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20 Years On, Tamils Demand International Investigation into Father Jim Brown’s Disappearance by abilash Thu, 20/08/2026 - 19:33 Body Twenty years after a Catholic priest and his assistant disappeared in Jaffna, a procession was held in Allaipiddy on Thursday demanding that the truth about their fate be revealed. Rev. Father Thiruchchelvam Nihal Jim Brown, a priest of the Jaffna Diocese, was…
582 sets of human remains identified at Chemmani as third-phase excavations near end by abilash Wed, 19/08/2026 - 11:44 Body Ten additional sets of human remains were identified at the Chemmani mass grave in Jaffna on Tuesday, as excavation work entered its 55th day of the third phase. The latest findings bring the total number of sets of human remains identified during the 109 days of excavation…
10 more sets of human remains found at Chemmani as third-phase excavation to end this week by abilash Tue, 18/08/2026 - 16:13 Body A further 10 sets of human remains were identified on Monday as excavation work continued at the Chemmani mass grave in Jaffna, bringing the total number of sets identified during 108 days of excavation to 572. Monday marked the 54th day of the third phase of…
Vishwanath & Sons - Soft and spoiled by Gopikrishna Tue, 18/08/2026 - 13:40 Body The latest in the recent slew of heavily Telugu influenced films in Kollywood is the Venky Atluri directed masala film starring Suriya ‘Vishwanath & Sons’ - hot off the heels of this year’s success of ‘Karuppu’ - co-starring Mamitha Baiju. Atluri has also seen some recent success; he followed the tepidly received 2023…
Tamils demand self-determination and international accountability at Chemmani justice protest by abilash Tue, 18/08/2026 - 05:04 Body A four-day protest demanding justice for Tamil war-victims including those whose remains have been uncovered at the Chemmani mass grave and accountability for atrocities against Tamils, concluded in Jaffna on Monday, with protesters calling for an independent…
Victims of Sencholai massacre remembered in the North-East by Sharmini Mon, 17/08/2026 - 10:12 Body The 20th anniversary of the Sencholai massacre was remembered in the North-East last Friday. On August 4 2006, four Sri Lankan air force jets flew over the Vanni and dropped sixteen bombs over the Sencholai children's home for orphans, killing 53 school girls and 4 teachers. The children's home had…
Shritharan accuses Justice Minister of double standards over Chemmani mass grave by Thara Sun, 16/08/2026 - 14:31 Body Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi (ITAK) parliamentarian S. Shritharan has criticised Sri Lanka's Justice Minister Harshana Nanayakkara for what he described as a “double-standard” in addressing mass killings in Sri Lanka, saying that while the minister acknowledges the Sooriyakanda…
Chemmani Toll Reaches 562 as Mass Grave Excavations Near Their End by abilash Sun, 16/08/2026 - 11:09 Body Excavations at the Chemmani mass grave in Jaffna continued for the 107th day on Saturday, with eight additional sets of human remains identified as the scale of the site continues to grow. The latest discoveries were made on the 53rd day of the third phase of excavations, for which the court…
‘Presidential Secretariat ordered a report’, intelligence officers threaten TNPF organiser’s wife at home by abilash Sat, 15/08/2026 - 15:26 Body Tamil National People’s Front (TNPF) Vavuniya district organiser, S. Thavapalan, has lodged a complaint with Kanakarayan-kulam police after three men claiming to be intelligence officers visited his home and questioned his wife about him. According to…
554 sets of human remains identified in Chemmani as third-phase excavations near end by abilash Sat, 15/08/2026 - 08:43 Body Excavations at the Chemmani mass grave in Jaffna continued for the 106th day on Friday, with two further sets of human remains found and seven sets exhumed, as the third phase of the excavation approaches the end of its court-approved period. The latest discoveries bring the…
Twin infants among latest remains as Chemmani mass grave toll reaches 552 by abilash Fri, 14/08/2026 - 17:14 Body Human remains belonging to four infants were among ten sets fully exhumed from the Chemmani mass grave in Jaffna on Thursday, as the number of identified remains rose to 552. Two of the infants were twins and were found close to each other, adding another deeply distressing detail to…
Impunity buries the truth. Denial keeps it there by Sharmini Fri, 14/08/2026 - 10:46 Body Illustration by House of Thulasi Her name was Kalai, which my mother later told me meant "talent" in Tamil. What I remember most are her eyes. She sat on the lap of an older girl who wore a simple shirt and a skirt with hair in a single braid, who couldn't have been more than sixteen years old. We sat on…
