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My translation of this Kafkaesque story by Shobasakthi is republished by @jaffnamonitor.bsky.social amid all the discussions of the #chemmani #massgraves

#SriLanka #civilwar #Tamil #shortstory #translation

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More mass graves at Chemmani and Sri Lanka’s old failures of justice IN FEBRUARY this year, I could hardly believe it when I heard that more bodies had been discovered during construction work near Chemmani, in Jaffna district in

"Sri Lanka’s NPP government has spoken of its commitment to reconciliation, but there can be no meaningful reconciliation without truth and justice."

Ingrid Massagé, an observer of the 1999 #Chemmani exhumations, reflects on newly uncovered mass graves:

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More mass graves at Chemmani and Sri Lanka’s old failures of justice IN FEBRUARY this year, I could hardly believe it when I heard that more bodies had been discovered during construction work near Chemmani, in Jaffna district in

"For Sri Lanka’s Tamils, who have long demanded accountability for war crimes, atrocities and human-rights violations, the mass graves at #Chemmani has renewed apprehensions over the real prospects for justice."

Ingrid Massagé writes on #lka:

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More mass graves at Chemmani and Sri Lanka’s old failures of justice IN FEBRUARY this year, I could hardly believe it when I heard that more bodies had been discovered during construction work near Chemmani, in Jaffna district in

"Found in Sri Lanka’s former war zone, the mass graves at Chemmani have brought the country’s troubled history back into focus 16 years after the civil war ended."

Ingrid Massagé on the mass graves at #Chemmani and Sri Lanka’s old failures of justice:

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More mass graves at Chemmani and Sri Lanka’s old failures of justice IN FEBRUARY this year, I could hardly believe it when I heard that more bodies had been discovered during construction work near Chemmani, in Jaffna district in

An observer of the 1999 #Chemmani exhumations, Ingrid Massagé, reflects on newly uncovered mass graves and Sri Lanka’s (#lka) continued failure to deliver justice for Tamil victims of war-time crimes:
buff.ly/NKP2gCA

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More mass graves at Chemmani and Sri Lanka’s old failures of justice IN FEBRUARY this year, I could hardly believe it when I heard that more bodies had been discovered during construction work near Chemmani, in Jaffna district in

"Sri Lanka’s NPP government has spoken of its commitment to reconciliation, but there can be no meaningful reconciliation without truth and justice."

Ingrid Massagé, an observer of the 1999 #Chemmani exhumations, reflects on newly uncovered mass graves:

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More mass graves at Chemmani and Sri Lanka’s old failures of justice IN FEBRUARY this year, I could hardly believe it when I heard that more bodies had been discovered during construction work near Chemmani, in Jaffna district in

"For Sri Lanka’s Tamils, who have long demanded accountability for war crimes, atrocities and human-rights violations, the mass graves at #Chemmani has renewed apprehensions over the real prospects for justice."

Ingrid Massagé writes:

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More mass graves at Chemmani and Sri Lanka’s old failures of justice IN FEBRUARY this year, I could hardly believe it when I heard that more bodies had been discovered during construction work near Chemmani, in Jaffna district in

"Found in Sri Lanka’s former war zone, the mass graves at #Chemmani have brought the country’s troubled history back into focus 16 years after the civil war ended."

Ingrid Massagé on the mass graves at Chemmani and Sri Lanka’s old failures of justice:

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More mass graves at Chemmani and Sri Lanka’s old failures of justice IN FEBRUARY this year, I could hardly believe it when I heard that more bodies had been discovered during construction work near Chemmani, in Jaffna district in

"The #Chemmani exhumations present yet another opportunity for Sri Lanka to confront and break through the entrenched cycle of impunity that has prevailed in the country for decades."

Ingrid Massagé writes on #lka:

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More mass graves at Chemmani and Sri Lanka’s old failures of justice IN FEBRUARY this year, I could hardly believe it when I heard that more bodies had been discovered during construction work near Chemmani, in Jaffna district in

"Sri Lanka’s NPP government has spoken of its commitment to reconciliation, but there can be no meaningful reconciliation without truth and justice."

Ingrid Massagé, an observer of the 1999 #Chemmani exhumations, reflects on newly uncovered mass graves:

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More mass graves at Chemmani and Sri Lanka’s old failures of justice IN FEBRUARY this year, I could hardly believe it when I heard that more bodies had been discovered during construction work near Chemmani, in Jaffna district in

"For Sri Lanka’s Tamils, who have long demanded accountability for war crimes, atrocities and human-rights violations, the mass graves at #Chemmani has renewed apprehensions over the real prospects for justice."

Ingrid Massagé writes:

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More mass graves at Chemmani and Sri Lanka’s old failures of justice IN FEBRUARY this year, I could hardly believe it when I heard that more bodies had been discovered during construction work near Chemmani, in Jaffna district in

"Looking back at #Chemmani in 1999 is essential not just as cautionary history, but also as a lens through which to view the choices – and the inaction – of the present."

