✍️ EDITORIAL - The arithmetic of a grave
This week, the number of skeletal remains uncovered at Chemmani reached a stark record of 387. With that figure, a patch of earth on the edge of Jaffna town became the largest mass grave ever uncovered on the island, surpassing the 376 remains recovered at Mannar.
Recent days alone have seen the bodies of several children exhumed, alongside beads and bangles. These are the contents of the largest crime scene in the Tamil homeland, being catalogued one body at a time.
The number will certainly continue to rise. It has risen with almost every day of digging, from 262 in the spring to 283, to 360, to 387, and the work is still not finished.
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🚨 387 and rising - Chemmani becomes the island's largest mass grave
The Chemmani mass grave in Jaffna has become the largest ever uncovered on the island, with the number of skeletal remains identified at the site rising to 387, surpassing the toll recorded at any other mass grave that has been uncovered so far.
The site passed that grim threshold on Wednesday, the 27th day of the third phase of excavations, when the count overtook the 376 human remains recovered from the Mannar Sathosa mass grave, until now the largest recorded on the island.
By Thursday, the 28th day, the figure at Chemmani had risen to 387 sets of skeletal remains identified, of which 367 have been exhumed.
💫 The North-Eastern - Eelam Tamil magazine launched in Jaffna and Batticaloa
A new English-language print magazine has been launched in the Tamil homeland, with events in Jaffna and Batticaloa timed to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the Vaddukoddai Resolution.
The North-Eastern, a quarterly covering politics, arts and culture relevant to Eelam Tamils, was published last month. Both launch events drew lively exchanges between attendees and panellists, among them the publisher B Puthiyavan, based in Mullaitivu, the Tamil editor T Aarani, based in Vavuniya, and the editor-in-chief Mario Arulthas, based in Toronto.
🚨BREAKING: Filton 4 sentenced as terrorists
Amnesty opposes the use of terrorism powers in this case.
It is completely disproportionate to punish protesters for criminal damage as if they were terrorists, a sentence which stays with you for life.
The defendants in today’s case were sentenced as terrorists because prosecutors want to make an example of them.
Today's decision shows how direct action protesters could be treated in the future.
The use of terrorism laws against direct action protesters must end.
Together we must continue calling out the abuse of power and fighting for our right to protest.
Read our position:
Criminal Damage, Direct Action, Terrorism: Misuse of counter-terrorism powers in the UK: https://t.co/TqQ4cHnoeb
It seems Namal has forgotten how his own party members played LTTE songs and paid tribute to LTTE cadres.
In the North-East, Tamil nationalism is the norm and widely accepted.
Today we go live on mainnet with the Fusion Rollup, the world's first multi-ledger rollup, connecting 74 blockchain networks in one unified environment, built for institutions.
When I started @quantnetwork in 2015, the vision was simple: make blockchain work for institutions at scale across any network, without the complexity and fragmentation that's held the industry back.
For years, institutions had two bad options: bet everything on a single chain, or stitch together insecure bridges across many. Fusion refuses that trade-off. It connects to many networks at once, moving assets, settling transactions, and messaging across chains as built-in capabilities, not workarounds.
The breakthrough is unified assets. A example of a stablecoin like USDC or tokenised fund like BUIDL or any other digital assetspread across 7 chains collapses into one: uUSDC or uBUIDL. One asset, one liquidity pool, instead of 7 copies and 7 fragmented pools. Each stays anchored to its origin chain and is withdrawable anytime. No custody or compliance trade-offs.
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இலங்கையின் தென் மாகாணத்தில் உள்ள தனியார் தேயிலைத் தோட்டங்கள் மற்றும் சிறு தேயிலை நிலங்களில் மலையகத் தமிழ் தொழிலாளர்களுக்கு எதிராக நடைபெறும் துஷ்பிரயோக முறைமைகளை வெளிப்படுத்தும் அம்னஸ்டி இன்டர்நேஷனலின் சமீபத்திய ஆய்வைப் படிக்கவும். இவை கட்டாய உழைப்பாக கருதப்படக்கூடிய நிலைமைகளாக இருக்கலாம். அ���ிக்கையை படிக்க: https://t.co/7umZMZ3Wuu
Today is Tamil Genocide Remembrance Day, when I hold in my mind the huge scale of suffering inflicted on the Tamil community. Many of my Tamil constituents lost family members & their families experienced immense human rights abuses. Time to secure justice. @genocide_day
Sri Lanka: Today marks 17 years since the end of the internal armed conflict in Sri Lanka. Each year, thousands of Tamil survivors and their families gather at Mullivaikkal to honor the memory of those who lost their lives and to bear witness to the profound suffering endured during and at the end of the war. Today was no different.
