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Everyone on the tour has a relationship to the military: one lady grieves for her friend who died with Kobbekaduwa, while another recounts a book she kept as a girl, with cutouts of soldiers. “The Army was my entire heart back then,” she says. examiner.media/pilgrims-on-co…

💔 full story on his ig.

Sri Lankan criminals really need to up their name game man. Imagine getting death threats by a dude named “Samaposha”. I’d die from embarrassment.

It’s been two and a half months since (22 Aug) Foreign Minister Vijitha Herath told Parliament of Sri Lanka that the draft bill to repeal the #PTA would be gazetted in early September. The continued delay only prolongs injustice. #lka #HumanRights #RepealPTA

BREAKING: Zohran Mamdani wins New York City mayoral election

Breaking News: Zohran Mamdani, a 34-year-old state lawmaker from Queens, will be the 111th mayor of New York. He will be the first Muslim to ever lead the city, as well as its first South Asian mayor and the youngest mayor in more than a century. nyti.ms/4qK137J

On 2nd and 4th November, two female staff members of Trincomalee District Women's Network (TDWN), Logeswaran Yaththika and Ravinthran Krishnavaani, received summons to appear at the Counter Terrorism Investigation Department (CTID) office on 4th and 7th November, respectively.

A very interesting piece published by the Examiner: examiner.media/pilgrims-on-co… Prof. Nira Wickramasinghe and Prof. Nirmal Dewasiri wrote about this shortly after the war ended. It seems not much has changed in the last decade. #lkahistory

Links to the earlier reports: researchgate.net/publication/34…

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The Ilankai Tamil Arasu Kadchi (ITAK) has written to President Anura Kumara Dissanayake opposing the appointment of ex-military and defence officials to the Office of Reparations. For years, families of victims have said they have no faith in domestic accountability. They’ve

Issue #9 dropped 🔥

Can’t lie, I have missed these great AKD burns in Parliament

Why is the gov subsiding tea companies by paying a part of the plantation workers salary ?

Story on The Examiner about impunity in the police. How officers found guilty of torture continue to serve, and are promoted. mimi alphonsus

#SriLanka: As the NPP government marks a year in office, PM Harini Amarasuriya speaks to The Hindu about successes and challenges in governance, economic reform, accountability, ethnic reconciliation, foreign relations, and more. Full interview 👇 thehindu.com/news/internati…

Police torture in #lka is systemic. Supreme Court judgements & HRC decisions are few & conviction rates are abysmal. This piece reveals the culture of impunity - the careers of officers found to have violated human rights progress, while victims often suffer lifelong impacts.