Ingrid Massagé on Sri Lanka’s old failures of justice:
buff.ly/NKP2gCA

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More mass graves at Chemmani and Sri Lanka’s old failures of justice IN FEBRUARY this year, I could hardly believe it when I heard that more bodies had been discovered during construction work near Chemmani, in Jaffna district in

An observer of the 1999 #Chemmani exhumations, @MassageIngrid, reflects on newly uncovered mass graves and Sri Lanka’s (#lka) continued failure to deliver justice for Tamil victims of war-time crimes:

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Day 42 of the #Chemmani mass grave excavation, in September 2025. Even with more remains being unearthed, the families of the Tamil victims still face the same obstacles that derailed truth and justice during exhumations here in 1999 (photo by @kumanan93)
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Sri Lanka: Tamils hope for foreign help as mass graves open – DW – 08/13/2025 The excavation of a mass grave in Chemmani is forcing Sri Lanka to face its history of bloodshed, with the country's Tamil community calling for the international community to get involved.

@news.dw.com #SriLanka#Chemmani mass grave: #Tamils need the intl community to get involved to obtain justice
👉 shorturl.at/hnqwL
#ICJ's recent statement urged intl oversight & victim-centred investigation according to international law & standards
📜🖋️👉 shorturl.at/CRg7I

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“චෙම්මනී සමූහ මිනී වළ සම්බන්ධයෙන් ජාත්‍යන්තර පරීක්ෂණයකදී සාක්ෂි දීමට තමන් සූදානම්” (හිටපු) යුද හමුදා සාමාජික, සෝමරත්න රාජපක්ෂ “චෙම්මනී සමූහ මිනී වළ සම්බන්ධයෙන් ජාත්‍යන්තර පරීක්ෂණයක් පැවැත්වුවහොත් සාක්ෂි දීමට තමන් සූදානම්” ක්‍රිෂාන්ති කුමාරස්වාමි ඝාතන සිද්ධියේ ප්‍රධාන සැකකරු වන සෝමරත්න රාජප…

“චෙම්මනී සමූහ මිනී වළ සම්බන්ධයෙන් ජාත්‍යන්තර පරීක්ෂණයකදී සාක්ෂි දීමට තමන් සූදානම්” (හිටපු) යුද හමුදා සාමාජික, සෝමරත්න රාජපක්ෂ Read in full: www.vikalpa.org/article/45023 (උපුටා ගැනීම virakesari,lk ) #Chemmanimassgrave #KrishanthiKumaraswamy #srilanka #Chemmani

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Chemmani Mass Grave: Skeleton Count Rises to 111
Chemmani Mass Grave: Skeleton Count Rises to 111
Chemmani Mass Grave: Skeleton Count Rises to 111
[Info By: kumanan Kanna]
#SriLanka #Chemmani #Justice4Chemmani #Justice [Info- graphics Create by GenAI]

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#Chemmani #SriLanka #humanrights #RightToLife #enforceddisappearances

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දෙමළ ජන සංහාරයට එරෙහිව යුක්තිය ඉටුකරනු - ස්වාධීන ජාත්‍යන්තර පරීක්ෂණයක් ඉල්ලා අදත් යාපනයේ විරෝධතාවක්!(PHOTOS) - LNW Sinhala කොළඹ LNW:උතුරු නැගෙනහිර දෙමළ ජන සංහාරයට යුක්තිය ඉටුකර ගැනීම වෙනුවෙන් ස්වාධීන ජාත්‍යන්තර පරීක්ෂණ යාන්ත්‍රණයක් ඇති කරන ලෙස බල කරමින් අද (26) යාපනය චෙම්මනි හිදී විරෝධතාවක් සංවිධානය කර තිබුණි. අතුරුදහන් ව...

උතුරු නැගෙනහිර දෙමළ ජන සංහාරයට යුක්තිය ඉටුකර ගැනීම වෙනුවෙන් ස්වාධීන ජාත්‍යන්තර පරීක්ෂණ යාන්ත්‍රණයක් ඇති කරන ලෙස බල කරමින් අද (26) යාපනය චෙම්මනි හිදී විරෝධතාවක් සංවිධානය කර තිබුණි. sinhala.lankanewsweb.net/07/26/186459/ #srilanka #Justice4Chemamni #Chemmani

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Sri Lanka civil war was brutal, there were a number of atrocities, too many to count, where the innocent suffered. High on the known list is #Chemmani, a mass grave where so far 80 skeletal remains have been recovered, including those of minors www.facebook.com/kumana93/pos...

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🟡 Reporting historic war crimes in the age of #AI | Amantha Perera 🟡 Reporting historic war crimes in the age of #AI Can AI compliment the reporting of historic war crimes and add value to professional journalism, rather than erode the authenticity of such important...

