Journalist Wael Al Dahdouh casts a final gaze of farewell upon his son, the journalist Hamza.

Wael Al Dahdouh is one of Gaza's most prominent journalists. Israeli forces have killed his wife, his 7-year old daughter, his 15-year old son, eight other relatives, his cameraman, and now his eldest son and fellow journalist, Hamza. This regime must be stopped.

PARL calls for an immediate and impartial investigation into the raid on Vallipuram Baskaran's house and urges the authorities to respect the democratic values that our nation upholds. Additionally, we demand a thorough reevaluation of the Ponnaveli Limestone mining project,

Online Safety Bill comes into effect today

Our society comprises 998 dairy farmer members, and more than 3000 families depend on animal husbandry for their livelihood. Approximately 300,000 livestock are being reared. However, we currently have no grazing land for animal husbandry. Due to land grabbing, our livestock has

The Peaceful Protest of the Tamil Dairy Farmers of the East The Tamil dairy farmers of Sithandi in the Eastern province, who uses Mailaththamadu area, are holding a continuous demonstration and a protest that has been running for more than 146 days. Their demand is to evacuate

An Uva Uprising: Farmers Fight for Land and Legacy For generations the people of Rideemaliyadda, Dehigama and Ekiriyankumbura have thrived on agriculture. Many practice chena cultivation while others grow maize on the fringes of the Nilgala forest reserve. Others cultivate

ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ මෙතෙක් ක්‍රියාත්මක කළ සංවර්ධන ව්‍යාපෘති අතුරින් වැඩි ම පාරිසරික හා කෘෂි වගා බිම් විනාශය මෙන්ම වැඩි ම ජනතාවක් අවතැන් කළ ව්‍යාපෘතිය වන්නේ උමා ඔය බහුකාර්ය ව්‍යාපෘතියයි. #parlnetworksl #ourlandourlife #LandRightsNow #LandStruggle #lka #SriLanka Watch the full video on

More than 400 families from Mullikulam, a fishing village bordering Mannar and Puttalam was 1st displaced on the 8th of September 2007, when they were evacuated by the military. #mullikulam #srilanka #lka

A Community in Thaiyiddi has been in an endless struggle for their ancestral land years and Sukumari is one of them. When we as PARL met her last December there was only one thing she wanted from us and that was to help her tell her story to the South, so the South would

" After the end of the war, a Buddhist temple was built illegally in the Thaiyiddy area near Kankesanturai, ​​Jaffna district. The government built this Buddhist temple by acquiring private land without the permission or consent from the original owners of the land. " Watch the

Is High-Rise Housing on Estates is the Right Solution to Adequate Housing for Malaiyaha Tamils ? youtu.be/rLPdKLTflt4?si… #parlnetworksl #ourlandourlife #landrightsnow #lka #srilanka

Today marks #TheDayofTheLandless. Across #SriLanka, many communities continue to face challenges due to the loss of their #lands and land rights. For years, they have fought to reclaim what is rightfully theirs. We recognize their strength, resilience, and unity in the struggle

Modern Houses don’t smell like rain.

In 2018/2019, Kanishka Werawella, @Tharinda_96 and I explored how policymakers misunderstood and misrepresented what ragging was, especially its systemic nature and structural violence. You can read the paper here in English, Sinhala and Tamil. researchgate.net/publication/39…

A formal complaint was lodged yesterday (26 May) with the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka by Robin, the President of the Kilinochchi Kallaaru Fishermen’s Society, following a brutally assault on three Tamil fishermen, including himself, by Sri Lankan Navy personnel in

Evidence has surfaced suggesting the possible existence of additional human mass graves at Ariyalai–Siththupaththi. During a hearing at the Jaffna Magistrate’s Court yesterday (14th), Judicial Medical Officer Dr. S. Pranavan submitted a report requesting an additional eight weeks

UPDATE: After being interrogated for over 7 hours about his journalistic work by the police counter- terrorism officers, journalist Kumanan left Alampil CTID station with his lawyer Nadarajar Kandeepan, a short while ago.

Yesterday, I was interrogated by the Sri Lanka Police Counter Terrorism Investigation Division (CTID) 6 hours and 45 minutes. The questioning covered my journalism and photography work, Social media’s activities,financial activities, phone records, and overseas visits. I am

අක්‍රමවත් ලෙස හා නග්නව වළලනු ලැබූ මළ සිරුරු 85 කට වැඩි ප්‍රමාණයක් දැනට හමුව ඇති කොළඹ වරාය සමූහ මිහිදන් භූමියේ කැණීම් යළි අරඹා බ්‍රහස්පතින්දා (21) දිනට 12 දිනක් සම්පූර්ණ වේ. මෙම ස්ථානය මුල් වරට සොයාගැණුනේ 2023 ජූලි මස වරාය නගර අධිවේගී මාර්ග පිවිසුම සඳහා ඉදිකිරීම් කටයුතු අතරතුර ය.