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A wartime mass grave in Sri Lanka yields a baby bottle, children’s clothes and 141 skeletons

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Sri Lanka seeks international offers to revive saltern as PPP

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka will seek international offers to review a saltern in northern Jaffna peninsula that went into dis-use during a civil war, minister Nalinda Jayatissa said. The saltern in Kurunchativu (Elephant Pass north) stopped operations during the civil war that ended in 2009. “An attempt to revive the saltern with local investors had failed to draw interest, so we are calling for foreign investors,” Jayatissa told reporters. The cab…Cricket · Jaffna Read Article

"Arrested in Jaffna during mid 1990s, tortured, killed, and buried in Maniyam Park." - Somaratne Rajapaksa • Sri Lanka Brief

By former Lance Corporal, prisoner Somaratne Rajapaksa. With 141 human remains discovered in the recently discovered and excavated Chemmani Sidhupathi mass grave, death row prisoner Somaratne Rajapaksa has made important revelations regarding the arrests, killings and burial sites that took place between Chemmani Camp and Thundi Camp in 1996. The first part of his revelations is as follows: ‘I hereby disclose the murder of Krishanthi Coomaraswam…Jaffna · Jaffna Read Article

Sri Lanka Police Continue Targeting Families of the ‘Disappeared,’ HRW Warns

100% Left coverage: 2 sources

Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Wednesday that despite promises of reform, Sri Lankan security forces continue to harass the families of enforced disappearance victims, using the country’s counterterrorism laws to stifle justice and accountability. In its statement, the humanitarian organization highlighted that President Dissanayake’s administration, nearly a year into power, has done little to change entrenched patterns of repression. Families o…Law · Jaffna See the Story

Respite, for Now, for Bird Migration Hotspot at Heart of Sri Lanka’s Wind Power Dispute

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MANNAR, Sri Lanka - Under the blanket of darkness, giant trucks rumbled through the narrow roads of Sri Lanka's Mannar district, their headlights cutting through the night. On their trailers lay colossal white columns and blades longer than a fishing trawler, bound for the island's windswept northwestern coast. By dawn, word had spread that construction had begun on a new wind farm with 10 massive turbines. For many locals, this was not progress…Wind Power · Northern Province See the Story

Hartal Held in Sri Lanka’s North and East Seeking De-Militarisation

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Called by the prominent Tamil party Ilankai Tamil Arasu Kadchi, the hartal was in protest of the recent killing of a Tamil youth, allegedly by the military, and the continuing military presence in Tamil-majority areasInternational · Northern Province See the Story

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The Routes we Take Project is coming to Jaffna - Lanka Business News

Grave Horror in Lanka - Asian News from UK

EU’s The Routes We Take project to feature at YGC festival in Jaffna, Sri Lanka

Why Sri Lanka’s Tamils are flagging militarisation

A wartime mass grave in Sri Lanka yields a baby bottle, children’s clothes and 141 skeletons

Sri Lanka seeks international offers to revive saltern as PPP

"Arrested in Jaffna during mid 1990s, tortured, killed, and buried in Maniyam Park." - Somaratne Rajapaksa • Sri Lanka Brief

Sri Lanka Police Continue Targeting Families of the ‘Disappeared,’ HRW Warns

Respite, for Now, for Bird Migration Hotspot at Heart of Sri Lanka’s Wind Power Dispute

Hartal Held in Sri Lanka’s North and East Seeking De-Militarisation

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The Routes we Take Project is coming to Jaffna - Lanka Business News

Grave Horror in Lanka - Asian News from UK

EU’s The Routes We Take project to feature at YGC festival in Jaffna, Sri Lanka

Why Sri Lanka’s Tamils are flagging militarisation

A wartime mass grave in Sri Lanka yields a baby bottle, children’s clothes and 141 skeletons

Sri Lanka seeks international offers to revive saltern as PPP

"Arrested in Jaffna during mid 1990s, tortured, killed, and buried in Maniyam Park." - Somaratne Rajapaksa • Sri Lanka Brief

Sri Lanka Police Continue Targeting Families of the ‘Disappeared,’ HRW Warns

Respite, for Now, for Bird Migration Hotspot at Heart of Sri Lanka’s Wind Power Dispute

Hartal Held in Sri Lanka’s North and East Seeking De-Militarisation