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Sampath Samarakoon
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Editor, vikalpa.org (Citizen Journalism website in Sri Lanka/ Researcher, Center for Policy Alternatives(cpalanka.org), Convener of the Internet Media Action and former Secretary Free Media Movement, Srilanka.

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Sampath Samarakoon @sampaths.bsky.social · May 23
Audio Overview in English (Article by 'Mullivaikkal: Seeking Truth and Justice' in Sinhala - “මුල්ලිවෛක්කාල්: සත්‍යයේ ආලෝකය තුළින්, යුක්තියේ බලාපොරොත්තුව සහිත මතකයන්! with Photos www.vikalpa.org/article/44778) Generate by #NotebookLM on.soundcloud.com/8DfZdgDiqY6A... #srilanka #lka #Justice #May18sl
Mullivaikkal_ Seeking Truth and Justice
This excerpt from Vikalpa, titled
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ශ්‍රී ලංකා ආණ්ඩුවේ 2026 අයවැය තුළ, රුපියල් බිලියන 30 කට වැඩි මුදලක් වෙන්කරමින් රාජ්‍ය යන්ත්‍රණය විශාල තාක්ෂණික යාවත්කාලීන කිරීමක් සඳහා විශාල ප්‍රාග්ධනයක්... Read in full: vikalpa.org/article/45359 #srilanka #Digitaliasation #HumanRights
November 20, 2025 at 9:02 AM
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"Any state that maintains impunity instead of ending it cannot claim to be a civilized state. We must not forget that this truth applies to Sri Lanka as well." @sampaths.bsky.social
#EndImpunity #srilanka #Justice #IDEI2025
November 3, 2025 at 4:34 AM
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#IDEI2025 : International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists (IDEI)

[The situation in Sri Lanka still remains unresolved.]
#EndImpunity #srilanka #EngageSMinSL
November 2, 2025 at 8:56 AM
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#ENDImpunity | ‘යුක්තිය නැතිව’ තවත් වසරක්… 👉https://vikalpa.org/article/45325 #srilanka #Justice #IDEI205
November 2, 2025 at 9:25 AM
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බන්ධනාගාර දෙපාර්තමේන්තුවේ ‘දැක්ම’ ඔවුන්ගේ වෙබ් අඩවියේ සදහන් වන්නේ මෙසේය “නේවාසිකයින් පුනරුත්ථාපනය තුළින් යහපත් පුරවැසියන් ලෙස සමාජගත කිරිම.” නමුත් බන්ධනාගාර කොමසාරිස්වරයෙක් මරණ දණ්ඩනය ඉල්ලා සිටී!!!
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සම්පූර්ණ ලිපිය කියවන්න www.vikalpa.org/article/45321 #srilanka #lka #Prison
October 30, 2025 at 4:39 AM
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My comment on the disgraceful act of the police recording and releasing to social media an interrogation involving two citizens at a police station in #SriLanka is published today(27) in the Mawbima newspaper. #socialmedia #EngageSMinSL 👇
October 27, 2025 at 6:44 AM
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‘2023 වසරේ පමණක් අලි 488ක් මරලා’ ආණ්ඩුව මඟහරින අලි – මිනිස් ගැටුම වැළැක්වීමට ගත යුතු ක්‍රියාමාර්ග මොනවාද? Read i full: www.vikalpa.org/article/45284 #srilanka #Elephant
October 26, 2025 at 7:06 AM
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My Experiment - 100% Generative AI Production
October 26, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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'......ඔන්ලයින් ආරක්ෂණ පනතේ වගකීම ඩිජිටල් ආර්ථික අමාත්‍යාංශය (MoDE) යටතට ඒකාබද්ධ කිරීම, මෙම මතභේදාත්මක නීතිය පවතින ලෙසටම....'
by @sampaths.bsky.social www.vikalpa.org/article/45277 #OSA #srilanka
October 22, 2025 at 7:59 AM
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මන්නාරම දූපතේ ජන දිවිය හා ස්වාභාවික සම්පත් වැනසීමේ සුනිත්‍ය බලශක්ති අධිකාරියේ සැලැසුම Read in full: vikalpa.org/article/45267 #Mannar #srilanka
මන්නාරම දූපතේ ජනතාව හා ජෛව ප්‍රජාව දැවැන්ත අනතුරක
“සුනිත්‍ය බලශක්ති අධිකාරිය, විදුලිබල මණ්ඩලය හා ආසියානු සංවර්ධන බැංකුව එක් ව සකස් කළ සැලැසුම්වලින් මන්නාරම දූපතේ ජනතාව හා ජෛව ප්‍රජාව දැවැන්ත අනතුරක” ශ්‍රී ලංකා සුනි…
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October 26, 2025 at 5:54 AM
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🔴Sri Lanka's Mass Graves: Truth and Justice
vikalpavoices.bsky.social VIKALPAvoices @vikalpavoices.bsky.social · Oct 16
කොළඹ වරාය සමූහ මිනීවළේ අස්ථී කොටස් විශ්ලේෂණය කිරීමට නියෝග [ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ සමූහ මිනීවළවල් සහ වළලනු ලැබූ සත්‍යය]

