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[Amalini @Amaliniii]

Historic event today- tea & rubber plantation workers from Hatton, Maskeliya, Deniyaya, Kegalle & Avissawella testify before a tribunal of local & international judges. They demand justice & accountability for exploitation they are subject to by state & industries. #LKA #SriLanka

[Meera Srinivasan @Meerasrini]

#SriLanka: Framing Dr. Shafi: New mothers speak of ‘regret’ and ‘sadness’ over complaints - Excellent piece of journalism by @AWipulasena & @tharinduij exposing the blatant discrimination against the Kurunegala-based Muslim doctor

https://t.co/i8r52JAIAn via @FT_SriLanka

[LankaFiles @lankafiles]

WATCH

#Tamils visit Valikamam north in #Jaffna after #SriLanka president @RW_UNP announced that 108 acres under military occupation had been released for #IndependenceDay.

"None of the private lands have been released, not even a small bit of land."

(Subtitled)

@UNSriLanka

[New York Times Books @nytimesbooks]

Shehan Karunatilaka became the second Sri Lankan-born author to receive the Booker Prize, one of the world’s most prestigious literary awards. His second novel, “The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida,” won the prize. https://t.co/Lb81oZDxMo

[Mari @EmDeeS11]

"We are here exercising our fundamental right to protest. We were here protesting yesterday. We were here peacefully protesting. And the police came & unleashed violence on us. We are here to condemn that. We will continue to stand here & condemn that," Swasthika Arulingam❤️✊🏾

[Natasha_V @Also_Natashaaaa]

@thegutterflower Me 🙌 if you have an appointment & the application filled, a birth certificate dated within 6months, employers letter, the studio receipt not much of a hassle.

[Natasha_V @Also_Natashaaaa]

Mulaithivu is already THE MOST militarized district in SL. Therefore, ඉඩම් නිදහස් කරන්න ඕන වෙලාවෙ තව අල්ලන්නේ මොන මගුලකටද 🤦
Power to you, @kumanan93 🙌 #lka

[PARLNetworkSL 🇱🇰 @ParlSl]

නාවික හමුදාව සහ පොලිසිය විසින් දෙමළ මාධ්‍යවේදී @kumanan ට තර්ජනය කිරීම සහ හිරිහැර කිරීම PARL ලෙස අප හෙළා දකිමු. කුමනන් ඉඩම් අයිතිය සඳහා වූ ජනතා සන්ධානයේ ක්‍රියාකාරකම් වලට සක්‍රීයව සහභාගී වූ අයෙකි. අපි ඔහු සමඟ සහයෝගයෙන් නැගී සිටිමු. - #lka #navyoccupation https://t.co/VtgwLM3GWE

[Sumaiya Pallak @SumaiyaPallak]

Between the killing of Aiyathurai Nadesan in May 2004 and the disappearance of Prageeth Eknaligoda in Jan 2010, there have been 44 journalists & media workers who were killed/disappeared; at least 38 cases were perpetrated by the SL govt, in which 35 of them were Tamils @JDSLanka

[Sumaiya Pallak @SumaiyaPallak]

Bashana Abeywardane, @JDSLanka, says, “The killing of Lasantha changed the landscape for journalists in the South. But for the Tamil journalists, who were doing their job in the North and the East, it has always been a nightmare”. Watch this here: https://t.co/nE0XtOWlVf

[Natasha_V @Also_Natashaaaa]

People getting into bus with Poles and knifes searching and looking deeply into each persons eyes as if trying to read you.
And all mind was thinking was how would have 83' been.
#lka #SriLankaCrisis

[Natasha_V @Also_Natashaaaa]

Terrifying bus ride home. Scenes of a bike burning somewhere around armour street. Ppl @ 1 "checkpoint" demanding to close shutters at another asking to open them.@ one place literally had a man scream "මයිනගේ අය ඉන්නවානම් එලියට දාපන්. නැත්නම් තමුන්ලා එක්කම bus එකට ගිණි තියෙනවා"

[Natasha_V @Also_Natashaaaa]

Proceeds to make sure his goons disrupt peaceful protestors & destroys tents next minute! So the people you mention here is who exactly? #SriLanka

[Newsfirst.lk Sri Lanka @NewsfirstSL]

'I am ready to make any sacrifice for the people' - Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa

#lka #SriLanka #SLnews #News1st #MahindaRajapaksa #PrimeMinister #TempleTrees

[Natasha_V @Also_Natashaaaa]

ඉස්සෙල්ලා අම්බානෙකට $50 කදුලු ගෑස් තොග පිටින් සාමකාමී උද්ඝෝෂකයනටයි පාරේ යන මිනිස්සුන්ටයි ගහනවා, ඊට පස්සේ රෑ වෙලා හදිසි නීතිය දානව. Clearly there's a connection here isn't it? #SriLanka

[Natasha_V @Also_Natashaaaa]

Each time I see policemen at protests since Rambukkana I cant stop my self from thinking of what m8 be going on their minds, Do they reject their fellow colleagues actions that day or are they like "තොපිලා වැඩිපුර දැගලුවොත් තොපිලටත් තියෙන එක අපිට ලොකු කජ්ජක් නෙවෙයි" #SriLanka

[Shanil Wijesinha @shanilwijesinha]

Oh, SL corporates want to stand with the people? First stand with the your work force.
Pay them decent wages. Don't overburden them so they have to work beyond work hours. Pay them overtime when they do. Don't contact them during non-working hours or when they are on leave./1

[Ermiza Tegal @ErmizaTegal]

This is what militarization looks and feels like. The North and East of Sri Lanka know it only too well. The President continues to call out, every month, the armed forces across the island under the Public Security Ordinance - https://t.co/S7y2GA9RLZ

[Natasha_V @Also_Natashaaaa]

If we are to demand a free & accountable country for all, there are many slogans that needs to go up!
Repeal the 20th amendment!
Abolish Executive Presidency!
Abolish PTA!
Reform the MMDA!
Demilitarized the North & East!
Declare your assets!
Accountability for #WarCrimes
Add on.

[Natasha_V @Also_Natashaaaa]

Last night from Lipton! #GoHomeRajapakshas #GoHomeGota #SriLankaEconomicCrisis #TakeBackOurPower

[WatchDog @TeamWatchDog]

"I am appearing for him today at Gangodawila courts . Case no AR1066/22 full name is Jayasinghege Sudara Nadeesh. As we speak he is now before the JMO. He will be produced before court today."