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JDS @jdslanka.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

While the Tamils are being intimidated & threatened for commemorating members of their lost generations in war, Colombo International Book Fair inaugurated by Sri Lanka's prime minister @Dr_HariniA, dedicates a space for "war literature" to glorify state narrative.

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JDS @jdslanka.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Ending a 2 week long remembrance period, 100s of Tamils gathered in Nallur, Jaffna on Saturday (26) to pay their respect to Lt. Col. Thileepan - LTTE's political leader for Jaffna peninsula - who fasted unto death in a historic hunger strike lasted for 12 days in Sept. 1987.

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JDS @jdslanka.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Paramasivam Anton Newton of Visuwamadu, a Tamil actor, is summoned by Sri Lanka's counter-terrorism unit to be present at CTID office in Jaffna on Sunday (20) for an inquiry about his appearance in an award winning Tamil movie, "Dark Days of Heaven" (வெந்து தணிந்தது காடு).

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JDS @jdslanka.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Phase 3 | Day 51: The cumulative count of bodies discovered from Chemmani mass grave in Jaffna rose to 552, including 15 skeletons found on Tuesday (11), 5 on Wednesday & 8 more on Thursday (13) , while 540 of those have now been fully exhumed. | 📷 ©Sumithi Thangarasa /JDS

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JDS @jdslanka.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Phase 3 | Day 47: On Saturday (08), the team led by forensic archaeologist Prof. Raj Somadeva, working under the supervision of Jaffna Magistrate's Court identified 8 more skeletons at Chemmani mass grave as the total body count reached 515. | 📷 © Sumithi Thangarasa / JDS

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JDS @jdslanka.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Phase 3 | Day 43, 44 & 45: During the past 3 days, 20 more human skeketal remains have been discovered during the excavations at Chemmani mass grave in Jaffna, the largest mass burial site found in the island, increasing the total number of bodies found to 499.

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JDS @jdslanka.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Phase 3 | Day 40: With the 4 skeletons identified during Wednesday's (22) excavations at Chemmani mass grave in Jaffna, the total number found across all 3 phases reached 471 while visiting EU delegates met the forensic team & victim families demanding justice.|©Kumanan Kanapathipillai

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JDS @jdslanka.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Amidst heavy police presence, members of the Association of Relatives of Enforced Disappearances (ARED) handed in a memorandum outlining their demands for justice to EU delegation, who visited Chemmani mass grave in Jaffna on Wednesday (22). | 📹© Sumithi Thangarasa / JDS

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JDS @jdslanka.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

As a delegation from EU states visited Chemmani massgrave in Jaffna on Wednesday (22), where Sri Lanka's largest mass burial site was found, members of the Association of Relatives of Enforced Disappearances staged a protest demanding an int'l investigation. | 📷 © Shanmugam Thavaseelan

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JDS @jdslanka.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Phase 3 | Day 39: Today (21), under the supervision of Jaffna magistrate's court, 13 more skeletons were identified during the excavations at mass grave in Chemmani, Jaffna as the total number of bodies discovered from the site reached 467. |📷 © Kumanan Kanapathipillai / JDS

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JDS @jdslanka.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Phase 3 | Day 38: With the latest identifications made on Monday (20), 8 more bodies were found at Chemmani mass grave in Jaffna, bringing the total number of human skeletons discovered from the site to 454, while 440 of them have now been fully exhumed. | 📷 © Kumanan Kanapathipillai

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Vajra Chandrasekera @vajra.me · 19/07/2026

Sri Lanka's largest mass grave. The International Truth and Justice Project's report on Chemmani, published last week is very good and detailed. itjpsl.com/reports/chem...

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JDS @jdslanka.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Phase 3 | Day 37: Nine more skeletons were discovered on Sunday (19) during the ongoing excavation in Chemmani mass grave in Jaffna, - the largest to be found in the island. With the latest findings, the total number of bodies found at the site reached 446. | 📷 © Kumanan Kanapathipillai / JDS

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JDS @jdslanka.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Phase 3 | Day 34, 35 & 36 While the excavation work at the Chemmani mass grave continued into Thursday (16), Friday & Saturday, 23 more bodies were identified by the foresic team, increasing the total number of skeletons discovered from the site to 437. | 📷 © Kumanan Kanapathipillai / JDS

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JDS @jdslanka.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

A photo exhitibition opened to the public on Thursday (16), organised by 'Act Now' collective, highlighting involuntary disappearances, ethno-religious violence, displacement & ongoing land grabbing in the north east, will run until 20 July at JDA Perera Gallery in Colombo 7.

