A commemoration event organised by Mullaithivu Press Club in memory of 3 journalists - S. Sugeethrajan (Jan. 2006), Lasantha Wickrematunge (Jan. 2009) & Prageeth Ekneligoda (Jan. 2010) - murdered by Sri Lanka's state sponsored assassins was held on Saturday (31).

Dozens of social activists & rights defenders staged a protest in front of Sri Lanka's Ministry of Justice on Friday (30) to voice their opposition against proposed anti-terror legislation, 'Protection of the State from Terrorism Act (PSTA)'. | 📹 Lakshman Warnakulasooriya

On 24.01.2010, political cartoonist Prageeth Eknaligoda went missing after leaving his office in Colombo.16 yrs later his perpetrators still remain at large. On Saturday (24), Prageeth's widow Sandhya Ekneligoda made offerings at Mōdara Kaali Amman Kovil, demanding justice long denied.

Human rights defenders & social activists of Negombo took to the street on Saturday (24), calling for the immediate withdrawal of Sri Lanka govt's new counterterrorism legislation - Protection of the State from Terrorism Act (PSTA) - proposed to replace the existing terror laws.

On Saturday, journalists in Batticaloa marked the 20th death anniversary of Tamil journalist Subramaniyam Sugirtharajan of 'Sudar Oli' newspaper, who was gunned down on 24.01.2006 after exposing the role of state armed forces in the killing of 5 Tamil students in Trincomalee.

Sri Lanka's counter-terror police (CTID) questioned Fr. Sherard Jayawardena, a leading catholic priest & social activist from Negombo, for 4hrs on Friday (23) after he was summoned over his involvement in an event held in May 2025 to commemorate the war dead.

The 17th death anniversary of Sri Lankan journalist Lasantha Wickrematunge, who was murdered in Colombo by armed members of state security forces, was marked on Thursday (8) by family members & fellow journalists at his grave site in Borella Cemetery.| 📷 Sakuna M. Gamage

Hundreds of trade unionists & social activists took to the streets in Sri Lanka's capital Colombo and staged a protest in front of the US embassy on Monday (5), condemning the US aggression against Venezuela. | 📷 Sakuna M. Gamage

Sivakumaran Hayakirivan of Trincomalee, a Tamil provincial journalist & social activist who is a prominent member of community based organisation "Thalam" has been summoned to be present at the regional office of the Counter Terrorism & Investigation Division on Friday (27).

Dr. Kāsipillai Manoharan (84), a persistent fighter who campaigned to get justice for his son Ragihar Manoharan (20) executed with 4 Tamil students in Trincomalee on 02.01.2006 by Sri Lanka's police Special Task Force, passed away in exile on Sunday(21), without seeing justice. RIP🪔

A joint report by International Truth & Justice Project & @redress.org, "The Killing of Sri Lankan Journalists:the case of Nimalarajan Mylvaganam" was released in Jaffna in an event organised by Jaffna Press Club on Sunday(7) to mark the 25th anniversary of the killing of BBC reporter M.Nimalarajan.

Thursday (21) marks the 12th day since excavations recommenced at the Colombo port mass burial site where over 85 bodies, haphazardly buried without clothes, were unearthed. The site was first found in July 2023 during construction work for the Port City Expressway entrance.

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

Tamil journalist Kanapathipillai Kumanan is seen walking into Alampil sub-station of Counter Terrorism & Investigation Division with his lawyer Nadarajar Kandeepan, on Sunday morning (17), after he was summoned under PTA for an "inquiry" abt his journalistic work in Tamil areas.

#SriLanka: Kanapathipillai Kumanan, who covered the recent exhumations of mass graves, has been summoned on 17 August. by the anti-terrorism division for an unspecified "investigation.” RSF denounces this new act of intimidation and demands an end to police harassment of this Tamil photojournalist.

International media rights group, Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Sri Lankan authorities to "immediately stop harassing photojournalist Kanapathipillai Kumanan", who has been summoned by Counter Terrorism & Investigation Division (CTID). cpj.org/2025/08/sri-...

On 27.10.89 M.S.Wijeratna of Divulapitiya, a father of 4,was abducted by a police team led by OIC Nimal Fernando. And thus began his brother Ratnasiri's long search for justice for victims of Walpita mass grave. Today, as the sun set over Divulapitiya, Ratnasiri was laid to rest.

