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Mark Salter @marsal61

Senior Researcher & Consultant. Pessimism of the Intellect, Optimism of the Will - my favourite Gramsci misquote. RTs do not imply endorsement marksalter.org Here & There. Joined March 2011
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Alan Keenan @akeenan23

2 weeks ago

Good to learn of important judgment from Kalawanchikudy Magistrate affirming right of families and the public to know fate of disappeared and to have #SriLanka #massgraves excavated fully and independently, and to have courts free from executive interference.

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Ambika Satkunanathan @ambikasat

2 weeks ago

Good to learn of important judgment from Kalawanchikudy Magistrate affirming right of families and the public to know fate of disappeared and to have #SriLanka #massgraves excavated fully and independently, and to have courts free from executive interference.

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A.A.Milne @A_AMilne

3 weeks ago

“Every piece of poetry has a music of its own which it is humming to itself as it goes along. Verses sing themselves into people’s heads and stay there for ever, so that even when they are alone and unhappy they have this music with them for company.” ~A.A.Milne #poetry

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Mark Salter @marsal61

3 weeks ago

Wouldn't it be great if #keir_starmer talked - and acted - more like his #Spanish counterpart Pedro Sánchez? theguardian.com/world/2025/sep…

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Mark Salter @marsal61

3 weeks ago

My latest, a #DailyFT commentary on ex-Sri Lankan president Ranil Wickremesinghe's recent arrest on corruption charges. #lka ft.lk/opinion/The-Gr…

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Mark Salter @marsal61

4 weeks ago

Useful account of the political issues raised by Ranil W's arrest. ft.lk/opinion/Sri-La…

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LankaFiles @lankafiles

a month ago

Investigators decide to expand excavation area at Sri Lanka's third largest mass grave after analysing findings of Ground Penetrating Radar results. So far, 150 skeletal remains including those of babies have been removed from the Chemmani Siththupaththi mass burial site.

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Alan Keenan @akeenan23

a month ago

A good overview, fair to the range of different perspectives on #Wickremesinge’s arrest. dw.com/en/sri-lanka-e…

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Bhavani Fonseka @bfonseka

a month ago

Do join us this week in a discussion that will explore past events & present developments in #Chemmani to attempts @ transitional justice in the past to future prospects in #SriLanka @GehanDG @benislos

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Shamara Wettimuny @shamara4w

a month ago

Fantastic trilingual exhibition on Sri Lanka’s post-independence history at the Colombo Public Library, curated by the phenomenal Anisha Dias Bandaranaike and team. Really recommend taking everyone you know and going! On until 23 August, 8.30am-5.30pm

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Alan Keenan @akeenan23

a month ago

A thread well worth reading on a case that goes to the heart of whether the govt of @anuradisanayake is willing & able to expand its campaign against #impunity to include war-time atrocities by the #SriLanka military. Not easy, but still not out of the question. #Chemmani

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Ambika Satkunanathan @ambikasat

a month ago

A thread well worth reading on a case that goes to the heart of whether the govt of @anuradisanayake is willing & able to expand its campaign against #impunity to include war-time atrocities by the #SriLanka military. Not easy, but still not out of the question. #Chemmani

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Ruki Fernando @rukitweets

a month ago

CTID (police's terrorism unit) must withdraw summons to @kumanan93 & close investigating a baseless, false & politically motivated complaint, with malicious intention to intimidate, harras, discredit him & other Tamil journos & activists. Reporting military abuses is NOT a crime

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Kumanan @kumanan93

a month ago

CTID (police's terrorism unit) must withdraw summons to @kumanan93 & close investigating a baseless, false & politically motivated complaint, with malicious intention to intimidate, harras, discredit him & other Tamil journos & activists. Reporting military abuses is NOT a crime

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Mark Salter @marsal61

2 months ago

My latest piece: a review of a new documentary about the life of Neelan Tiruchelvam. ft.lk/opinion/Unsile…

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Mark Salter @marsal61

2 months ago

Important feed from @ambikasat. How the security forces leopard doesn't change its spots, and requires active govt. intervention to prevent such continuing behaviour.

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Ambika Satkunanathan @ambikasat

2 months ago

Important feed from @ambikasat. How the security forces leopard doesn't change its spots, and requires active govt. intervention to prevent such continuing behaviour.

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Nalaka Gunawardene @NalakaG

2 months ago

Be worried. Be very worried when Chinese Communist Party gives governance advice to the ruling Marxists in #SriLanka. #lka #GovernanceLK #DemocracyLK

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NewsWire 🇱🇰 @NewsWireLK

2 months ago

Be worried. Be very worried when Chinese Communist Party gives governance advice to the ruling Marxists in #SriLanka. #lka #GovernanceLK #DemocracyLK

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NewsWire 🇱🇰 @NewsWireLK

2 months ago

Four years after a stricken cargo ship caused the largest plastic spill ever recorded, volunteers on Sri Lanka's beaches are still sifting kilograms of tiny, toxic plastic pellets from the sand

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Rock and Roll Garage @rocknrollgarag1

2 months ago

As a tribute to Ozzy Osbourne, the band of the Coldstream guards performed "Paranoid" at changing of the guard today.

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Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib @afalkhatib

2 months ago

Keep Gaza starving, saith Hamas: There is a hysterical campaign by Hamas and its online sycophant accounts to attack Egypt, the UAE, Jordan, and all efforts to bring in food and humanitarian aid into Gaza to address the hunger crisis. Why, you might ask? Because regardless of…

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Mark Salter @marsal61

2 months ago

Essential reading. I’m a Genocide Scholar. I Know It When I See It. nytimes.com/2025/07/15/opi…

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Mark Salter @marsal61

3 months ago

The #Gaza conflict: an #Indian / #SriLankan perspective #lka thefederal.com/category/opini…

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Mark Salter @marsal61

3 months ago

'You can’t build a future on denial. You can’t bury the truth and expect peace to bloom on top of it. If we truly want a better Sri Lanka — one where every community feels safe, equal, and heard — it must begin with facing what lies beneath'. geolens.substack.com/p/under-the-be…

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