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Jaffna Monitor @jaffnamonitor.bsky.social · 11h

Pardoned after 22 years in prison, a Hindu priest now asks a Tamil nationalist Facebook page why it revived his case — and got key facts wrong. #Jaffna www.jaffnamonitor.com/why-drag-my-...

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Jaffna Monitor @jaffnamonitor.bsky.social · 22h

Three presidencies, one unresolved case: an MP is back in court over grazing land in Batticaloa that authorities once promised to clear. www.jaffnamonitor.com/batticaloa-m...

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Jaffna Monitor @jaffnamonitor.bsky.social · 22h

A Tamil ally within Premadasa's own coalition has written to him over Kiriella's choice of words at a meeting with Buddhist clergy. What exactly was said? www.jaffnamonitor.com/oppositions-...

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Jaffna Monitor @jaffnamonitor.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

A 17-year-old developed oral cancer after chewing areca nut. Doctors say flavoured packets are now sold near schools across Sri Lanka. #Jaffna www.jaffnamonitor.com/sri-lankan-d...

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Jaffna Monitor @jaffnamonitor.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Who bombed the Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic? The opposition blamed the JVP. Malwatte's chief prelate had a different answer #SriLanka www.jaffnamonitor.com/the-jvp-did-...

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Jaffna Monitor @jaffnamonitor.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

She declined to file a police complaint against him, worried it would ruin his future. Weeks later, she was dead. #Jaffna www.jaffnamonitor.com/jaffna-teach...

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Jaffna Monitor @jaffnamonitor.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

A president who said he wouldn't bend prison rules for one monk gave his minister two weeks to rewrite them anyway. #SriLanka www.jaffnamonitor.com/president-de...

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Jaffna Monitor @jaffnamonitor.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

17 weeks of Sunday protests at Palaly. 36 years after displacement, residents are still asking for their land back. www.jaffnamonitor.com/we-want-to-d...

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Jaffna Monitor @jaffnamonitor.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Lionel Bopage drafted the JVP's commitment to Tamil self-determination in 1978 — then watched the party drop it in 1983. What does he say now about the NPP? #Jaffna www.jaffnamonitor.com/featured/the...

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Jaffna Monitor @jaffnamonitor.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Nobel laureate Navi Pillay honoured Neelan Tiruchelvam in Colombo with a pointed warning about war crimes tribunals. What did she say about political will? #Jaffna www.jaffnamonitor.com/featured/in-...

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Jaffna Monitor @jaffnamonitor.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Land reservations open in November at Paranthan, with Kankesanthurai infrastructure to follow in January. But no cost, jobs, or investor commitments yet. #Jaffna www.jaffnamonitor.com/can-two-expo...

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Jaffna Monitor @jaffnamonitor.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

105 monks walked from Kandy's Temple of the Sacred Tooth toward Colombo to demand a jailed cleric's release. Who stayed behind matters too. #SriLanka www.jaffnamonitor.com/buddhist-mon...

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Jaffna Monitor @jaffnamonitor.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

She defended Mandela's co-accused, judged Rwanda's genocide tribunal, and pressed Colombo on Tamil war deaths. Now Navi Pillay has won the Nobel Peace Prize. #JaffnaMonitor www.jaffnamonitor.com/featured/nav...

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Jaffna Monitor @jaffnamonitor.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Could converting to Islam save Sivarasa Anojan from execution in Saudi Arabia? Tamil politicians say they can't confirm the report. #SriLanka www.jaffnamonitor.com/sri-lankan-f...

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Jaffna Monitor @jaffnamonitor.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Anne Carson was in Iceland "listening to the wind" when the Nobel call came. Her editor couldn't even reach her. #NobelPrize www.jaffnamonitor.com/canadian-poe...

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Jaffna Monitor @jaffnamonitor.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Can prison officials strip a monk of his robes without the clergy's consent? That dispute now has the president reviewing a 149-year-old law. www.jaffnamonitor.com/president-or...

