Jaffna, Sri Lanka – On this day, marking 17 years since the end of the war in Mullivaikkaal, we commemorate all the lives lost during the final phase of the armed conflict. We honor, in particular, the tens of thousands of Tamils killed in the brutal atrocities committed during the genocidal violence carried out by…
3rd of October 2025 We, the undersigned, condemn Sri Lankan authorities’ continuing surveillance, harassment, and intimidation of Kumanan Kanapathipillai, a prominent Tamil photojournalist from Mullaithivu. Kumanan has, for more than a decade, reported on and documented human rights violations committed by various actors in the Northern and Eastern Provinces (North-East); thereby playing a proactive role…
18 May 2025 On this day that marks 16 years since the end of the armed conflict, we commemorate all the lives that perished during the armed conflict, particularly the thousands of innocent Tamil civilians killed in the Sri Lankan State’s genocidal execution of the final phase of the conflict. Even after 16 years, the…
18 May 2024 This May 18th, marking 15 years since the end of the armed conflict, we commemorate all the lives lost during the war, particularly the tens of thousands of Tamils killed in the genocide during the final stages. 15 years on from the end of the war, impunity persists, and future prospects of…
14 May 2024 The week leading up to the 18th of May is commemorated as ‘Mullivaikkal Week’, where Tamils across the North-East memorialize the lives lost during the ruthless and inhumane executions by the Sri Lankan State during the final phase of the armed conflict. Such actions have raised concern to countless violations of international…
Jaffna, Sri Lanka – On this International Day of Victims of Enforced Disappearance, we stand in solidarity with the Families of the Disappeared in Sri Lanka, most of whom were disappeared by the Sri Lankan state and whose disappearances have yet to be accounted for. Fourteen years since the end of the armed conflict, the…
19 July 2023 The Government of Sri Lanka (GOSL) has proposed a new National Unity and Reconciliation Commission (NURC) to promote truth and reconciliation internally. This is in no way aligned with the demands of the victim-survivor community, nor does it address the underlying causes that led to the armed conflict. In light of past…
18 May 2023 Jaffna, Sri Lanka – On this day marking fourteen years since the end of the war in Mullivaikkaal, we commemorate all those lives lost during the last phase of the war, in particular the tens of thousands of Tamils that were killed by the inhumane atrocities committed during the Sri Lankan state’s…
July 14, 2022 Jaffna – On July 13, 2022, Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled Sri Lanka leaving the island in political chaos. Many among the island’s Sinhala majority and the international community have heralded this moment, a culmination of months of protest, as a potentially revolutionary moment. And indeed, the departure of a president who has overseen…
ACPR Statement May 18, 2020 Today we commemorate all those lives that we lost during the war, especially the tens of thousands of Tamil lives that were taken by horrific atrocities perpetrated during the final phase of the war and as a result of the numerous massacres and atrocities committed during the Sri Lankan state’s…
