Mario Arulthas

nationalism/conflict/justice @soaspolitics. Tweets in தமிழ்/Deutsch/English Dortmunder Jung' Also on @marioarul.bsky.social

[BVB-Fanabteilung @Fanabteilung]

Glaube rechtfertigt keine Ausgrenzung. Glaube rechtfertigt keine Spaltung.

Stellungnahme zu Felix Nmecha: https://t.co/wZAOEZxe7j

[The North-Eastern @northeast_mag]

The third issue of The North-Eastern is coming soon.

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[The North-Eastern @northeast_mag]

Boxing and martial arts have enabled Tamils to forge dignity, discipline, and political resistance across generations. For The North-Eastern, Ambihai Akilan, traces this history from anti-colonial struggles, to the Eelam Tamil liberation movement and the contemporary diaspora.

[The North-Eastern @northeast_mag]

Following the arrest of Sangeethsan Ganeskumar, or HipHopSangee, earlier this year, Scared of a Song articulates the continued use of the Prevention of Terrorism Act to police Eelam Tamil expression.

[Tamil Guardian @TamilGuardian]

🚨 Cleaning begins at destroyed LTTE cemeteries in Mannar and Mullaitivu

Cleaning at destroyed LTTE cemeteries has begun in the North-East as the Tamil nation prepares to mark Maaveerar Naal - or Great Heroes Day - on November 27.

Volunteers began the clean up at Aatikaativeli Thuyilum Illam in Mannar on November 1.

As the Aalangkulam Thuyilum Illam in Mullaitivu remains occupied by the Sri Lankan military, volunteers and local residents cleaned the nearby land which has been used in previous years to hold Maaveerar Naal commemorations.

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[The North-Eastern @northeast_mag]

For The North-Eastern, Thayalini Indrakularasa investigates the Kivul Oya project and the continuous development-as-colonization weaponised by the Sri Lankan state.

[Mario Arulthas @MarioArul]

Zero sympathy for Sangakkara who continues to use his "gentleman" profile to try to salvage genocide-accused Sri Lanka's (and its military's) image. https://t.co/v0cHUoOn7K

[Kumar Sangakkara @KumarSanga2]

@IrelandMeda @Ryanair When told people like you with your kind of passports should expect this treatment and that if we argued against that obviously disgusting comment we would be considered a threat to other passengers and not boarded is not treating everyone exactly the same but it is racist

[Dr. Thusiyan Nandakumar @Thusi_Kumar]

Sri Lanka. 2005.

[LankaFiles @lankafiles]

Rejecting the latest report on Sri Lanka's largest mass grave in Chemmani that suggests the buried are either victims of disease or natural disaster, @GGPonnambalam tells @ParliamentLK the report highlights the need for international investigation to deliver justice to Tamils.

[Tamil Guardian @TamilGuardian]

🚨 EXCLUSIVE: Chemmani archaeologist’s report contradicted by its own evidence

Tamil Guardian has obtained the interim report on the Chemmani mass grave. It says the site more closely resembles “formal burial practices” than a clandestine grave, and raises the possibility of an epidemic or natural disaster. It does not say how almost 600 people came to be buried there.

It holds up Skeleton 25 as a “relatively formal burial” without noting that the remains are of a girl aged four to five, found with a school bag and a toy. It presents a seated skeleton labelled 227 as being in a “meditation posture”. That skeleton was reported in September 2025 to have been found with its hands bound and its skull fractured.

The report says skull orientation shows no uniform pattern, while its own chart shows 72% facing north-west. In September 2025, Sri Lanka’s Human Rights Commission found a “reasonable likelihood” that the burials were the result of extrajudicial killings.

[Mullaitivu press club @mullaipress]

The 26th remembrance of Tamil journalist Mayilvaganam Nimalarajan, assassinated on 19 October 2000, was held at the Mullaitivu Press Club. Journalists paid tribute, while justice for his assassination remains elusive.

#JusticeForNimalarajan #PressFreedom

[The North-Eastern @northeast_mag]

C. Vithuran examines the continued deep disillusionment of Eelam Tamils with Sri Lanka's own political process, where North-East voter turnout keeps declining and Tamil votes never translate into meaningful representation.

[The North-Eastern @northeast_mag]

NEW: Martial arts have enabled Tamils to forge dignity, discipline, and political discipline across generations. For The North-Eastern, Ambihai Akilan, traces this history from anti-colonial struggles, to the Eelam Tamil liberation movement and the contemporary diaspora.

[Tamil Guardian @TamilGuardian]

🚨 Sri Lankan police question parents of Tamil child who asked for Chemmani justice

A boy at a preschool sports day in Vadamarachchi East dressed as a child buried at Chemmani, carrying a placard that read: “many years ago, while I was drinking milk at my mother’s breast, they buried me. Will I get justice?”

After footage of the costume spread on social media, Sri Lankan police at Maruthankerny station called in the boy’s parents and his preschool teacher for questioning.

[The North-Eastern @northeast_mag]

NEW: In Eelam Tamil Activism After Gaza, Madura Rasaratnam describes how dominant western liberal frameworks weaponise narratives of pathology to legitimise state-sanctioned annihilatory violence.

[Namini Wijedasa @nimilamalee]

#SriLanka's proposed new NGO legislation imposes an obligation on NGOs to “align with the policies of the government” and “not engage in any activity that adversely affects the sovereignty or territorial integrity of Sri Lanka or violates the provisions of the Constitution”.

NGOs cannot “induce or cause any public disorder which affects the safety and interests of the general public”.

They must not engage in “any advocacy to support political ideologies using funds and resources of the non-governmental organisation during a period of pre-election or, unless it is an object of such non-governmental organisation”.

NGOs must also use their funds “only for the purposes it was registered” and notify the Competent Authority “prior to initiation of any crowdfunding activity”.

https://t.co/fN6csla2ud

[Ambika Satkunanathan @ambikasat]

UN Spl Rapp on Human Rights & Counter Terrorism & other mandate holders have raised concerns about draft law to curtail civic activity with ref to potential misuse of FATF standards to justify restrictions on civic space. They point out draft is inconsistent with #FATF standards.

[Mario Arulthas @MarioArul]

“I suspect there is more to the lost art of the phone call in certain societies than just the pressures of modernity. In contemporary life, there are so many ways to feel like you are in touch and in conversation when you are not. So many ways to feel part of some slipstream of humanity, when in fact we are scrolling, meme-ing, seeing news from friends and strangers alike via story updates, while not exchanging anything meaningful or even uttering a single word. Those in exile are acutely aware of alienation, and reach out to remedy it. But for those in their home countries, loneliness still lurks in ways harder to recognise. A phone call is honestly less time consuming and more replenishing than anything else we use our devices for.”
https://t.co/GcOysQJKoJ

[Tamil Guardian @TamilGuardian]

Protests have spread across the Tamil homeland since Sri Lankan police removed Lt Col Thileepan's statue from his memorial at Nallur on Sunday, with demonstrations held in districts across the North-East and Tamil politicians, civil society activists, religious figures, students and members of the public calling for the statue to be reinstated.

Read more on our website, https://t.co/L9ibmTk7gB https://t.co/7My6oEjWYc

[Parotta Enjoyer @11candf]

The Indian state have oppressed minorities before but Indian Tamils aren't part of that. To even compare Indian Tamils to what Eelam Tamils have gone through is very disrespectful to Eelam Tamils