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[47 Roots @47Roots]

Disappearances in #SriLanka - A THREAD:

Illustrations: @sinduspeaks

[Tamil Guardian @TamilGuardian]

STATEMENT

Instagram disables Tamil Guardian’s page in act of online censorship

An audience of over 19,000 followers will no longer be able to follow our coverage on Instagram. This is unacceptable.

See our full statement here: https://t.co/2t88C8yJ51

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[Tamil Guardian @TamilGuardian]

Thiyagarajah Jegan was one of those abducted and disappeared by the Sri Lankan navy in 2008.

His mother spoke to @47Roots in 2018 about her struggle for justice.

This week, charges against the commander were dropped.

Read more here: https://t.co/cu6c9fZTgh

[Tamil Guardian @TamilGuardian]

*BREAKING* - L1./Rev. 1 has been passed and adopted.

Final vote on Sri Lanka’s new resolution:

Voted in favour: 22
Voted against: 11
Abstained vote: 14

#HRC46 #SriLanka

[Ramya Jegatheesan @RamyaAndTheWord]

I wrote a magical realist story about enforced disappearances in Sri Lanka, intergenerational trauma and grief. But REALLY, it's about a daughter and her mother. Thank you to #RewriteReads for providing such a good home to my tale.
https://t.co/kVLCtaMfXN

[Tribune @tribunemagazine]

The Sri Lankan government's war on the Tamil community saw up to 70,000 civilians killed in 2009, but they weren't acting alone – Britain sold weapons to the regime even as the world read reports of slaughter. https://t.co/tb7O9T13p5

[Tamil Guardian @TamilGuardian]

British police clash against Tamil protestors

@metpoliceuk officers injured at least one demonstrator and arrested another as hundreds came to show their support for a British Tamil woman who has been on hunger strike for 16 days.

https://t.co/DimDOBHX3t

[Tamil Guardian @TamilGuardian]

How many Tamils were killed in 2009?

@itjpsl examined casualty estimates during the final months of Sri Lanka’s 2009 military offensive that killed tens of thousands of Tamils.

The highest figure could be as large as 169,796 killed.

https://t.co/eH6CGrcsNv #TamilGenocideDay

[Dr. Thusiyan Nandakumar @Thusi_Kumar]

Syria, Russia, North Korea and Iran are just some of the states that have come out in support of Sri Lanka’s human rights record, so far today.

#HRC #HRC46 #lka #SriLanka

[Kumanan @kumanan93]

Marking 4 years of continued protests, families of the disappeared march in Kilinochchi today.

#disappearedSL #disappearedTamils #Nojustice

[47 Roots @47Roots]

79 parents of the disappeared have died since the protests began in 2017. Dying with their demands ignored and not knowing the fates of their loved ones.

[47 Roots @47Roots]

Disappearances in #SriLanka - A THREAD:

Illustrations: @sinduspeaks

[47 Roots @47Roots]

This week, families of the disappeared in #Vavuniya marked 1,460 days of continued roadside protest whilst families marched for justice in #Kilinochchi.

[Tamil Guardian @TamilGuardian]

The protesters marched bearing ‘thee-chatti’ (fire-pot) - clay pots containing live coals - on their heads, performing a traditional Tamil practice of penance or vow-fulfilment.