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[shalin @uthayashalin]

Remembering Thirumalai Nadarajan. #srilankaindependenceday

[JDS @JDSLanka]

A young Tamil musician, Ganesh Kumar Sankeethan (24) from Udayanagar-West, Kilinochchi was ordered to be remanded by Chavakachcheri Magistrate today, after he was arrested under PTA by Kilinochchi police on Tuesday (2) accusing him of performing a song in memory of war dead.

[Rep. Summer Lee @RepSummerLee]

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.

[shalin @uthayashalin]

Revelations suggest Israel’s intelligence agency Mossad allegedly provided $1M toward J.R. Jayewardene’s election campaign yet Tamil movements had long pointed to this connection. What was once dismissed is now being brought into the light.

[The Wire @thewire_in]

Declassified Documents Detail Israel’s Role at the Start of Sri Lanka’s Civil War

@eitaymack✍️
https://t.co/tG5z890K53

[shalin @uthayashalin]

There is no freedom of expression in our own homeland. No freedom even to remember. In many universities, speaking about the Tamil Eelam liberation struggle is silenced. Yet those who preach free speech travel abroad to defend it elsewhere.

[Ruki Fernando @rukitweets]

Today I was prevented by @police from observing hearings at special trial at bar (open court) on #EasterAttacks. Police said its on order of judges, but refused to show such an order. Also said media can only cover if they posses a "media ID" & that national ID is not sufficient

[Tamil Guardian @TamilGuardian]

🪔 Journalists mark 20 years since killing of Sugirdharajan, murdered for exposing Trinco 5 massacre

The 20th anniversary of the assassination of journalist Subramaniyam Sugirdharajan was commemorated on Saturday at Uvarmalai Park in Trincomalee, with journalists, civil society activists, and members of the public gathering to remember a reporter killed for exposing state violence against Tamils.

Read more ⬇️

https://t.co/FVRhZGyNwP

[P. Karunakharan @PKarunakharan]

3) Today also marks the 16th anniversary of the abduction and enforced disappearance Colombo-based cartoon journalist Prageeth Egneligoda. President @anuradisanayake who promised to ensure justice for all past murders, has done little to keep his words despite one year in office.

[JDS @JDSLanka]

On Saturday, journalists in Batticaloa marked the 20th death anniversary of Tamil journalist Subramaniyam Sugirtharajan of 'Sudar Oli' newspaper, who was gunned down on 24.01.2006 after exposing the role of state armed forces in the killing of 5 Tamil students in Trincomalee.

[Shashi punniyamoorthy @shashitamil]

Journalist Sasi Puniyamoorthy receives death threat
Complaint filed at Batticaloa Headquarters Police

incident.

[shalin @uthayashalin]

Unlawful gathering seriously?
Did you know that vihara is unlawful?
@NewsWireLK

[Vinojana @Vinojana9]

Due to the heavy rains that fell recently, the #Upcountry people who were affected and displaced had come to Vavuniya today with more than 35 family members to inspect lands.

Many people have come forward to provide their lands.

#Thanks_to_Vavuniyans

[Tamil Guardian @TamilGuardian]

🚨 BREAKING - Sri Lankan police attack and arrest Tamils protesting the illegally constructed Buddhist temple in Thaiyiddy, Jaffna.

Amongst those arrested were prominent civil society activist Velan Swamigal and Valikamam East District Council Chairman Thiyagaraja Nirosh.

More on this story to follow.

[shalin @uthayashalin]

Would the Sri Lankan police ever handle a Sinhala politician or a Buddhist monk the same way?

[Hamsanan @Hamsanan]

அமைதிப் போராட்டத்தில் ஜனநாயக பாதுகாவலர்களின் அராஜகம்
#tamil

[shalin @uthayashalin]

@kalaiy I’m not a TNPF member.

[shalin @uthayashalin]

Sources saying this was done by Arun Sidarth, not Jaffna people!

[Aingkaran Kugathasan @AingkaranK]

A banner in Jaffna pays tribute to officers who sacrificed their lives for others. When Tamils call for accountability for atrocities, it does not demonise every soldier. Calling for justice does not diminish the sacrifice of those who served with integrity, past or present.

[shalin @uthayashalin]

Yet in Jaffna-Mayiliddy, more than 20 police officers were deployed to suppress a peaceful protest against an illegal vihara — a protest of just 10 people. Now do you see what this country prioritises? Where its resources are being used?

[shalin @uthayashalin]

Across the country, disasters have taken hundreds of lives. Even now, rescue operations continue — someone trapped beneath the mud may still be waiting, hoping to be saved. The country is operating under emergency regulations. (1)

[Kanapathy Iyer @sanghi_dmk]

People who brought Buddha statue to Trinco disappeared when the Buddhists needs a help

Tamils from Trinco came in their boat to rescue Buddhists

Even though Tamils knew that next month these rescued people will come with the statue to plant in Trinco