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Mass grave with over 100 skeletons in Sri Lanka brings up old wounds
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Sri Lankan forensic experts and police officers working at the Chemmani mass grave in a former war zone in Jaffna, Sri Lanka, on July 26.
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- The mass grave found in Chemmani, Jaffna, contained over a hundred skeletons.
- Investigations face challenges, including political interference and an abysmal track record of prosecutions for mass violence, despite government pledges for reconciliation.
- The discovery has political implications, amid calls for justice and investigations into war crimes, with UN involvement.
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Bengaluru – The discovery of a mass grave with more than 100 human skeletons, including those of children, in a former war zone in north Sri Lanka has revived demands for accountability from the government for war crimes and human rights violations during its three-decade-long civil war.
Among those wondering if their loved ones may be among the dead is Mrs Parameswari Jayapalan, whose husband Jayapalan Kandayya went missing in August 1996. He was on his way to his tea shop in Chavakacheri, only 15 minutes from Chemmani, where the grave was discovered.
