Isuri Kumbukage

She/Her
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[Kumanan @kumanan93]

Chemmani Identified as Sri Lanka’s Largest Mass Grave with the Highest Number of Human Skeletons Identified

Chemmani Mass Grave Excavation – Phase 3, Day 27

Today, 14 more human skeletons were identified at the Chemmani Mass Grave excavation site.

With these latest findings, a total of 380 human skeletons have been identified across all three phases of the excavation, while 362 human skeletons have been fully exhumed.

With 380 human skeletons identified, the Chemmani Mass Grave now records the highest number of human skeletons identified at a mass grave site in Sri Lanka, surpassing the Mannar Sathosa Mass Grave, where 376 human skeletons were identified.

#ChemmaniMassGrave

[LankaFiles @lankafiles]

Footage at Sri Lanka’s Chemmani mass grave shows at least six human skeletons heaped together. Four more human skeletons were unearthed today in investigations carried out under Jaffna Additional Magistrate Selvanayagam Leninkumar bringing the total number of bodies found to 235.

[Kumanan @kumanan93]

Jaffna | August 30

On the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances, the Association for Relatives of the Enforced Disappearances – North and East organized a protest march in Jaffna. Families called for international justice and accountability over Tamil genocide, enforced disappearances, and mass graves.

#IDVED2025 #DisappearedTamils #ChemmaniMassGrave

[Bhavani Fonseka @bfonseka]

Do join us this week in a discussion that will explore past events & present developments in #Chemmani to attempts @ transitional justice in the past to future prospects in #SriLanka

@GehanDG
@benislos

[Kumanan @kumanan93]

I want to thank everyone for their support and solidarity this time.

Before this government came to power, my only hope was that they would repeal the PTA so we could work without fear of it. But now, nearly 10 months into their rule, that hope remains unfulfilled. Compared to the previous government, I feel this one is somewhat better yet my only wish is that they will not harass anyone under the PTA.

For decades, CTID summons have been used as a tool of intimidation against Tamil journalists .

We talk about Tamil rights, truth, justice, and accountability and we work on these issues.

However, receiving this CTID summons is deeply worrying for me. I wish to live and work freely in my Country without fear.

#FreedomOfSpeech #Pressfreedom

[JDS @JDSLanka]

Sri Lanka's Counter Terrorism & Investigation Division (CTID) has summoned leading Tamil journalist & rights defender, Kanapathipillai Kumanan, informing him to appear at CTID Sub-station in Alampil, Mullaithivu on August 17th for an 'inquiry'. @RSF_inter @CPJAsia @ifjasiapacific

[Kumanan @kumanan93]

Chemmani Mass Grave Excavation – Phase 2, Day 27

Jaffna, August 1, 2025

Four more human skeletons were identified today at the Chemmani mass grave site, bringing the total number of skeletons uncovered to 122, with 112 fully exhumed so far.

Meanwhile, the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) submitted an application to the Jaffna Magistrate’s Court regarding the identification of exhumed evidence. The court has issued an order allowing a public identification process to take place.

#Chemmanimassgarve

[. @naledimashishi]

I didn’t realise Zohran Mamdani’s father was THE Mahmood Mamdani who left UCT after facing backlash for his efforts to decolonise it

[Meera Srinivasan @Meerasrini]

From an ongoing protest in Colombo, #SriLanka

In solidarity with #Palestine

[Meera Srinivasan @Meerasrini]

#SriLanka: Happening now at Liberty roundabout in Colombo - 'Sri Lanka in solidarity with Palestine' protest.

[sarah @sahouraxo]

“I look forward to the day when there will be an investigation into the role of Western corporate media in this genocide.”

“Because this is not just a genocide that has been overlooked.”

“This is a genocide that has been justified and enabled by the media.”

—Francesca Albanese

[Mari @EmDeeS11]

STOP the #Genocide in #Palestine
End the occupation now!
#US STOP arming child killers!

Join the global outcry to
#FreePalestine✊🏾🇵🇸

Dec 20th (Fri)
11am
Outside the US Embassy #lka

[Sanjula Pietersz @SanjulaPietersz]

The history of Palestine and Palestine genocide by Israel are exhibited at "But, let's walk" exhibition organized by CSOs in Negombo.
Attendees are requested to mark their fingerprints if they stand against the genocide and support the liberation of Palestine.

[Piyumi @PiyumiPTW]

Friends,
From where do/did you buy the furniture for your abodes? Is it cheaper to buy from local shops in Moratuwa than to buy from the nearest Damro or Arpico?

[Hiranyada Dewasiri @goawaygoogle]

Everything said, I am very disappointed in seeing Kaushalya Ariyaratne without any position. I do not understand why.

[இமாத் மஜீத் @imaadmajeed]

Only when this nation's defense budget becomes an utter fraction of what it is, and has been, can anyone say this is a "safe" and "secure" place to live, especially for minorities. To rule with a monopoly on violence is the fatal fault of modern day "nationalism".

[இமாத் மஜீத் @imaadmajeed]

Your family, and the dynasties preceding it, thwarted any possibility outside of civil war. How many decades did it take? We see similarities in other struggles for self-determination, where the need to take up arms and militancy become the means necessary.

[இமாத் மஜீத் @imaadmajeed]

Your family committed genocide, and you choose this moment in the context of all that is happening in the world, to use the word "terror" to dogwhistle Sinhalese chauvinism. I ask dua that we, as a nation, overcome this type of thinking and appeals to phobia.

[Sarah Kellapatha @saararrr]

This is in Mount Lavinia. We drive past this lake often, and have seen various types of birds and animals in the vicinity, and people who fish by the side of the lake. It’s appalling what nearby factories can get away with, with zero regard for the environment + its inhabitants.