Sinhala youth rebels of JVP had been granted amnesty helping them to come to power in Sri Lanka while contributors to Tamil political struggles held in prolonged detention, raises "serious concerns regarding consistency, proportionality and equality before the law” Shanakiyan Rajaputhiran Rasamanickam

Following a 3 day Magnetotelluric Audio-frequency scanning of sites where suspected mass graves are located in Sri Lanka's eastern town of Kurukkalmadam, Kaluwanchikudy Magistrate Tharmalingam Pradeepan directs archeologist Prof. Raj Somadeva to submit a report on findings on 22.

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Sri Lanka Arun Hemachandra tells Parliament that Sri Lanka’s embassy in Tel Aviv has formally requested consular access to confirm Global Sumud Flotilla activist Sameera Mehboobdeen’s condition, ensure her safety, & verify the legal & procedural aspects of her detention.

Activists of the Free Palestine Movement of Sri Lanka and trade unionists protest in Colombo demanding the immediate intervention to secure the release of abducted Sameera Mehboobdeen.
"It is our duty to save Sri Lankan citizens held anywhere in the world" Foreign Ministry of Sri Lanka official.

Tense situation in Sri Lanka's capital when a Sinhala pro - war group full of hatred tried to disrupt a commemoration held on the western coast of Wellawatta to the memory of Tamil civilians killed in the north eastern coastal strip of Mullivaikkal 17 years ago.

As dawn breaks over the Nandikadal lagoon, once stained red by the bloodshed of the Sri Lankan military offensive fueled by international powers, Tamil leaders in Northern Sri Lanka lay floral tributes, marking 17 years since the genocide & honoring the lives lost. #Mullivaikkal #mullivaikkalremembranceday

Tamils in Jaffna marked the Golden Jubilee of the Vaddukoddai Resolution that called for the creation of an independent Tamil Eelam, which enabled a Tamil political party -TULF in 1977 to be elected as the second largest party & lead the opposition for the first time in Sri Lanka.

The number of skeletons discovered at the Chemmani mass grave in northern Sri Lanka goes up to 260 with three more bodies found on Friday (8) - the 11th day of excavations in the third stage. 256 bodies have been removed from the site so far. Excavations continue.

Anuradhapura Magistrate Siyapath Sasindu Wickramaratne ordered the arrest of top Buddhist monk, Pallegama Hemarathana and imposed a travel ban on him following investigations by Sri Lanka's child protection authorities over serious sexual abuse allegations involving a minor.