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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.
January 26, 2026 at 7:29 AM
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.
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.
January 24, 2026 at 10:49 PM
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.
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.
January 24, 2026 at 2:23 PM
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.
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.
January 23, 2026 at 1:17 PM
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.
The 17th death anniversary of Sri Lankan journalist Lasantha Wickrematunge, who was murdered in Colombo by armed members of state security forces, was marked on Thursday (8) by family members & fellow journalists at his grave site in Borella Cemetery.| 📷 Sakuna M. Gamage
January 8, 2026 at 8:51 AM
The 17th death anniversary of Sri Lankan journalist Lasantha Wickrematunge, who was murdered in Colombo by armed members of state security forces, was marked on Thursday (8) by family members & fellow journalists at his grave site in Borella Cemetery.| 📷 Sakuna M. Gamage
Hundreds of trade unionists & social activists took to the streets in Sri Lanka's capital Colombo and staged a protest in front of the US embassy on Monday (5), condemning the US aggression against Venezuela. | 📷 Sakuna M. Gamage
January 6, 2026 at 7:28 AM
Hundreds of trade unionists & social activists took to the streets in Sri Lanka's capital Colombo and staged a protest in front of the US embassy on Monday (5), condemning the US aggression against Venezuela. | 📷 Sakuna M. Gamage
Sivakumaran Hayakirivan of Trincomalee, a Tamil provincial journalist & social activist who is a prominent member of community based organisation "Thalam" has been summoned to be present at the regional office of the Counter Terrorism & Investigation Division on Friday (27).
November 27, 2025 at 6:06 AM
Sivakumaran Hayakirivan of Trincomalee, a Tamil provincial journalist & social activist who is a prominent member of community based organisation "Thalam" has been summoned to be present at the regional office of the Counter Terrorism & Investigation Division on Friday (27).
Dr. Kāsipillai Manoharan (84), a persistent fighter who campaigned to get justice for his son Ragihar Manoharan (20) executed with 4 Tamil students in Trincomalee on 02.01.2006 by Sri Lanka's police Special Task Force, passed away in exile on Sunday(21), without seeing justice.
RIP🪔
RIP🪔
September 21, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Dr. Kāsipillai Manoharan (84), a persistent fighter who campaigned to get justice for his son Ragihar Manoharan (20) executed with 4 Tamil students in Trincomalee on 02.01.2006 by Sri Lanka's police Special Task Force, passed away in exile on Sunday(21), without seeing justice.
RIP🪔
RIP🪔
A joint report by International Truth & Justice Project & @redress.org, "The Killing of Sri Lankan Journalists:the case of Nimalarajan Mylvaganam" was released in Jaffna in an event organised by Jaffna Press Club on Sunday(7) to mark the 25th anniversary of the killing of BBC reporter M.Nimalarajan.
September 7, 2025 at 5:20 PM
A joint report by International Truth & Justice Project & @redress.org, "The Killing of Sri Lankan Journalists:the case of Nimalarajan Mylvaganam" was released in Jaffna in an event organised by Jaffna Press Club on Sunday(7) to mark the 25th anniversary of the killing of BBC reporter M.Nimalarajan.
Thursday (21) marks the 12th day since excavations recommenced at the Colombo port mass burial site where over 85 bodies, haphazardly buried without clothes, were unearthed. The site was first found in July 2023 during construction work for the Port City Expressway entrance.
August 21, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Thursday (21) marks the 12th day since excavations recommenced at the Colombo port mass burial site where over 85 bodies, haphazardly buried without clothes, were unearthed. The site was first found in July 2023 during construction work for the Port City Expressway entrance.
UPDATE: After being interrogated for over 7 hours about his journalistic work by the police counter- terrorism officers, journalist K.Kumanan left Alampil CTID station with his lawyer Nadarajar Kandeepan, a short while ago.
August 17, 2025 at 4:54 PM
UPDATE: After being interrogated for over 7 hours about his journalistic work by the police counter- terrorism officers, journalist K.Kumanan left Alampil CTID station with his lawyer Nadarajar Kandeepan, a short while ago.