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Jaffna Monitor @jaffnamonitor.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

A 19-year-old student in Kalmunai was found dead at home, months after losing his father. Police are piecing together his final hours. www.jaffnamonitor.com/19-year-old-...

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Jaffna Monitor @jaffnamonitor.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Shiranthi Rajapaksa remanded until Oct. 13 over 10 million rupees meant for a children's hospital CT scanner. What happened to the scanner? www.jaffnamonitor.com/shiranthi-ra...

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Jaffna Monitor @jaffnamonitor.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Can prison officials decide a monk loses his robes? Sri Lanka's four top Buddhist prelates say no — and have told the state so directly over Gnanasara Thero's case. www.jaffnamonitor.com/featured/who...

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Jaffna Monitor @jaffnamonitor.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

A handwritten letter, smuggled to the Saudi royal court, reportedly saved a Sri Lankan maid from execution. The diplomat behind it never spoke publicly about it. www.jaffnamonitor.com/a-letter-to-...

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Jaffna Monitor @jaffnamonitor.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Nineteen years after his killing during curfew, no one has ever been prosecuted. A university medal now carries his name. www.jaffnamonitor.com/nineteen-yea...

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Jaffna Monitor @jaffnamonitor.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Namal Rajapaksa remains in remand as the Bribery Commission probes a 70 million rupee payment tied to Krish and a rugby tournament that may never have been sponsored. #SriLanka www.jaffnamonitor.com/namal-rajapa...

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Jaffna Monitor @jaffnamonitor.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Six months after a Jaffna University lecturer's body was found in Thanankilappu, police have filed a charge sheet against her daughter and son-in-law. #JaffnaMonitor www.jaffnamonitor.com/daughter-son...

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Jaffna Monitor @jaffnamonitor.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

A 38-year-old Jaffna man died in a house fire near Paris while visiting relatives. What sparked the blaze remains unexplained. #Jaffna www.jaffnamonitor.com/jaffna-man-d...

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Jaffna Monitor @jaffnamonitor.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Two Jaffna MPs clash in Parliament after Shritharan calls for the LTTE ban to be lifted. Now officials must decide what gets erased from Hansard. www.jaffnamonitor.com/shritharans-...

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Jaffna Monitor @jaffnamonitor.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Sri Lanka says it's scrapping the PTA. Rights groups say its replacement can still jail you for two years without charge. #SriLanka www.jaffnamonitor.com/featured/sri...

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Jaffna Monitor @jaffnamonitor.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

A statue went up in Jaffna, then came down — and protests followed. Now an MP wants to know: how is a Thileepan commemoration legal at all? #SriLanka www.jaffnamonitor.com/how-can-thil...

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Jaffna Monitor @jaffnamonitor.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

After nearly four months at the National Hospital, a medical board has cleared Maj. Gen. Suresh Salley for discharge. What happens to the stalled CID inquiry now? #SriLanka www.jaffnamonitor.com/after-four-m...

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Jaffna Monitor @jaffnamonitor.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

250,000 archaeological sites, 8 World Heritage listings — yet most of Sri Lanka's heritage has no map, no QR code, no linked museum object. #Heritage www.jaffnamonitor.com/the-island-a...

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Jaffna Monitor @jaffnamonitor.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

An RTI Commission ordered the Health Ministry to hand over two complaint letters by Sept 25. It's now October. What happens when a ministry ignores an RTI order? #RTI www.jaffnamonitor.com/oncologist-w...

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Jaffna Monitor @jaffnamonitor.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

The man once stripped bare by an angry crowd in 2022 was back in the news this week — this time in police custody in Mirihana. #SriLanka www.jaffnamonitor.com/once-strippe...

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Jaffna Monitor @jaffnamonitor.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

A Jaffna cookery teacher was stabbed to death at home days before she was due to start a new teaching job. The suspect died hours later on a rail line. www.jaffnamonitor.com/jaffna-hospi...

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Jaffna Monitor @jaffnamonitor.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Why did Gnanasara Thero go silent before his Court of Appeal hearing? His lawyer gave an answer involving a weak phone signal. #SriLanka www.jaffnamonitor.com/featured/gna...