Young #SriLanka journos are using #AI to fill in the historic gaps while reporting on the on-going excavation work at #Chemmani mass graves. So far 72 skeletal remains have been recovered - www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

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යාපනය, චෙම්මනි සමූහ මිණීවලේ කැණීම් වලදී කුඩා දරුවන්ගේ ද ඇතුළුව මිනිස් සිරුරු 63කට අදාල අස්ථි කොටස් ගොඩගැනීමෙන් මතුව ඇති තවත් බරපතල අපරාධ ගණනාවකට අදාළව ජාත්‍යන්තර පරීක්ෂනයක් මෙන්ම එම වින්දිතයින්ට… | VI... යාපනය, චෙම්මනි සමූහ මිණීවලේ කැණීම් වලදී කුඩා දරුවන්ගේ ද ඇතුළුව මිනිස් සිරුරු 63කට අදාල අස්ථි කොටස් ගොඩගැනීමෙන් මතුව ඇති තවත් බරපතල අපරාධ ගණනාවකට අදාළව ජාත්‍යන්තර පරීක්ෂනයක් මෙන්ම එම වින්දිතයින්ට යුක්ත...

On July 17, civil society, trade union groups protested in Colombo demanding international justice for victims of the #Chemmani mass grave (63 bodies incl. children). Police used excessive force to block a peaceful march to the Presidential Secretariat. #SriLanka www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

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A poster of a private educational institution has been pasted over a protest poster against the #Chemmani massacre in Negombo.

Is it coincidence?
📷#LalLaxman

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#ChemmaniMassGraves அகழ்வுப் பணி நேற்றைய தினத்துடன் இடைநிறுத்தப்பட்டு எதிர்வரும் 21ஆம் ஆரம்பிக்கப்படவுள்ள நிலையில் இதுவரை ‘தடயவியல் அகழ்வாய்வுத்தளம் இல – 01’ இல் 63 மற்றும் ‘தடயவியல் அகழ்வாய்வுத்தளம் இல – 02’ இல் 2 என மொத்தமாக 65 எலும்புக் கூட்டுத் தொகுதிகள் மீட்கப்பட்டுள்ளன.

#SriLanka #MassGrave #Chemmani
📷 @Prabhakaran Dilakshan

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Chemmani Mass Grave – 2nd Phase – Day 15 (10 July 2025)

During the 2nd phase, excavations have been conducted continuously for 15 days, and as of today (July 10), human skeletal remains belonging to at least 65 individuals have been discovered. #Chemmani #srilanka #Justice 👉 shorturl.at/j86sc

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CHEMMANI Mass Grave - චෙම්මනි සමූහ මිනීවළ ඔබට [ඇහෙණවද? ඒ හඩට උත්තර දෙන්න] Hidden Truths of Sri Lanka
CHEMMANI Mass Grave - චෙම්මනි සමූහ මිනීවළ ඔබට [ඇහෙණවද? ඒ හඩට උත්තර දෙන්න] Hidden Truths of Sri Lanka YouTube video by Vikalpa Sri Lanka

CHEMMANI Mass Grave - චෙම්මනි සමූහ මිනීවළ ඔබට [ඇහෙණවද? ඒ හඩට උත්තර දෙන්න] Hidden Truths of Sri Lanka www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8OF... #Chemmani #srilanka Generate by #NotebookLM

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භූමිය නිහඬව සිටීම ප්‍රතික්ෂේප කරන තැන: චෙම්මනි නැවතත් කතා කරයි! iMage: Sakuna M Gamage චෙම්මනි සමූහ මිනීවළ නැවත වරක් අනාවරණය වීමත් සමඟ, ශ්‍රී ලංකාව වේදනාකාරී සත්‍යයන්ට මුහුණ දීම සහ අමතක කරදැමීමෙන් සැනසීමට පත්වීම අතර තීරණාත්මක සන්ධිස්ථානයකට පැමිණ ස…

භූමිය නිහඬව සිටීම ප්‍රතික්ෂේප කරන තැන: චෙම්මනි නැවතත් කතා කරයි! Read in full: vikalpa.org/article/44944 #Chemmani #srilanka #Justice

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"....එදා, මගේ කුඩා හිමිකාරියගේ අත්වල උණුසුම, ඇගේ සිනහව, ඇගේ සිහින, ඇගේ ලෝකයේ සතුට මම දුටුවෙමි. ඇය මාව තුරුලු කරගත්තා, ඇය මට කතා කළා,..." 👉 www.vikalpa.org/article/44934 #Chemmani #Jaffna #srilanka #Justice #Massgrave

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In shadows deep where sorrow lies,
Mass graves whisper silent cries,
A lack of #space, a heart grown cold,
Grief buried, stories left untold.

#vss365 #Chemmani #Gaza

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Chemmani Mass Grave – Human remains of 24 individuals have been uncovered from the excavations conducted so far.
The discovery of these 24 human remains once again brings to light the grim reality of grave human rights violations and atrocities. What do we…?

📸 Kumanan Kana #Chemmani #srilanka

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