Tamil journalist Kanapathipillai Kumanan is seen walking into Alampil sub-station of Counter Terrorism & Investigation Division with his lawyer Nadarajar Kandeepan, on Sunday morning (17), after he was summoned under PTA for an "inquiry" abt his journalistic work in Tamil areas.
August 17, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Tamil journalist Kanapathipillai Kumanan is seen walking into Alampil sub-station of Counter Terrorism & Investigation Division with his lawyer Nadarajar Kandeepan, on Sunday morning (17), after he was summoned under PTA for an "inquiry" abt his journalistic work in Tamil areas.
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#SriLanka: Kanapathipillai Kumanan, who covered the recent exhumations of mass graves, has been summoned on 17 August. by the anti-terrorism division for an unspecified "investigation.” RSF denounces this new act of intimidation and demands an end to police harassment of this Tamil photojournalist.
August 13, 2025 at 3:29 PM
#SriLanka: Kanapathipillai Kumanan, who covered the recent exhumations of mass graves, has been summoned on 17 August. by the anti-terrorism division for an unspecified "investigation.” RSF denounces this new act of intimidation and demands an end to police harassment of this Tamil photojournalist.
International media rights group, Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Sri Lankan authorities to "immediately stop harassing photojournalist Kanapathipillai Kumanan", who has been summoned by Counter Terrorism & Investigation Division (CTID).
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August 12, 2025 at 1:32 PM
International media rights group, Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Sri Lankan authorities to "immediately stop harassing photojournalist Kanapathipillai Kumanan", who has been summoned by Counter Terrorism & Investigation Division (CTID).
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On 27.10.89 M.S.Wijeratna of Divulapitiya, a father of 4,was abducted by a police team led by OIC Nimal Fernando. And thus began his brother Ratnasiri's long search for justice for victims of Walpita mass grave.
Today, as the sun set over Divulapitiya, Ratnasiri was laid to rest.
Today, as the sun set over Divulapitiya, Ratnasiri was laid to rest.
August 12, 2025 at 12:02 PM
On 27.10.89 M.S.Wijeratna of Divulapitiya, a father of 4,was abducted by a police team led by OIC Nimal Fernando. And thus began his brother Ratnasiri's long search for justice for victims of Walpita mass grave.
Today, as the sun set over Divulapitiya, Ratnasiri was laid to rest.
Today, as the sun set over Divulapitiya, Ratnasiri was laid to rest.
Mihindukulasuriyage Ratnasiri, who led the families of the disappeared in the mid 90s braving threats and intimidation, demanding justice for the victims of Divulapitiya mass grave in western Sri Lanka, passed away on Sunday (10) morning without seeing justice.
Rest in power!🪔
Rest in power!🪔
August 12, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Mihindukulasuriyage Ratnasiri, who led the families of the disappeared in the mid 90s braving threats and intimidation, demanding justice for the victims of Divulapitiya mass grave in western Sri Lanka, passed away on Sunday (10) morning without seeing justice.
Rest in power!🪔
Rest in power!🪔
Chemmani mass grave body count rises to 147 as 6 more bodies - including skeletal remains of infants - unearthed on Wednesday (6), marking the end of the second phase of an excavation process that continued for 41 days. #SriLanka #MassGrave| 📸 Sakuna M. Gamage
August 7, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Chemmani mass grave body count rises to 147 as 6 more bodies - including skeletal remains of infants - unearthed on Wednesday (6), marking the end of the second phase of an excavation process that continued for 41 days. #SriLanka #MassGrave| 📸 Sakuna M. Gamage
Asian Football Confederation, one of the six continental confederations operating under #FIFA, has imposed US $2000 fine on #SriLankan midfielder Mohamed Thilham for showing solidarity with #Palestine following a win against Chinese Taipei in a qualifying match played on June 10.
August 7, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Asian Football Confederation, one of the six continental confederations operating under #FIFA, has imposed US $2000 fine on #SriLankan midfielder Mohamed Thilham for showing solidarity with #Palestine following a win against Chinese Taipei in a qualifying match played on June 10.