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JDS @jdslanka.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

While visiting a photo exhibition in Colombo on Saturday (18), Sri Lanka's opposition leader Sajith Premadasa, the son of former president R. Premadasa (1989-1993), looks at photographs on display,depicting mothers of disappeared in southern Sri Lanka, during his father's tenure.

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JDS @jdslanka.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Families of the missing held a silent protest in front of Mātale magistrate's court in central Sri Lanka on Thursday (16), demanding a fresh probe into Mātale mass grave, where at least 154 human skeletons were found in November 2012. | 📹© Luxman Warnakulasuriya / JDS

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JDS @jdslanka.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Phase 3 | Day 33: As Chemmani mass grave excavation resumed on Wednesday (15) after 2 weeks break, two more skeletons were identified by the forensic team, bringing the total number of bodies recovered from the site to 414, which has become the largest mass grave found in Sri Lanka.

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JDS @jdslanka.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

@peninternational.bsky.social raises concern over Sri Lanka using national security, customs & public order provisions to censor literary & journalistic works and calls on authorities to release all remaining copies of P. Theepachelvan's books. www.pen-international.org/news/sri-lan...

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JDS @jdslanka.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Phase 3 / Day 31: The total number of skeletons identified at Sri Lanka's largest mass grave in Chemmani surged to 412 on Monday (22), following the discovery of 7 more skeletal remains by the forensic team working under Prof. Raj Somadeva.| 📷 © Sumithi Thangarasa

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JDS @jdslanka.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Phase 3 / Day 27 As 14 more bodies were discovered from the Jaffna mass burial site by the forensic team led by Prof. Raj Somadeva on Wednesday (17), Chemmani-Siththupaththi has now become the LARGEST MASS GRAVE ever found in Sri Lanka, with 380 bodies. | 📷 Kumanan Kanapathipillai

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JDS @jdslanka.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Phase 3 | Day 25 The number of human skeletons identified from the Chemmani-Siththupaththi mass grave in Jaffna by the excavation team led by forensic archaeologist Prof. Raj Somadeva has surged to a total of 360 with the latest 5 bodies found on Monday (15). | 📷 © Kumanan Kanapathipillai

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JDS @jdslanka.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Phase 3 / Day 24: Two more skeletal remains were unearthed during the excavations in Chemmani mass grave in Jaffna on Sunday (14), bringing the total body count to 355 while 341 skeletons have now been fully exhumed. | 📷 ©Kumanan Kanapathipillai

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JDS @jdslanka.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

UPDATE: Chavakachcheri Magistrate, on Friday (12), granted bail to Tamil rapper Ganeskumar Sangeethsan after police informed that Sri Lanka's Attorney General has instructed to charge him for "sedition" under section 120 of the Penal Code, instead of Prevention of Terrorism Act.

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JDS @jdslanka.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Phase 3 / Day 22: As another day closes in Chemmani, Jaffna, the total number of skeletons unearthed from the mass grave site stands at 341, including the two skeletal remains found on Thursday (11). | 📸 K. Kumanan

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JDS @jdslanka.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Phase 3 | Day 21: 12 more skeletons were identified during the excavations carried out at Chemmani mass grave in Jaffna on Wednesday (10), bringing the total number to 339 while 318 of those have now been fully exhumed. | 📷 © K.Kumanan

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JDS @jdslanka.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Phase 3 / Day 20: 9 more skeletons, including those of 8 children, were exhumed at Chemmani mass grave site today, bringing the total number to 327, as the excavation led by Prof. Raj Somadeva continues under the supervision of Jaffna Magistrates' Court. | 📷 K. Kumanan

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JDS @jdslanka.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

JUNE 8, 2026: A total of 318 skeletons, including 16 unearthed on Monday, have been identified during the third phase of excavations at Sri Lanka's second largest mass grave in Chemmani-Siththupaththi, in Jaffna where skeletal remains of infants & children were also found. | 📷 K. Kumanan

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JDS @jdslanka.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

A young Tamil musician, Ganesh Kumar Sankeethan (24) from Udayanagar-West, Kilinochchi was ordered to be remanded for 14 days by Chavakachcheri Magistrate today, after he was arrested under PTA by Kilinochchi police on Tuesday (2) accusing him of performing a song in memory of war dead.

