight to reclaim land after civil war Source: Yahoo · 28 Oct 2026, 02:20 UTC
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Bribery commission asked to probe Rajapaksa-era sale of state land to hotel company
Bribery commission asked to probe Rajapaksa-era sale of state land to hotel company by Thusi test Fri, 30/10/2026 - 13:52 Body The Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption. Image: The Morning An anti-corruption group has asked Sri Lanka's bribery commission to investigate the sale of prime state land to a private hotel company under Mahinda Rajapaksa, who presided over the genocide of Tamils at Mullivaikkal, alleging the
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Election monitor urges Sri Lankan president to review terror and organised crime bills
Election monitor urges Sri Lankan president to review terror and organised crime bills by Thusi test Fri, 30/10/2026 - 13:51 Body Protesters against the proposed terror law at Gandhi Park in Batticaloa earlier this month. File photograph Sri Lanka's leading election monitoring organisation, People's Action for Free and Fair Elections (PAFFREL), has written to the Sri Lankan president, Anura Kumara Dissanayake, urging a thorough review of the
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Premadasa warns Sri Lanka could lose GSP+ over anti-terror laws
Premadasa warns Sri Lanka could lose GSP+ over anti-terror laws by Thara Fri, 30/10/2026 - 13:30 Body The Sri Lankan opposition leader Sajith Premadasa meets representatives of diplomatic missions in Colombo The Sri Lankan opposition leader Sajith Premadasa has warned that Sri Lanka could lose its European Union GSP+ trade concessions over the government’s proposed anti-terrorism and organised crime laws, as the country’s main business chamber
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Sri Lanka’s Organised Crime Bill Risks Arbitrary Detention, Torture Could Impact EU Trade Concessions: HRW
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- Sri Lanka’s Organised Crime Bill Risks Arbitrary Detention, Torture; Could Impact EU Trade Concessions: HRW Source: ETV Bharat · 29 Oct 2026, 14:23 UTC
Sri Lanka: Draft counter-terrorism Bill Must Meet International Human Rights Standards
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ITAK and DTNA agree joint protest against the Prevention of Terrorism Act
ITAK and DTNA agree joint protest against the Prevention of Terrorism Act by Thusiyan Thu, 29/10/2026 - 08:01 Body Representatives of the two parties meet at Suresh Premachandran’s home in Kattapiray on 27 October. Sri Lanka’s two main Tamil parliamentary blocs have agreed to mount a joint public protest against the Prevention of Terrorism Act, after meeting at the home of the Eelam People’s Revolutionary Liberation Front (EPRLF) leader Suresh
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How the Office on Missing Persons is failing Sri Lanka’s disappeared
Sri Lanka Rescues 40 Iranian Sailors from US-Sanctioned Tankers
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- Sri Lanka moved 40 Iranian sailors ashore from U.S.-sanctioned tankers Source: NewsBytes · 25 Oct 2026, 14:27 UTC
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Stranded Iranian sailors receive urgent medical assistance in Sri Lanka
Sri Lankan authorities facilitate transfer of 40 sailors from sanctioned oil tankers for treatment; Iranian Embassy bears expenses
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G.L. Peiris questioned by Bribery Commission over Shangri-La land deal
G.L. Peiris questioned by Bribery Commission over Shangri-La land deal by abilash Wed, 21/10/2026 - 16:46 Body G.L. Peiris arrives at the Bribery Commission on Tuesday. Photograph: Daily Mirror G.L. Peiris, the former Sri Lankan foreign minister who spent years denying Sri Lanka’s responsibility for the mass killing of Tamil civilians at the UN, has been questioned by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC)
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Supreme Court begins hearing challenges to Sri Lanka’s new terrorism bill
Supreme Court begins hearing challenges to Sri Lanka’s new terrorism bill by Thusi test Wed, 21/10/2026 - 13:33 Body The Supreme Court complex in Colombo. Photograph: Newswire Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court has begun hearing around 25 petitions against the Protection of the State from Terrorism (PSTA) Bill, the government’s proposed replacement for the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) that rights groups warn retains the powers used for decades
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TELO calls for Tamil parties to unite and press for political solution
TELO calls for Tamil parties to unite and press for political solution by Thusiyan Tue, 20/10/2026 - 10:10 Body TELO members at the central committee meeting at the party’s head office in Vairavapuliyankulam. The Tamil Eelam Liberation Organisation (TELO) said it will work to bring Tamil parties together to press for a political solution, its spokesman said after a central committee meeting in Vavuniya, accusing the Sri Lankan government of
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UN Human Rights Council 63: Joint Statement on Sri Lanka
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