#SriLanka's Counter Terrorism & Investigation Division (CTID)has summoned leading #Tamil journalist & rights defender, K. Kumanan, informing him to appear at CTID Sub-station in #Alampil, #Mullaithivu on August 17th for an 'inquiry'. @pressefreiheit.bsky.social @pressfreedom.bsky.social @rsf.org
August 7, 2025 at 6:44 AM
#SriLanka's Counter Terrorism & Investigation Division (CTID)has summoned leading #Tamil journalist & rights defender, K. Kumanan, informing him to appear at CTID Sub-station in #Alampil, #Mullaithivu on August 17th for an 'inquiry'. @pressefreiheit.bsky.social @pressfreedom.bsky.social @rsf.org
On Tuesday (5), 100s of relatives of the disappeared Tamils visited the 2 forensic excavation sites in Chemmani, Jaffna where skeletal remains of at least 141 victims have been unearthed from a mass grave during an exhumation process ongoing for 40 days. | 📸 © Sakuna M. Gamage
August 5, 2025 at 6:19 PM
On Tuesday (5), 100s of relatives of the disappeared Tamils visited the 2 forensic excavation sites in Chemmani, Jaffna where skeletal remains of at least 141 victims have been unearthed from a mass grave during an exhumation process ongoing for 40 days. | 📸 © Sakuna M. Gamage
As the 18th day of the ongoing excavations at Chemmani mass grave in Jaffna concluded for Wednesday (23), the ever staggering body count stood at 85 with five more human remains unearthed during the day.
July 23, 2025 at 7:50 PM
As the 18th day of the ongoing excavations at Chemmani mass grave in Jaffna concluded for Wednesday (23), the ever staggering body count stood at 85 with five more human remains unearthed during the day.
After inspecting the de-mining site in Sampur where human remains were found 3 days ago, Magistrate of Muttur Ms H.M.T.Fowsan, today (23) instructed the judicial medical officer, Dept. of Archaeology & officials of Mine Advisory Group to submit their observations in 2 separate reports by July 30.
July 23, 2025 at 11:55 AM
After inspecting the de-mining site in Sampur where human remains were found 3 days ago, Magistrate of Muttur Ms H.M.T.Fowsan, today (23) instructed the judicial medical officer, Dept. of Archaeology & officials of Mine Advisory Group to submit their observations in 2 separate reports by July 30.
Workers of Mine Action Group have uncovered human skeletal remains in a de-mining site at Children's Park in the eastern town of Sampur on Sunday (20), lying in close proximity to a location where at least 57 civilians were shot, hacked & burnt to death by Sri Lankan armed forces on 7 July 1990.
July 21, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Workers of Mine Action Group have uncovered human skeletal remains in a de-mining site at Children's Park in the eastern town of Sampur on Sunday (20), lying in close proximity to a location where at least 57 civilians were shot, hacked & burnt to death by Sri Lankan armed forces on 7 July 1990.
As the second phase of the excavations at Chemmani Siththupaththi mass grave in Jaffna came to an end on Wednesday (9), the forensic team led by chief archaeologist Prof. Raj Somadeva & consultant JMO Dr. S. Pranavan has unearthed 63 human skeletal remains from the site.
July 10, 2025 at 7:07 AM
As the second phase of the excavations at Chemmani Siththupaththi mass grave in Jaffna came to an end on Wednesday (9), the forensic team led by chief archaeologist Prof. Raj Somadeva & consultant JMO Dr. S. Pranavan has unearthed 63 human skeletal remains from the site.
On 24 Oct. 2024, Sri Lanka's Public Security Minister @HMVijithaHerath told media that '3 Sri Lankans were arrested following intel. reports indicating security threats to Israeli nationals'.
21 y/o student Shuhail was among them who still remain behind bars.
His crime was to share these 2 imojis!
21 y/o student Shuhail was among them who still remain behind bars.
His crime was to share these 2 imojis!
July 9, 2025 at 2:33 PM
On 24 Oct. 2024, Sri Lanka's Public Security Minister @HMVijithaHerath told media that '3 Sri Lankans were arrested following intel. reports indicating security threats to Israeli nationals'.
21 y/o student Shuhail was among them who still remain behind bars.
His crime was to share these 2 imojis!
21 y/o student Shuhail was among them who still remain behind bars.
His crime was to share these 2 imojis!