Mihindukulasuriyage Ratnasiri, who led the families of the disappeared in the mid 90s braving threats and intimidation, demanding justice for the victims of Divulapitiya mass grave in western Sri Lanka, passed away on Sunday (10) morning without seeing justice. Rest in power!🪔

Chemmani mass grave body count rises to 147 as 6 more bodies - including skeletal remains of infants - unearthed on Wednesday (6), marking the end of the second phase of an excavation process that continued for 41 days. #SriLanka #MassGrave| 📸 Sakuna M. Gamage

Asian Football Confederation, one of the six continental confederations operating under #FIFA, has imposed US $2000 fine on #SriLankan midfielder Mohamed Thilham for showing solidarity with #Palestine following a win against Chinese Taipei in a qualifying match played on June 10.

#SriLanka's Counter Terrorism & Investigation Division (CTID)has summoned leading #Tamil journalist & rights defender, K. Kumanan, informing him to appear at CTID Sub-station in #Alampil, #Mullaithivu on August 17th for an 'inquiry'. @pressefreiheit.bsky.social @pressfreedom.bsky.social @rsf.org

On Tuesday (5), 100s of relatives of the disappeared Tamils visited the 2 forensic excavation sites in Chemmani, Jaffna where skeletal remains of at least 141 victims have been unearthed from a mass grave during an exhumation process ongoing for 40 days. | 📸 © Sakuna M. Gamage

As the 18th day of the ongoing excavations at Chemmani mass grave in Jaffna concluded for Wednesday (23), the ever staggering body count stood at 85 with five more human remains unearthed during the day.

After inspecting the de-mining site in Sampur where human remains were found 3 days ago, Magistrate of Muttur Ms H.M.T.Fowsan, today (23) instructed the judicial medical officer, Dept. of Archaeology & officials of Mine Advisory Group to submit their observations in 2 separate reports by July 30.

Workers of Mine Action Group have uncovered human skeletal remains in a de-mining site at Children's Park in the eastern town of Sampur on Sunday (20), lying in close proximity to a location where at least 57 civilians were shot, hacked & burnt to death by Sri Lankan armed forces on 7 July 1990.

As the second phase of the excavations at Chemmani Siththupaththi mass grave in Jaffna came to an end on Wednesday (9), the forensic team led by chief archaeologist Prof. Raj Somadeva & consultant JMO Dr. S. Pranavan has unearthed 63 human skeletal remains from the site.

On 24 Oct. 2024, Sri Lanka's Public Security Minister @HMVijithaHerath told media that '3 Sri Lankans were arrested following intel. reports indicating security threats to Israeli nationals'. 21 y/o student Shuhail was among them who still remain behind bars. His crime was to share these 2 imojis!

1. On 23 Oct. 2024, Mohamed Shuhail Mohamed Rifai (21), a resident of Mawanella, who was following an Airline Cabin Crew course in Colombo was arrested by officers attached to Dehiwala police for not having a national ID in his possession, while he's looking for a room to rent.

As the 7th day of exhumation work at Chemmani mass grave in Jaffna concluded on Wednesday (2), lead forensic archaeologist Prof. Raj Somadewa instructed his team to expand the boundaries of the demarcated area to include adjacent land-space suspected to be an extension of the burial site.

Five more bodies, including of a child were unearthed on Tuesday (01), bringing the total to 38, during the ongoing excavation in Chemmani mass grave site in the northern peninsula of Jaffna.

Sri Lankan Forensic Archaeologist Prof. Raj Somadeva inspects some toys found in a school bag that was discovered from a mass grave site in Chemmani, Jaffna where at least 38 bodies including several children were unearthed as the excavation reached the 6th day of the 2nd phase.

In a show of strong solidarity with the Palestinian nation, hundreds of trade unionists & social activists took to the streets in Colombo, Sri Lanka on Monday (30) and marched to the US embassy, condemning US -Isr@el genocidal alliance while calling for an end to carnage in Gaza.

As of Saturday (7), a total of 19 human skeletal remains have been unearthed at the recently found mass burial site in Chemmani- Siththuppaththi cemetery, in Jaffna while forensic archaeology team led by Prof. Raj Somadave announced the conclusion of the 1st stage of the excavation. | 📸 P.Dilakshan

The 21st death anniversary of murdered Tamil journalist Aiyathurai Nadesan, gunned down by Sri Lanka's state backed paramilitary gunmen in May 2004, was marked in the eastern town of Batticaloa on Saturday (31) by his fellow journalists in the province. | 📸 Shashi Punniyamoorthy

Marking 3007 consecutive days of protest, families of the disappeared Tamils from Mānkulam, Thunukkāi & Manthai East flocked to northern town of Mankulam on Saturday (31), demanding justice for their loved ones who went missing in the hands of Sri Lankan military.

