New Sri Lanka mass grave discovery reopens old wounds for Tamils
So far, 19 bodies have been found. Thousands of Tamils were disappeared during civil war that ended in 2009.
![A rusted gate behind which Sri Lankan excavators are digging the latest mass grave they have found from the country's 26-year-long civil war, in Chemmani, Sri Lanka [Jeevan Ravindran/Al Jazeera]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/DSC_0536-1750053653.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
So far, 19 bodies have been found. Thousands of Tamils were disappeared during civil war that ended in 2009.
Relatives forced out of cemeteries as they attempted to light lamps at graves of loved ones who died in the conflict.
Probe against Admiral Wasantha Karannagoda highlighted extrajudicial killings during the nation’s 37-year ethnic war.
Opposition legislator Selvarajah Kajendran arrested for remembering rebel who died campaigning for minority community.
At least 29 refugees tried to take their own lives last month to protest their detention at a camp in Tamil Nadu state.
International Truth and Justice Project report says 15 Tamils were beaten, burned, suffocated and sexually assaulted.
President pardons 16 men as island nation faces UN pressure over detentions without charge under an anti-terrorism law.
UN’s human rights chief warns the systems and policies that allowed grave rights abuses remain in place.
Destruction of monument at Jaffna University, showing arms sticking out of a mound, prompted threats of general strike.
Vijay Sethupathi withdraws from the project after cricketer Muttiah Muralitharan warns him of backlash from Tamils.
Dozens have been protesting for the past three years, demanding army return their land confiscated during the civil war.
![The Sri Lankan Tamil detainees who tried to take their own lives at an Indian refugee camp [J Jayabathuri/Al Jazeera]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/detainees-who-attempted-suicide.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
![Sri Lankan troopers stand guard in the district of Mullaittivu on May 17, 2018, before the 10th anniversary of Sri Lankan troops defeating Tamil Tiger rebels and declaring an end to a 37-year-old separatist war that killed at least 100,000 people [File: Ishara S Kodikara/AFP]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/000_1GK3Z8.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
![The pardon is a first for people linked to the Tigers since Gotabaya Rajapaksa came to power in 2019 [File: Ishara S Kodikara/AFP]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/000_1WA6ON.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
![Tamil politicians in India accuse Muralitharan, who retired from Test cricket in 2010, of betraying fellow Tamils during Sri Lanka's civil war [File: Tim Chong/Reuters]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/2012-10-13T120000Z_1421972155_GM1E8AD11V401_RTRMADP_3_CRICKET-LANKA-MURALITHARAN.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
