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All 21 prisoners killed during the deadly violence at Negombo Prison were remand detainees awaiting trial and had not been convicted of any offence, according to Sri Lanka’s Department of Prisons.

The Island reported that a senior prisons official confirmed none of the inmates killed were convicted prisoners. The official said the majority of those injured in the violence were also remand prisoners who had not been found guilty of any crime, describing it as "surprising" that no convicted prisoners were among those killed in the incident.

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Sri Lankas fisheries minister, Ramalingam Chandrasekar, has claimed that the newly formed political alliances, among them this weeks platform of Tamil and Muslim parties, will collapse and will do nothing to weaken the National Peoples Power (NPP) government.

Speaking to reporters after an event in Jaffna on Tuesday, the minister questioned the purpose of the new alliance, asking whether it had been formed to root out bribery and corruption, prevent fraud, bring criminals to justice and serve the public, or to shield those accused

Residents staged a protest in front of the Jaffna Municipal Council, alleging that the operations of the Kakkaitheevu Solid Waste Recycling Centre have caused severe public health and environmental problems.

The protest was attended by residents from several affected areas, including Aarukaal Madam, Pazham Veethi and neighbouring localities within the J/88 and J/85 Grama Niladhari divisions and the Nallur Pradeshiya Sabha area.

The Kakkaitheevu Recycling Centre was originally established by the Jaffna Municipal Council to segregate solid waste, recycle r

Eelam Tamils in Italy took part in a multicultural peace festival in Valdilana earlier this month, using the gathering to raise awareness of the Tamil genocide and to press their demand for justice.

The fourth edition of Valdilanas Festa della Comunità was held on 4 July under the theme "Tessere la Pace: storie di comunità sul cammino della responsabilità", or "Weaving Peace: stories of communities on the path of responsibility".

Organised by the municipality of Valdilana, a town in the wool textile district of Biella in Piedmont, alongside lo

Leading representatives of six Tamil-speaking political parties, all of them in opposition, have agreed to establish a common platform to discuss shared concerns, exchange views and build consensus on the issues facing their communities, bringing together the Tamils of the North-East, the Malaiyaha Tamils of the hill country and Muslims across the island.

The agreement was announced at a press conference in Colombo on Monday, uniting the Ilankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi (ITAK), the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC), the Tamil Progressive Alliance (TPA),

Court-supervised excavations at the Chemmani mass grave in Jaffna have identified six more skeletal remains, bringing the total number uncovered across all phases to 420.

The latest findings came on Thursday, the

Thirty years after the Chemmani mass grave first came to light, with over 400 sets of skeletal remains now identified at the site and not a single commander held criminally accountable, a new report from the International Truth and Justice Project (ITJP) sets out in forensic detail how the Sri Lankan state has spent three decades obstructing the truth about what its army did on the salt flats outside Jaffna.

The report, "Chemmani Mass Grave: We Are Still Searching", published this month, takes its title from the words with which the families of the disappeared

Footage seen by the Tamil Guardian appears to show Sri Lankan military personnel selling large quantities of vegetables grown on military-occupied Tamil land to a Keells col

The death toll from the violent clashes at Negombo Prison has risen to 31 after two more prison officers succumbed to their injuries while receiving treatment at the National Hospital in Colombo.

Ada Derana reported that the two officers died on 13 July and in the early hours of 14 July. Sri Lankan police said the deceased officers were aged 25 and 39.

The latest deaths bring the number of prison officers killed in the clashes to 10, while 21 inmates also lost their lives. The violence took place at Negombo Prison on