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#Chemmani Mass Grave

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Sri Lanka

Activists condemn harassment of Tamil photojournalist in Sri Lanka

A coalition of over 140 activists and rights groups has condemned ongoing harassment, surveillance, and intimidation targeting Tamil photojournalist Kumanan Kanapathipillai from Mullaitivu....

Sri Lanka

Families of the disappeared continue hunger strike in Jaffna

A relay hunger strike led by the Association of Relatives of the Forcibly Disappeared in the North and East entered its fifth day...

Sri Lanka

HRCSL-Police at loggerheads over Chemmani

In the wake of the Ministry of Public Security stating that it is not practical to frequently rotate or assign different Police officers...

Sri Lanka

Work on Sri Lanka’s second largest mass grave put on hold

Incomplete excavations at the Chemmani mass grave, identified as Sri Lanka’s second-largest mass grave with 240 human skeletons found so far, have been...

Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka authorities accused of ‘interference’ in mass grave excavations

A prominent human rights lawyer in the island has revealed that Sri Lanka’s government has directly and indirectly interfered with the excavations of...

Sri Lanka

Excavation area at Chemmani mass grave extended

The area designated for excavation at the Chemmani mass gravesite in Jaffna has been officially extended following the discovery of skeletal remains beyond...