🔴එකිනෙකට වෙනස් සිදුවීම් සහිත මෙම සමූහ මිනීවළවල් හතරේ විමර්ශනවල වර්තමාන තත්ත්වය Read in full: vikalpa.org/article/45253 #srilanka #MassGrave #Justice
October 16, 2025 at 11:19 AM
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ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදී රාජ්‍යයක ආණ්ඩුවක මූලික වගකීම වන්නේ ජනතාවගේ මූලික අයිතිවාසිකම් ආරක්ෂා කිරීමයි. ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ පසුගිය දශකවල ඉතිහාසය බලන විට, ආණ්ඩු බලය අයුතු ලෙස භාවිත කිරීම, දූෂණය, මර්දනකාරී නීති....Read in full: vikalpa.org/article/45232 #srilanka #lka
October 8, 2025 at 7:08 AM
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Many who speak or write about the “Geneva Resolutions.” describe them as being ‘against Sri Lanka’. That’s exactly where the real problem lies — in the ‘Sinhala-Buddhist’ supremacist mindset. #UNHRC60 #srilanka
October 8, 2025 at 3:46 AM
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At a program in #Batticaloa on #SMD, human rights, digital trends & the #OSA - MPs R. Shanakiyan, G. Srinesan, Dr. I. Srinath (ITAK) & K. Prabu (NPP) received the 2nd edition of the All shared positive feedback on its vision for a rights-based digital future.👉 shorturl.at/z9Ulq #EngageSMinSL #lka
October 7, 2025 at 8:20 AM
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2 one-day programs on Social Media Declaration (SMD), OSA global technological trends, and related rights including freedom of expression were held in Monaragala. More than 70 participants, including youth and government officials, took part in these programs. shorturl.at/eGDD2 #lka
September 29, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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Dr. Kasipillai Manoharan(84)
has passed away without ever receiving justice. RIP 🪔

[To the murders buried in darkness and the countless disappearances, no answers were ever given. On this land where “justice” has become meaningless, his heart too finally came to a halt.] shorturl.at/ow0iS #lka
September 22, 2025 at 5:16 AM
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Submission on Amend the Online Safety Act No. 09 of 2024 👉 www.socialmedialanka.org/2025/09/12/s... #OSA #srilanka #lka #EngageSMinSL
Submission on Amend the Online Safety Act No. 09 of 2024 - Social Media Declaration
Prior to the current National People’s Power government coming to office, the present Prime Minister, Harini Amarasuriya, stated that the Online Safety Act (OSA) would be repealed in its entirety. How...
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September 12, 2025 at 10:55 AM
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Human Rights Commission's report on March 2018's anti-Muslim violence in Digana: Complementing doctoral research and GNI principles

www.linkedin.com/pulse/human-... (LinkedIn)

sanjanah.wordpress.com/2025/09/10/h... (WordPress)

#SriLanka #SocialMedia @thegni.bsky.social @alexwarofka.com
September 10, 2025 at 3:12 AM
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".....මෙම ප්‍රචණ්ඩත්වයන් අවුලුවාලීමට සෘජුවම සම්බන්ධ පුද්ගලයින්, සංවිධාන(නම් සහිතව) කවුද? " Read in full: vikalpa.org/article/45148 #srilanka #lka #Digana #Muslims #Justice
September 10, 2025 at 9:07 AM
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imalanka.bsky.social
The OSA (Online Safety Act) is a law that, under the guise of the word “safety,” can in fact eliminate the right to criticism.
Therefore, it must be repealed. #srilanka #OSA
September 4, 2025 at 10:35 AM
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This photo exhibition(UNFRAMED) is a project that I org; with great enthusiasm during my working period. Along with the photos I had collected over time, it also included the photos and contributions of several others. I still see the need for it again. 👉 #NotebookLM www.linkedin.com/posts/sampat...
#notebooklm | Sampath Samarakoon
This photo exhibition(UNFRAMED) is a project that I organized with great enthusiasm during my working period. Along with the photos I had collected over time, it also included the photos and contribut...
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September 4, 2025 at 11:13 AM
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“හමුදාවට බාර දුන් අපේ දරුවන්ට මොකද උනේ?” ඔවුන් ඇසූ තවත් එක් ප්‍රභල ප්‍රශ්ණයක් පමණි.

ශිෂ්ට සම්පන්න බව පිළිබද අදහසක් ඇත්නම් එම ප්‍රශ්ණයට රාජ්‍ය පිළිතුරු දිය යුතු නොවේද?... Read in full: www.vikalpa.org/article/45094 (Video/ Photos)
“හමුදාවට බාරදුන් අපේ දරුවන්ට මොකද උනේ” අතුරුදහන් වූවන්ගේ දෙමළ පවුල්වල ඥාතීන් අසයි / International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances [Photos/ Video]
iMage: Vikalpa/ Sampath Samarakoon අගෝස්තු 30 වනදාට යෙදී තිබූ බලහත්කාරයෙන් අතුරුදහන් කරවීමෙන් ගොදුරු බවට පත් වුවන් අනුස්මරණය කරන ජාත්‍යන්තර දිනය (International Day of the Victims of Enforced…
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September 4, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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At the invitation of Tamil members from Sampath Samarakoon‘s Social Media Declaration (SMD) network, which is sui generis in Sri Lanka, spoke to around 150 undergraduate students from University of Jaffna‘s....

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When code meets checkpoints: Lecture at Jaffna University
At the invitation of Tamil members from Sampath Samarakoon’s Social Media Declaration (SMD) network, which is sui generis in Sri Lanka, spoke to around 150 undergraduate students from Univers…
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September 2, 2025 at 8:41 AM
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Chemmani Mass Grave – Day37
2025 August 29

Today, 10 more human skeletons were unearthed in #Jaffna, raising the total to 187. Among them were infant remains, & 174 skeletons have been fully exhumed.

Each discovery is a silent testimony, demanding Truth & Justice for the victims. #lka #srilanka
August 29, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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පොලිස්පතිවරයාගේ ප්‍රකාශය ගැන අප කෙසේ ප්‍රතිචාර දැක්විය යුතු ද? 👇(Graphics; GenAI/Napkin ) / More 👉 vikalpa.org/article/45053 #srilanka #Children
August 19, 2025 at 8:51 AM