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Headless remains and body with raincoat uncovered at Chemmani as CID falters
Skeletal remains found without skulls, and a body wearing a raincoat, are among the latest discoveries at the Chemmani mass grave in Jaffna, where the number of sets of human remains identified has risen to 478 as the third phase of court-supervised excavations continues. The findings come as Sri Lanka's Criminal Investigation Department told the Jaffna Magistrate's Court on Thursday that it…

Sri Lanka’s Anti-Corruption Commission to prosecute officials over failure to declare assets

Aug 4, 2025
Sri Lanka’s Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) has announced that legal proceedings will be launched against public officials who have failed to submit their annual declarations of assets and liabilities for 2025, as the Anura Kumara Dissanayake administration intensifies its campaign to crack down on alleged corruption.

Sri Lanka’s Justice Minister pledges to raise call for general amnesty for Tamil political prisoners

Aug 4, 2025
Sri Lanka’s Justice Minister Harshana Nanayakkara has pledged to raise the issue of Tamil political prisoners with president Anura Kumara Dissanayake and initiate steps toward securing a general amnesty for those who have been incarcerated for decades.

Mannar residents protest wind turbine project, legal action underway

Aug 4, 2025
Hundreds of residents took to the streets of Mannar on Monday to protest the installation of new wind power towers on the island, warning that the project was being forced through without local consent and in violation of past pledges by Sri Lanka’s political leadership.

Chemmani mass grave: 135 skeletal remains identified as forensic probe expands

Aug 4, 2025
Five more skeletal assemblages have been identified and six previously documented remains were fully exhumed on Monday from the Chemmani mass grave sites in Jaffna, bringing the total number of skeletal remains fully excavated to 126, and the number identified so far to 135.

Convicted Sri Lankan soldier offers to testify in international probe into Chemmani mass graves

Aug 4, 2025
Lance Corporal Somaratne Rajapaksa, a Sri Lankan soldier convicted in the 1996 rape and murder of Tamil schoolgirl Krishanthi Kumaraswamy, has expressed willingness to testify in an international investigation into the Chemmani mass graves.

CID probes mass grave allegations in Thambuluvil following high-profile arrests

Aug 4, 2025
Police excavate Thambuluvil cemetery after TMVP aide claims site holds victims of enforced disappearances

Elbows up - Defending Gary Anandasangaree

Aug 3, 2025
The story of Gary Anandansagaree, Canada’s Minister of Public Safety, is impressive. He came to the country as a child just weeks after the Black July pogrom of 1983, where Sri Lankan state-backed mobs murdered thousands of Tamils just like him.

Number of bodies in Chemmani mass grave climbs to 126 as excavations continue

Aug 2, 2025
The number of human skeletons uncovered from the mass grave sites in Chemmani, Jaffna, has reached 126, with 117 remains fully exhumed, as court-supervised excavations continued this week at two designated forensic sites.

Minister Anandasangaree deserves our praise, not derision

Aug 1, 2025
Patrick Brown
Minister Anandasangaree showed courage in advocating for the safety and dignity of his community. That is not a scandal. That is leadership.

Sri Lankan government moves to slash perks for former presidents

Jul 31, 2025

The administration of Anura Kumara Dissanayake has taken aim at longstanding privileges enjoyed by the country’s political elite, releasing a draft bill to amend the Presidents’ Entitlements Act No. 4 of 1986 and signalling its intention to revoke the lifetime perks afforded to former presidents and Members of Parliament.

Sri Lanka’s Anti-Corruption Commission to prosecute officials over failure to declare assets
Sri Lanka’s Justice Minister pledges to raise call for general amnesty for Tamil political prisoners
Mannar residents protest wind turbine project, legal action underway
Chemmani mass grave: 135 skeletal remains identified as forensic probe expands
Convicted Sri Lankan soldier offers to testify in international probe into Chemmani mass graves
CID probes mass grave allegations in Thambuluvil following high-profile arrests
Elbows up - Defending Gary Anandasangaree
Number of bodies in Chemmani mass grave climbs to 126 as excavations continue
Minister Anandasangaree deserves our praise, not derision
Sri Lankan government moves to slash perks for former presidents
Sri Lanka’s Anti-Corruption Commission to prosecute officials over failure to declare assets
Sri Lanka’s Justice Minister pledges to raise call for general amnesty for Tamil political prisoners
Mannar residents protest wind turbine project, legal action underway
Chemmani mass grave: 135 skeletal remains identified as forensic probe expands
Convicted Sri Lankan soldier offers to testify in international probe into Chemmani mass graves
CID probes mass grave allegations in Thambuluvil following high-profile arrests
Elbows up - Defending Gary Anandasangaree
Number of bodies in Chemmani mass grave climbs to 126 as excavations continue
Minister Anandasangaree deserves our praise, not derision
Sri Lankan government moves to slash perks for former presidents