Chammani Mass Graves: ITAK Calls for International Oversight Into Excavations - LankaXpress

Chammani mass graves: ITAK calls for international oversight into excavations - LankaXpress

Sri Lanka’s largest Tamil political party, Ilankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi (ITAK), has written to President Anura Kumara Dissanayake seeking the involvement of independent, internationally respected forensic experts to oversee all stages of the investigation into the mass grave in Chemmani, a village in northern Jaffna. Expressing profound concern regarding the on-going exhumation at Chemmani, the Tamil party urged urgent and decisive action to unco…

Chemmani Mass Grave: ITKA demands accountability through truth and international collaboration • Sri Lanka Brief

Image credit:@kumanan In its letter to President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, the ITKA underscores that the excavations at the Chemmani mass grave—alongside several other mass graves discovered in Tamil-majority areas of the North and East—constitute compelling evidence of war crimes and a genocidal campaign against the Tamil population. This deeply troubling history, ITKA stresses, must be fully acknowledged. The letter: 11th July 2025 His Excelle…

ITAK Urges President to Ensure Justice and International Oversight in Chemmani Mass Grave Investigations - LNW Lanka News Web

The Ilankai Tamil Arasu Katchi (ITAK) has written to President Anura Kumara Dissanayake urging decisive and transparent action over the ongoing investigations into the Chemmani mass graves in Jaffna. In a strongly worded letter, ITAK called for international collaboration, proper forensic standards, and accountability for what it described as clear evidence of war crimes and crimes against humanity. The letter highlights the grim history of the …