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The International Truth and Justice Project - #SriLanka . Documenting torture and sexual violence by the security forces in #lka .
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@JDSLanka
Mrs Kamalawathi holding pictures of her 17 year
old son Rohana Nishantha & 18
year old Susantha Janaka both of whom disappeared - "Mr. Gotabaya Rajapaksa admitted my sons were in their custody &said that they will be released in 3-4 days. But they did not come back."
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#torture
survivors express joy after .
@PresRajapaksa
&
@GotabayaR
are sanctioned by
#canada
- “It is a big victory for survivors seeking justice & this sanction announcement gives us hope for our future,” said a man tortured in Joseph Camp in 2012 in
#SriLanka
.
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Good news that neither Mohan Peiris of
#srilanka
not Harry Roque of
#philippines
were elected to the UN International Law Commission today, thanks in large part to superb campaigning by groups led by .
@iDEFENDhr
background:
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Uk MPs meet families of disappeared from
#srilanka
in London to receive a copy of our new report jointly written with .
@JDSLanka
CHRD and FOD by
@MassageIngrid
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Ex-Sri Lanka president ordered police records destroyed to stall mass grave probes, report alleges | The Independent
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Recieved hundreds more names & photos of
#disappeared
from
#srilanka
from 2009. It's absolutely heartbreaking to see their faces - this is Rasaiya Chandrakala who is said to have surrendered to the Army on 16 May 09 and disappeared. It's heartbreaking to see these photos.
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We have made two submissions to the UN Working Group on Disappearance (WGEID) which meets end Jan. in Geneva, on
#srilanka
-
1. on end of war surrenders in May 2009;
2. on the JVP era disappearances in 1987-90.
1. May 2009: we submitted a list of photographs of Tamils who
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Our new report on
#srilanka
's ex President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's war time role published today - first in Jaffna in
#tamil
- released in English on Tuesday.
[design by .
@T_E_M_P_L_O
]
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Thread.
1.This is
#tamil
doctor .
@drvarathan1
giving a TV interview on 23 April 2009 in the war zone in
#srilanka
. He spoke to BBC, Al Jaz. & many others. His team saved thousands of lives.
[He was later forced to flee his country & is now treating Covid patients in the USA].
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The
#lka
Tamil community has been an extraordinary case study for tireless community activism in the UK supporting
#humanrights
sanctions submissions & now has organised a parliamentary debate on
#srilanka
for 5 Dec 1430-1600
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UK
#tamils
pls urge your MPs 2 sign .
@AnneMcLaughlin
's excellent parliament EDM on
#srilanka
asking UK to follow US State Dept & sanction
#lka
army chief Shavendra Silva under
#MAGNITSKY
.
@Billbrowder
@BTConservatives
@SKinnock
@EdwardJDavey
@TamilsforLabour
@TamilGuardian
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59 cigarette burns on her body -
#tamil
woman among those tortured after Gotabaya Rajapaksa in power - but let’s be clear 178 documented cases of abduction & torture under the ‘good governance’ government too +22 more tortured AFTER .
@UNHumanRights
investigated.
@raad_zeid
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Eleven brave
#srilankans
(
#tamil
&
#Sinhalese
) brought a
#torture
case against Gotabaya Rajapaksa in California in 2019 that could be reactivated if he looses his head of state immmunity - read the court dox here - (nb amended complaint in 3 languages).
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Our report on
#torture
& sexual violence by
#srilankan
police (including TID) & army - some of it in known police stations - in the last 2 years under President Gotabaya Rajapaksa.
#lka
.
@UNHumanRights
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@JDSLanka
Look at the sites in the town where detention occurred - Gotabaya was based at the Kachccheri building within walking distance of the Vijaya College army camp where disappearances occurred & where he was seen.
Just some of the many detention sites in the district then.
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Coalition of leading South African
#humanrights
groups question their government's invitation to
#srilankan
individuals with links to alleged war criminals for study tour on reconciliation & transitional justice.
