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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…See the Story

Chemmani is more than a grave. It is a mirror. It reflects not just the brutality of a past war, but the moral decay of the present. The bones beneath Jaffna’s soil are not bones of the enemy. They are citizens. Children. Loved ones. They are the responsi

. By Sakuna M. Gamage Chemmani is Speaking Again ! “At the foot of the Kaneru flower tree You fell down and bled from your chest You were lost to me Not to this country But to the earth..”Don’t get up, even though if you get up, Where should we go? Where indeed can people ...Continue reading ‘Chemmani is more than a grave. It is a mirror. It reflects not just the brutality of a past war, but the moral decay of the present. The bones beneath Jaff…Jaffna · Jaffna Read Article

“Thamizh Arasuk Katchi” in Trouble : Jaffna MP Sivagnanam Shritharan’s Insidious Campaign Against his own party ITAK. – dbsjeyaraj.com

To By D.B.S. Jeyaraj Retiring Supreme Court Judge Gamini Amarasekara made several important observations while addressing court recently. According to newspaper reports, Justice Amarasekara emphasised that while external threats to judicial independence could be collectively resisted, internal challenges posed a far more insidious danger. The eminent judge reportedly stated “A judge with the right convictions ...Continue reading ‘“Thamizh Arasuk…Jaffna · Jaffna Read Article

Krishanthi Kumaraswamy case and Chemmani mass grave : A landmark case and a prosecutor’s call for accountability • Sri Lanka Brief

Excavated Truths: The graves came to light when the main accused declared in court, “I can show you hundreds of bodies buried in Chemmani”. Image courtesy – Sakuna M. Gamage Kamanthi Wickramasinghe Daily Mirror. The main convict in the Krishanthi Kumaraswamy case revealed the Chemmani mass grave in 1998, upon being sentenced to death in 1998 Krishanthi Kumaraswamy, the 18 year old, who was raped under the hands of several military personel, was…Jaffna · Jaffna See the Story

TCHR WORKS ON CHEMMANI MASS GRAVES FROM THE BEGINNING - 1996 - LNW Lanka News Web

TCHR welcomes the visit to Sri Lanka by the UN High Commissioner of Human Rights, 23-26 June 2025. Mass Graves in Sri Lanka are nothing new to anyone globally. They started soon after the PTA – Prevention of Terrorism Act provided the police with broad powers to search, arrest, and detain suspects. On 14th July 1979 six Tamil youths were taken from their homes in Jaffna. The following day, the mutilated bodies of two of them were found near the …Jaffna · Jaffna Read Article

How Chemmnai Mass Grave was first exposed by "Yukthiya" newspaper. - Sunanda Deshapriya • Sri Lanka Brief

Image: A child’s skeletal remains alongside a blue schoolbag and clothing items was unearthed at the (new) Chemmani mass grave site in Jaffna today, as the total number of human remains unearthed at the site now stands at 33. In July 1998, Yukthiya newspaper published an investigative article on the Chemmani mass grave. We spoke with a number of individuals, including a soldier who provided us with valuable information. I was the founding editor…Jaffna · Jaffna Read Article

Torture - A Crime Against Humanity - Shageetha Balachandran • Sri Lanka Brief

“They took away my voice, but they couldn’t take away my truth” Every year on June 26, the world pauses to recognize the resilience of those who have endured the unimaginable. The International Day in Support of Victims of Torture is not just about remembrance – it is a call to conscience, to action and a global reminder that torture, in all its forms, is a profound violation of human dignity. Survivors bear not only the scars of physical abuse …Jaffna · Jaffna Read Article

Jaffna to lead first phase of coconut pest eradication program - LankaXpress

Jaffna to lead first phase of coconut pest eradication program The post Jaffna to lead first phase of coconut pest eradication program appeared first on LankaXpress.Jaffna · Jaffna See the Story

වසර 9කට පසුව එක්සත් ජාතීන්ගේ මානව හිමිකම් පිළිබඳ මහ කොමසාරිස්වරයෙකු මෙරටට

NEWSNOW | – වසර 9කට පසුව එක්සත් ජාතීන්ගේ මානව හිමිකම් පිළිබඳ මහ කොමසාරිස්වරයෙකු අද මෙරටට පැමිණෙයි. වොල්කර් ටර්’ක් නිල සංචාරයක් සදහා අද(23) දිවයිනට පැමිණීමට නියමිත අතර මේ මස 26 දක්වා ඔහු මෙරට රැදී සිටිනු ඇත. 2016 වසරේ පෙබරවාරි මාසයෙන් පසු ජගත් මානව හිමිකම් පිළිබඳ මහ කොමසාරිස්වරයෙකු ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ සංචාරයේ නිරත වන පළමු අවස්ථාව මෙයයි. මෙම සංචාරය අතරතුර, මහ කොමසාරිස්වරයා ජනාධිපතිවරයා සහ අග්‍රාමාත්‍යවරයා හමුවීමට නියමිතය. මෙහිදී ඔහු විදේශ අමාත්‍යවරයා, කැ…Jaffna · Jaffna Read Article

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

Chemmani is more than a grave. It is a mirror. It reflects not just the brutality of a past war, but the moral decay of the present. The bones beneath Jaffna’s soil are not bones of the enemy. They are citizens. Children. Loved ones. They are the responsi

“Thamizh Arasuk Katchi” in Trouble : Jaffna MP Sivagnanam Shritharan’s Insidious Campaign Against his own party ITAK. – dbsjeyaraj.com

Krishanthi Kumaraswamy case and Chemmani mass grave : A landmark case and a prosecutor’s call for accountability • Sri Lanka Brief

TCHR WORKS ON CHEMMANI MASS GRAVES FROM THE BEGINNING - 1996 - LNW Lanka News Web

How Chemmnai Mass Grave was first exposed by "Yukthiya" newspaper. - Sunanda Deshapriya • Sri Lanka Brief

Torture - A Crime Against Humanity - Shageetha Balachandran • Sri Lanka Brief

Jaffna to lead first phase of coconut pest eradication program - LankaXpress

වසර 9කට පසුව එක්සත් ජාතීන්ගේ මානව හිමිකම් පිළිබඳ මහ කොමසාරිස්වරයෙකු මෙරටට

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