The commemoration underscores the continued and urgent need for truth, justice, and reparations for the credible allegations of violations of international human rights and humanitarian law committed during the conflict, as documented by United Nations investigations.
Despite repeated domestic and international commitments to ensure thorough, impartial, and credible investigations through domestic mechanisms, successive governments, including the current administration, have failed to deliver on these obligations. The entrenched impunity undermines prospects for justice, reconciliation, and durable peace, and signals an urgent need for renewed, concrete action to uphold Sri Lanka’s responsibilities under international law.
In discussions with communities in conflict-affected areas, the Tamil community has reiterated that meaningful engagement with the government remains contingent upon the redress of longstanding grievances and accountability for past abuses. @amnesty stands in solidarity with their pursuit of justice.
On Tamil Genocide Remembrance Day, I'm joining the Tamil people around the world in mourning the lives tragically taken during Sri Lanka's decades-long Civil War.
Today and every day, we must recognize this tragedy and seek justice for the victims and their families.
🎙️ ‘Resolutions are not enough’ - Human Rights Watch Asia director calls for justice at Mullivaikkal
Human Rights Watch’s Asia Director Elaine Pearson (@PearsonElaine) called for renewed international efforts towards accountability and justice, whilst attending Mullivaikkal remembrance events in the Tamil homeland on Sunday.
Speaking to the Tamil Guardian from Mullivaikkal during the 17th anniversary commemorations of the genocide, Pearson said it was important for international human rights organisations to stand alongside Tamil victims and survivors.
“It's really important for @hrw to be here on this day to stand with the Tamil victims of these abuses to commemorate this moment,” she said.
“Obviously this is a very important place where many thousands of people were killed in the final stages of the war and there hasn't been any accountability 17 years later.”
https://t.co/Y1T0a7lYYm
On Tamil Genocide Remembrance Day, we honour the tens of thousands of civilians killed during the Sri Lankan Civil War and stand with the survivors, families, and communities who endured profound suffering — including many in Canada’s Tamil diaspora.
17 years ago, Sri Lanka carried out a genocidal campaign against the Tamil people. Tens of thousands killed. Hospitals destroyed. Families starved.
I will continue to stand with the Tamil community in the fight for justice. We need genocide recognition, universal jurisdiction, & international accountability.
50th anniversary of Vaddukoddai Resolution marked in Jaffna
Tamils in Jaffna marked the 50th anniversary of the historic Vaddukoddai Resolution, which remains a pivotal declaration in the Tamil struggle for self-determination.
https://t.co/of6yV5hOfE
🔴🟡 Vaddukoddai to Westminster - British Tamils mark 50th anniversary of landmark resolution
British Tamils gathered at the UK Houses of Parliament on May 14, to launch the 'Tamil Political Framework Initiative' and mark the 50th anniversary of the Vaddukoddai Resolution, a landmark declaration calling for an independent state of Tamil Eelam.
https://t.co/B8JYyOBD1o
Tokenised deposits and real-world assets have crossed $100 billion. For banks and capital markets firms, operationalising tokenisation without dismantling what already works is now the defining challenge.
Our partnership with Murex addresses that directly. Integrating Quant's programmable money infrastructure into MX.3 means institutions can issue, settle and manage tokenised deposits and digital bonds within their existing operational framework, with the same risk management, compliance and post-trade processes they already rely on.
As @gverdian puts it: 'The next generation of capital markets infrastructure will not replace what works. It will make what works programmable.'
Read the full piece in @ATeamInsight: https://t.co/Kka7OUk1JC
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11-year-old Bodhana Sivanandan 🏴 becomes England’s top-rated female player, according to the April 2026 FIDE rating list, with a rating of 2366.
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