@FHRRights
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A third of
#SriLankan
cabinet ministers were appointed to office this year while they still stood accused of corruption or murder.
#InternationalAntiCorruptionDay
#lka
For more information see Press Release:
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Remembering & honouring the role played by .
@iqbals37
in investigating these crimes in the presidential commissions - a true civil servant & patriot who still serves
#lka
in his 80s teaching ppl in the vanni English on zoom! Noting also work of
@MassageIngrid
4
@amnesty
then.
In May 1989, a small district with 357000 population was put under
@GotabayaR
for 8 months.
20 torture & detention sites
700+ disappearances &
1 mass grave with 154 skeletons
What do we know about his past life?
READ the joint report by JDS &
@itjpsl
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#tamil
interview with Yasmin Sooka on need for .
@UNPeacekeeping
to suspend
#srilanka
deployments until new vetting system in place.
“முள்ளிவாய்க்காலில் இருந்து மாலி வரை” ஐநா அமைதிப்படையில் இலங்கை இராணுவத்தை நிறுத்த வேண்டும் -யாழ் உதயனுக்கு யாஸ்மின் சூக்கா சிறப்பு பேட்டி!
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The story of how we & .
@theACIJ
tried to have a
#srilankan
General arrested in
#australia
- the world is shrinking for alleged war criminals - Latin America, the USA, Australia - & other places we won’t reveal yet!
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#notcricket
#Cricket
wickets - along with chilli powder, plastic bags, petrol, construction pipes, water barrels, electric cables, cigarettes, barbed wire, branding irons & pulleys make up the arsenal of the
#srilankan
#torturers
.
#StandUp4HumanRights
26 June
#lka
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We have sent a submission to .
@FCDOGovUK
#magnitsky
sanctions team asking them to designate retired General Jagath Jayasuriya.
Joint press release with
@BTConservatives
#Tamils
for Labour & libdem
@REDRESSTrust
&
@SLcampaign
& the APPGT
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At least 36 Commissions of Inquiry and still counting -
#srilankan
victims say they've had enough - fear & the latest Truth Commission won't be any better.
One third of past inquiries didn't even publish their reports. Many are not available today.
Victims say if he's
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.
@UNPeacekeeping
should now suspend deployment of
#SriLanka
peacekeepers after
@mbachelet
#lka
report:
@UNHumanRights
Press release in
English
#Tamil
#Sinhala
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#tamils
are carving the names of their dead on stones - as 8th anniv of war end approaches - but still intimidated by
#srilankan
state
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.
@UNHumanRights
: “
#SriLanka
remains in a state of denial about the past, with truth-seeking efforts aborted and the highest State officials refusing to make any acknowledgement of past crimes.”
Read the ITJP
@JDSLanka
3-pager on
#lka
systems crimes & failed institutions.
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Yasmin Sooka's video message on the occasion of the 12th anniversary of the war end.
[Subtitled in Tamil]
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#srilanka
ex Navy chief designated by USG for gross violations of
#humanrights
.
ITJP did a dossier on him in 2019:
using
#lka
police investigation, victim testimony & insider witnesses.
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Singapore has ‘unique opportunity’ to arrest Gotabaya Rajapaksa, rights group says | The Independent
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"I was never told anything as to why I was being detained or for how long. None of us knew any information as to our detention, the reasons for it and its duration." Young Tamil man detained in
#srilanka
's so called 'rehabilitation' camps in 2009 after toenails pulled out.
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We & several activists have written to UN experts urging them TODAY to question Major Gen Kulatunga - the
#srilanka
government delegate to the Human Rights committee ICCPR review - who ran an army camp where torture was alleged. He’s now an intelligence chief. .
@UNHumanRights
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More time to investigate him .
