/…was convicted in 2000 for the brutal murder of 8 displaced civilians, including a 5yr old child, in…Jaffna. This gruesome incident underscored the severe human rights abuses during SL’s civil conflict, attracting significant international condemnation/ ft.lk/front-page/SC-…

Worst-ever medical scam: National Audit Office confirms everything and more.

Severe violations of internal controls, neglect of accepted procurement guidelines and actions that surpassed Cabinet decisions. #SriLanka

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Met with families of the disappeared, former combatants, and former PTA detainees ahead of the 15th anniversary of the civil war's end. Even today many Sri Lankan citizens face continued intimidation. All families have the right to memorialize loved ones. Their stories are

Pleased to be part of the initiative to increase accessibility at the National Archives of Sri Lanka 🇱🇰 - which is the probably the most important repository of historical documents in the country. #Itihas

Fascinating to see #SriLanka govt allow Amnesty International’s chief to attend 15 anniversary memorialisation event at site of final killing fields of #Mulliviakkal - even as police disrupt local distribution of symbolic #kanji gruel in solidarity with Tamils killed in final battles.

UK Foreign Secretary Lord David Cameron has released a statement regarding the 15th anniversary of the end of the conflict in Sri Lanka.
MFA SriLanka 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka in London Anne-Marie Trevelyan MP Lord (Tariq)Ahmad of Wimbledon Rt Hon Andrew Mitchell MP Nus Ghani MP Ben Mellor Andrew Patrick M U M Ali Sabry

#SriLanka must take meaningful action to determine fates & whereabouts of tens of thousands of people who have been subjected to enforced disappearance over the decades.

Accountability must be addressed - Volker Türk on UN Human Rights report

It is time for the SL government and the public to get together to protect one of the best things in Sri Lanka.

Suwaseriya has saved thousands of lives in Sri Lanka.
Now Suwaseriya needs saving.

#SaveSuwaseriya1990

Prasanna Ranaweera got re-elected to parliament from the Gampaha district in 2020 with over 80,000 votes after attacking police personnel inside the parliament chamber with chillie powder, slapping a policeman & causing damage to public property. Only voters can stop the likes

Very concerned by what's happening in #Georgia . The Foreign Agents Law is in contradiction with the state's human rights obligations. During my country visit, I was repeatedly told that it wouldn't be reintroduced. HRDs now being attacked, intimidated & smeared Georgia UN/Geneva

The us administration's straight-faced denial that Israel uses US weapons in violation of Int'l Law is bewildering. Unless they think that razing cities to the ground & indiscriminately killing civilians is in line with Int'l Law.

India-gifted ambulance service in #SriLanka in need of critical support since crisis

Of its fleet of 322 vehicles, over 50 are unavailable, owing to either staff shortages or delay in repairs

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“My urgent appeal to authorities is just let people do that. Harassing people for remembering their loved ones goes against their basic human rights and fundamental freedoms.”
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I raised a privilege issue against Sec Public Sec & Controller Immigration for absconding their responsibility by failing to attend Parliament of Sri Lanka on #VFS fiasco. Such disregard for duty is disappointing, esp when time ws decided based on their request & convnience to both parties

#MullivaikalKanji serving event organized by the relatives of the enforced disappeared in Batticaloa has been interrupted and threatened by the police. The police have sent back the people who came to drink the Mullivaikal Kanji.

'The govt that's supposedly protecting rogues is introducing laws to catch rogues', says Ranil. The lack of laws is not the main issue when it comes to punishing corrupt politicians & officials in #SriLanka . It's the lack of political will. RW being typically disingenuous. #lka

The recent arrest of four Tamils in Sri Lanka’s Eastern Province — when they commemorated their loved ones killed in the final phases of the civil war in 2009 — has put Tamils’ right to memorialise in sharp focus yet again. Meera Srinivasan reports.
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DailyMirror how come commemoration becomes illegal? Is commemorating JVP and its leader Wijeweera also illegal? Why double standards. This not independent reporting but becoming mouth piece for police abuse! Shame!

Today marks the anniversary of the Nakba, when 750,000 Palestinians were expelled from their homes.

The Nakba didn't end in 1948. It is an ongoing campaign of ethnic cleansing, violence and occupation.

Our solidarity lives on - we will never give up on the Palestinian people.

Shameless plug here, but for what it’s worth, posting here since we’re talking about the arbitrary arrests of Tamils taking part in various memory initiatives. A paper from 2016 for Centre for Policy Alternatives Sri Lanka around why memorialisation is important. #mullivaikkal

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