NOW: A group of #Sinhala chauvinists linked to far-right outfit "Sinhala Rāvaya" tried to disrupt an indoor memorial event organised by social activists & religious communities in #Negombo, #SriLanka to mark the 16th anniversary of #Tamil Genocide, culminated in #Mullivaikkal.

remembering the tens of thousands of Tamils massacred by the Sri Lankan state, those who continue to be denied justice, dignity and freedom, and those who fight every day for truth and accountability 🪔 #Mullivaikkal

Gloomy clouds of grief hovered over the shores of Mullaithivu as 1000s of grieving families returned to the final killing fields of #Mullivaikkal on Sunday (18) where tens of thousands of Tamils were slaughtered by Sri Lanka armed forces in 2009, to mark the 16th commemoration of Tamil Genocide Day.

"Previous reviews on UN's conduct in cases of large scale violations -reports on Myanmar 2019, Sri Lanka 2012, Srebrenica & Rwanda 1999- pointed to our collective failure"says UN Humanitarian Chief Tom Fletcher as he appeals to Sec. Council to 'act decisively to prevent Genocide' in Gaza.

M. Sathsara Nimesh (25) from Meegahakiwula, Badulla, an employee attached to a private hospital in Colombo, who was arrested by Sri Lanka police on April 1st, died while in the custody of Welikada police on Wednesday (2). 📸 lankaskynews.com

M.Rushdie (22) from Nittambuwa, arrested by police last Saturday (22) in Colombo for pasting a sticker in solidarity with the Palestinian people, is now being held by Counter Terrorism Investigation Division under Sri Lanka's draconian anti terror law, Prevention of Terrorism Act.

HORRIFIC DETAILS of former Sri Lankan army chief Major Gen. Shavendra Silva’s criminal activity in the Matale Wijaya College torture chamber emerge following new found interest on Batalanda & Ranil Wickremesinghe. Listen to the convener of Families of the Disappeared👇

This horrendous photo currently making rounds online, allegedly showing 2 sons of former ASP Douglas Peiris forcing a tortured detainee to pose for the camera at #SriLanka's Batalanda camp, first surfaced 28 yrs ago, when it was published by Sinhala language monthly, "Sithijaya" magazine (1997 Jan).

The new found interest in Sri Lanka's Batalanda torture camp also needs to be directed to 1st ever detailed map jointly published by JDS & ITJP-SL, 5 years ago listing 219 torture sites run by Sri Lanka's armed forces & police, where 1000s were tortured to death. 👇🏾 www.jdslanka.org/index.php/ne...

Last week, I was in Jenin and Tulkarem, reporting on Israel’s ongoing operations in the refugee camps of the northern West Bank. Displaced Palestinian residents say Israel is deliberately making the camps unlivable. My report: @972mag.bsky.social www.972mag.com/jenin-tulkar...

1. Kandasamy Bharathan & Thambithurai Pratheepan, 2 Tamil journalists in north of Sri Lanka, were interrogated for 6 hours by officers of Palali police station on Friday (21) under the pretext of investigating a facebook post that called for 'destruction of a Buddhist temple' in Thaiyiddy, Jaffna.

Heute in der @fr-zeitung.bsky.social - Doppelseite mit meinem Interview mit Enzo Traverso zu dessen jüngst erschienenen Langessay „Gaza im Auge der Geschichte“. Online hier: www.fr.de/kultur/gesel...

Jaffna Chief Magistrate A.A.Anandaraja, Thursday (20) visited the suspected mass grave found in Siththu Paththi Hindu Cemetery in Chemmani in northern #SriLanka & ordered the police to hand over skeletal remains to Jaffna JMO Dr. S.Pranavan to conduct further forensic examination. | 🎥 K. kumanan

Hundreds of relatives of the disappeared Tamils took to the streets of war-ravaged northern town of Kilinochchi on Thursday (20) demanding truth & justice, as their continuous protest that started off in February 2017 enters its' 9th year. | 🎥 Shamugam Thavaseelan