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JDS @jdslanka.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

1000s of union members representing Sri Lanka's apparel, plantation, education, health, postal, telecommunication, banking & media sectors joined a massive march against imperialist wars, exploitation & genocide as they marked the International Workers' Day in Colombo.

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JDS @jdslanka.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Dharmaratnam Sivaram aka 'Taraki', legendary Tamil journalist, military analyst & editor of 'Tamil Net', murdered 21 yrs ago, was remembered in his eastern hometown Batticaloa on Tuesday (28) by Batticaloa District Tamil Journalists Association & eastern province journalists.

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JDS @jdslanka.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

🧵 1/2 Sri Lanka's Minister of Cultural Affairs Mr. Sunil Senevi: "What is on social media is shared by a politically bankrupt group...2 books were not released based on recommendations made by the the Ministry of Defence & Customs. The State Literary Panel has nothing to do with that."

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JDS @jdslanka.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

'Theepachelvan is a writer as well as a teacher. While the government is officially celebrating Thaipongal and other events in Jaffna, they censor Tamil writers' freedom to express an opinion, which we vehemently condemn.' - J.Stalin Gen. Secretary, Ceylon Teachers Union

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JDS @jdslanka.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

'What reason is there to detain books written by a Tamil writer, when they say there is peace in the country? The only reason is him being a Tamil; no other reason. What reconciliation can be achieved by censoring Tamil books? ' - Reputed writer Gamini Viyangoda

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JDS @jdslanka.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

During a press conference held in Colombo on Wednesday (22), prominent writers, journalists & trade unionists unequivocally condemned the decision taken by Sri Lanka's Cultural Ministry & Ministry of Defence to detain books written by award winning Tamil writer P. Theepachelvan.

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Anupama Ranawana @msamrc.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Not good enough. Release all his books. Sri Lanka Government censoring Tamil poet Theepachelvan

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Vajra Chandrasekera @vajra.me · 22/04/2026

Saw this incredible (and I mean that in the most pejorative sense possible) statement by Jayathilaka Kammallaweera. Is he actually on the arts council subpanel that made this decision, or is he just opining? www.facebook.com/reel/1631110...

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JDS @jdslanka.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Families of victims & members of religious community, demanding justice, silently walked down the streets of Negombo in western Sri Lanka on Tuesday (21) to mark the 7th anniversary of Easter Sunday bombing that killed 269, in a series of explosions in churches & hotels. |📹 Lakshman Warnakulasuriya

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JDS @jdslanka.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

UPDATE: Director General of Customs has informed Tamil writer Theepachelvan, that based on recommendations made by Sri Lanka Arts Council & State Literary Sub-Panel, 2 of his books will be released while the rest will be retained in their custody under section 120 of the Penal Code.

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JDS @jdslanka.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

1. During a meeting held on Friday (17), members of Sri Lanka's state run Arts Council & State Literary Sub-Panel refrained from stating their opinion on the decision made in late march by Customs Dept. to detain 360 copies of 5 books written by acclaimed Tamil writer Theepachelvan Piratheepan. 🧵

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JDS @jdslanka.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

'US attacks against civilians & civilian infrastructure in Iran that are essential to their survival, can be characterised as genocidal acts...US President's statements may be relied upon as evidence demonstrating a specific intent to eliminate the Iranian people.' -ITJP itjpsl.com/assets/No-4-...

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JDS @jdslanka.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

During a protest march in Kilinochchi on Friday (20), relatives of the disappeared highlighted the current NPP govt's policy of duplicity towards genocidal crimes against Tamils, by focusing on state's constant reluctance in holding perpetrators accountable for their crimes.

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JDS @jdslanka.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

While marching to mark 3287 days of protest, relatives of the disappeared Tamils on Friday (20) stopped by the Office on Missing Persons (OMP) in Kilinochchi to voice their protest against inaction of the state run body tasked with 'searching for & tracing missing persons.'

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JDS @jdslanka.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Hundreds of relatives of the #Tamils who disappeared at the hands of #SriLanka's state armed forces took to the streets of war ravaged #Kilinochchi on Friday (20) to mark the 9th year of the longest running protest campaign seeking truth & justice on the island.

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JDS @jdslanka.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

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).

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JDS @jdslanka.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

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

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JDS @jdslanka.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

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.

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JDS @jdslanka.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

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.

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JDS @jdslanka.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

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.

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JDS @jdslanka.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

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.

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