On Tuesday February 17th 2009, a massive rally was held to speak up for the plight of Sri Lankan Tamils. Great amounts of York University students came together at Vari Hall to speak up against the genocide currently taking place in Sri Lanka. This awareness event was to bring to attention the only solution to stop the genocide occurring against the Tamils in Sri Lanka, an independent nation for the Tamils, Tamil Eelam.

The students gathered at Vari Hall, York University and did a march all the way down to Keele and Steeles; blocking the roads as they went due to the massive group of students. The students chanted slogans such as "Free Free Tamil Eelam!" and "Students united, will never be defeated!"

The march then continued back towards Vari Hall where the students once again had a gathering and had motivational speakers speak, which rang all through Vari Hall.

York's Federation of Student's vice president expressed words of concern to her fellow pupils. She had said that the issues happening in Sri Lanka against the Tamils would not be tolerated here in Canada, so why should it be accepted elsewhere?

As the event neared the end a very emotional struck student had brought out the Sri Lankan flag and lit it on fire. This student was affected greatly by the atrocities put forth by the Sri Lankan government and lost many family members in the genocide.

Students strongly believe that an independent Tamil Eelam is the only solution for the injustice that the Sri Lankan government is putting forth and it was clear that these students will not stop speaking up until they see justice prevail for their people.

Twelve armed men clad in black uniforms forcefully entered the private TV channel Siyatha TV office and assaulted the security guard and set fire to the station and caused severe damage to the equipment on Friday at 1.30 am. The station belongs to former Chairman of the Sri Lanka Telecommunication Regulatory Commission Mr. Priyantha Kariyapperuma. Mr. Kariyapermuma was earlier a close associate of Sri Lankan President Rajapaksa, but he was sacked from his post week before the presidential election by the SL President.

Japanese Cabinet ministers on Thursday urged visiting Sri Lankan External Affairs Minister Gamini Lakshman Peiris to allay international concerns over alleged war crimes committed last year by Sri Lankan forces in the country, Japanese officials said.

Meanwhile in Sri Lanka, the main oppsition party UNP had decided to bring a no-confidence motion against Prof. Peiris over the appointment of the UN expert panel by Secretary General Ban ki-moon to advise him on the accountability issues in Sri Lanka during the last phase of war.

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The United Kingdom has updated its travel advisory on Sri Lanka by removing the advise against travel to the four northern provinces of Mullaitivu, Killinochchi, Mannar and Vavuniya.

Commenting on the changes British High Commissioner, Dr Peter Hayes said, "This latest change means we no longer advise against travel to any part of Sri Lanka. Britons wishing to travel to the north should be aware that there remains a risk from mines and unexploded ordinance and that they need to obtain permission from the Sri Lankan Ministry of Defence before they travel."

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Government is in the process of making initiatives with the Justice Ministry, to appoint Sinhalese judges from the Southern part of Sri Lanka to the Mullaitheevu district. The judicial activities have commenced in the Mullaitheevu district, after 20 years, hence at present Judge A.M.Mohamed Riyal is temporarily handling the court cases.

Twelve armed men clad in black uniforms forcefully entered the private TV channel Siyatha TV office and assaulted the security guard and set fire to the station and caused severe damage to the equipment on Friday at 1.30 am. The station belongs to former Chairman of the Sri Lanka Telecommunication Regulatory Commission Mr. Priyantha Kariyapperuma. Mr. Kariyapermuma was earlier a close associate of Sri Lankan President Rajapaksa, but he was sacked from his post week before the presidential election by the SL President.

Parameswaran Subramanyam, the Tamil hunger striker in UK has accepted �77,500 in damages over newspaper reports he secretly ate burgers during his protest.

Parameswaran was treated in hospital for five nights after ending his hunger strike.

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President Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday asserted that Sri Lanka today is a country which protected and accrued on its State assets instead of selling them in line with the policies propagated by the late Sirimavo Bandaranaike who became the Worlds first Woman Prime Minister 50 years back.

A senior military official said on Monday (July 26) that Yogaratnam Yogi and Vellupillai Balakumaran, the two senior LTTE leaders were not among the detained persons identified as ex-LTTE personnel.

A controversy arose when the the Minister for Rehabilitation and Law Reforms, Dew Gunasekera said that he had met the wives of Yogaratnam Yogi and Balakumar among the widows he met in Jaffna. Later, when called for clarification by reporters he said he met the wives, but he has no knowledge about both senior LTTE leaders.

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Relatives of displaced people who gathered at the police mobile relief service centre set up at Vauniya urged the police to provide them with information of their loved once.

Another mother said that finding her lost son has become a very expensive affair and she has had to spend the little money earned by selling rice to search her son.

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