@agcsingapore
Singapore permits former Sri Lankan president Gotabaya Rajapaksa to stay in the country for an additional 14 days
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Our NEW report on
#torture
& the Terrorism Investigation Division of the
#srilankan
police - online at & in Press Release in
#Tamil
&
#Sinhala
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Transitional justice expert & lawyer Yasmin Sooka on why the credibility of .
@UNPeacekeeping
is at stake if it continues to use
#srilankan
troops without effective vetting & screening.
#lka
@UN_HRC
@UNHumanRights
@UNSriLanka
@pass_blue
@JBI_HumanRights
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2pm UK Tues. 5 Dec - debate in parliament on
#srilanka
#humanrights
- urging MPs to ask about sanctioning
#lka
alleged war criminals pls. .
@Siobhain_Mc
@MPIainDS
@BTConservatives
@AruSivananthan
@Tamils4Labour
@TamilGuardian
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ITJP Yasmin Sooka's response to .
@PoliceScotland
announcement on stopping training of
#Srilanka
police because of
#human
rights concerns.
@lankafiles
@colombotelegrap
@JDSLanka
@TamilGuardian
@uvinduk
@new_uthayan
@Meerasrini
@sansunman
@groundviews
@colombogazette
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So much 4 the families of the 11 ppl who disappeared from the
#torture
dungeons at Trincomalee naval base in 2009 under Karannagoda's watch. Acc. 2 court dox, ex Navy Chief Travis Sinniah testified that Karannagoda knew of the Torture site & ordered him NOT to investigate.
Admiral of the Fleet Wasantha Karannagoda, the first five-star Admiral produced by the country, receives the ceremonial sceptre form His Excellency the President at the state investiture ceremony held in Colombo today.
@SMODSriLanka
@infodprtsl
#FleetAdmiral
#SriLanka
#lka
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'We must not lose hope': Activists, victims seek war crimes charges against ex-Sri Lankan president | CBC News
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ITJP Executive Director - Yasmin Sooka - 'Pursuing Accountability for Mass Atrocity Crimes' - her lecture on 10 August.
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This
#mannar
#disappeared
book compiled in
#lka
is a really important piece of work. Kudos to those who put in all this painstaking & heartbreaking work.
#srilanka
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#SriLanka
's former defence chief accused of torture and killing after being served lawsuit in US grocery parking lot | The Independent
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#Srilanka
’s new sec of defence Kamal Gunaratne commanded 53 Div. in 2009 - which he called "the very lifeblood of the Army”. They fought from Elephant Pass to Mullivaikkal, where UN says they were involved in accepting surrenders in May when Tamils disappeared or were executed.
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Instead of lining up 2shake hands with politicians & generals to express their support 4the new government, diplomats in Colombo shd be photographed with the Families of the Disappeared & their brave lawyers to champion their quest 4 the truth &show their continued support.”
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The Navy case in
#srilanka
- why do the 11 victims constantly get mischaracterised as 'young men" as here by .
@FT_SriLanka
?
There were two pairs of fathers AND sons abducted. Someone born in 1958 is hardly a youth, even in 2009.
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#srilanka
#Disappeared
Reported last seen on 19 May 2009, Niloni R Mathews.
She looks straight out at you.
#lka
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Here is the link to the report in English and Tamil
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ITJP Infographic explaining
#srilanka
Government misuse of redacted UK diplomatic telexes from 2009 war to try to undermine UN's .
@UNHumanRights
#humanrights
reporting on
#lka
:
english
#tamil
#sinhala
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Noting that we have sent a submission to the UN Working Group on Enforced & Involuntary Disappearance for its current session about the role of the
#srilanka
president in hundreds of disappearances in Matale in 1989.
@UNHumanRights
@mbachelet
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Pls SHARE joint ITJP & .
@JDSLanka
briefing papers on
#humanrights
in
#srilanka
in advance of .
@UNHumanRights
session in Geneva:
…
1. systems crimes 2. ongoing violations. 3. disappearances 4. institutional reform 5 & 6. emblematic cases.
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