Ajith Doval, India's National Security Advisor to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, reportedly encouraged Tamil political parties to back a Sinhala candidate, according to a report in the Sunday Times.

The Tamil Guardian recently sat down with Rathika Sitsabaiesan, human rights activist and former Canadian Member of Parliament, to discuss her new documentary “Ray of Hope”. Sitasbaiesan, the first ever Tamil Canadian MP, discussed resistance, intergenerational trauma, and the future of Tamil Eelam.

Pakkiyaselvam Ariyanenthiran, a former lawmaker who was put forward by a range of Tamil political parties as a candidate for the upcoming Sri Lankan presidential elections, stepped up his campaign in recent weeks, as he visited the site of an LTTE cemetery, the Mullivaiikkal memorial and met with a range of civil society activists.

This week, Ariyanenthiran continued his election campaign in Mallavi, meeting with representatives of the Mallavi Trade Association and former LTTE cadres.

The leader-elect of the Ilankai Tamil Arasu Katchi (ITAK) Sivagnanam Shritharan, called on Tamils to vote in favour of the common candidate Pakkiyaselvam Ariyanenthiran, as he praised and recalled the sacrifices of LTTE fighters from the Eastern Province.

“We are at a key juncture in our history,” Shritharan told an audience in London this week, with Sri Lankan presidential elections scheduled for this month.

A group of human rights organisations have called on UN member states and observers states to renew the mandate of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) at the upcoming UNHRC session to provide Tamil victim survivors with truth, justice and reparations. 

A staunch supporter of Eelam Tamil aspirations and an unwavering voice for those who fought for freedom and safety for asylum seekers, Viraj Mendis was laid to rest in Germany this week.

A staunch supporter of Eelam Tamil aspirations and an unwavering voice for those who fought for freedom and safety for asylum seekers, Viraj Mendis was laid to rest in Germany this week.

The Jaffna Press Club held a memorial event for Tamil journalist Pragas Gnanapragasam who passed away after contracting coronavirus in 2021, aged just 26-years-old. 

Pragas was an independent journalist writing for magazines and newspapers in the North-East. He also contributed to the Tamil Guardian, as a correspondent based in the North-East, sending updates from the homeland. 

A Sri Lankan court issued a restraining order against four members of the Association for the Families of the Disappeared, preventing them from protesting in Vavuniya town on Sunday, in yet another move to supress Tamil protests.

According to a motion filed by the Sri Lankan police, the court specifically named four individuals, instructing them to cease a planned demonstration on Sunday.