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Jaffna Monitor @jaffnamonitor.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Karuna Amman spent over four hours at Colombo CID on Monday. Which abduction inquiry brought him in this time? #SriLanka www.jaffnamonitor.com/featured/kar...

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Jaffna Monitor @jaffnamonitor.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Jaffna's wells once defined daily life. Decades of studies have tracked their decline — so why has so little changed on the ground? #Jaffna www.jaffnamonitor.com/tnnnniir-tnn...

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Jaffna Monitor @jaffnamonitor.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Land was cleared in Mankulam for a youth office in 2012. 14 years later, nothing's been built—and now the office may move elsewhere entirely. www.jaffnamonitor.com/14-years-aft...

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Jaffna Monitor @jaffnamonitor.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Six community groups in Uruthirapuram want police to reopen the Samarazhagi case after the suspect was released. #Kilinochchi www.jaffnamonitor.com/six-kilinoch...

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Jaffna Monitor @jaffnamonitor.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The Thileepan bust is now in court custody. Eight days after police removed it, one question remains unanswered: who put it there? www.jaffnamonitor.com/police-hand-...

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Jaffna Monitor @jaffnamonitor.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

A former LTTE fighter testified he was detained by military intelligence and told to call journalist Prageeth Eknaligoda before his disappearance. #SriLanka www.jaffnamonitor.com/they-made-me...

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Jaffna Monitor @jaffnamonitor.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The Sangupiddy Bridge links Jaffna to the mainland—and it's shutting down completely for five days starting Wednesday. What's prompting the emergency repairs? www.jaffnamonitor.com/sangupiddy-b...

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Jaffna Monitor @jaffnamonitor.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Sivarasa Anojan, the Sri Lankan sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia over a Facebook post, was reportedly attacked by other inmates and injured. #JaffnaMonitor www.jaffnamonitor.com/featured/siv...

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Jaffna Monitor @jaffnamonitor.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

A 17-year-old named 'Beauty of the War' is dead. Her village says she left a letter naming her threatener. Did police listen? #Kilinochchi www.jaffnamonitor.com/beauty-of-th...

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Jaffna Monitor @jaffnamonitor.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Four people summoned over a bust at Thileepan's memorial — but no one has said who actually put it there. #Jaffna www.jaffnamonitor.com/featured/fou...

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Jaffna Monitor @jaffnamonitor.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

The man whose lawsuit has kept ITAK's elected president out of office for nearly two years now says he'll drop the case — but only on one condition. #ITAK www.jaffnamonitor.com/featured/man...

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Jaffna Monitor @jaffnamonitor.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Can Xue tops Ladbrokes' Nobel odds at 10/1 — but no favourite is priced as strongly as last year's winner. Who's in the running? #Nobel2026 www.jaffnamonitor.com/can-xue-lead...

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Jaffna Monitor @jaffnamonitor.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

The NPP promised to repeal the PTA. Sumanthiran says its replacement keeps the same powers — and he's launching a campaign to stop it. www.jaffnamonitor.com/sumanthiran-...

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Jaffna Monitor @jaffnamonitor.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

A ride from the bus junction to Katunayake airport costs 400 rupees by app. Some tuk-tuk drivers are charging 5,000. #JaffnaMonitor www.jaffnamonitor.com/rs-5-000-for...

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Jaffna Monitor @jaffnamonitor.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

A man lying on the railway tracks in Inuvil-Karaikal, headphones on, didn't hear the train coming. He survived — but at a devastating cost. www.jaffnamonitor.com/jaffna-man-l...

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Jaffna Monitor @jaffnamonitor.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Weeks after going missing, Gnanasara Thero has been arrested at a forest monastery in Kalutara District after two courts issued warrants. #SriLanka www.jaffnamonitor.com/featured/pol...

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Jaffna Monitor @jaffnamonitor.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

A plumber who watches 'Air Crash Investigation' ended up gripping the controls of Flight 1073. Here's what happened in the cockpit. #Flydubai www.jaffnamonitor.com/inside-the-t...

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