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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. socialmedialanka.org | unframedsl.org

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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

on.soundcloud.com

Sampath Samarakoon @sampaths.bsky.social · 2d

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 👇

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VIKALPAvoices @vikalpavoices.bsky.social · 3d

‘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

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Sampath Samarakoon @sampaths.bsky.social · 3d

My Experiment - 100% Generative AI Production

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VIKALPAvoices @vikalpavoices.bsky.social · 7d

'......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

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Sampath Samarakoon @sampaths.bsky.social · 3d

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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Sampath Samarakoon @sampaths.bsky.social · 13d

🔴Sri Lanka's Mass Graves: Truth and Justice

VIKALPAvoices @vikalpavoices.bsky.social · 13d

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

Sampath Samarakoon @sampaths.bsky.social · 21d

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

Sampath Samarakoon @sampaths.bsky.social · 21d

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

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Social Media Declaration - Sri Lanka @smdsrilanka.bsky.social · 22d

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

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Social Media Declaration - Sri Lanka @smdsrilanka.bsky.social · Sep 29

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

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Sampath Samarakoon @sampaths.bsky.social · Sep 22

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

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Social Media Declaration - Sri Lanka @smdsrilanka.bsky.social · Sep 12

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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Dr Sanjana Hattotuwa @sanjanah.bsky.social · Sep 10

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

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VIKALPAvoices @vikalpavoices.bsky.social · Sep 10

".....මෙම ප්‍රචණ්ඩත්වයන් අවුලුවාලීමට සෘජුවම සම්බන්ධ පුද්ගලයින්, සංවිධාන(නම් සහිතව) කවුද? " Read in full: vikalpa.org/article/45148 #srilanka #lka #Digana #Muslims #Justice

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Internet Media Action @imalanka.bsky.social · Sep 4

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

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Sampath Samarakoon @sampaths.bsky.social · Sep 4

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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VIKALPAvoices @vikalpavoices.bsky.social · Sep 4

“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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Social Media Declaration - Sri Lanka @smdsrilanka.bsky.social · Sep 2

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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Sampath Samarakoon @sampaths.bsky.social · Aug 29

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

Sampath Samarakoon @sampaths.bsky.social · Aug 19

පොලිස්පතිවරයාගේ ප්‍රකාශය ගැන අප කෙසේ ප්‍රතිචාර දැක්විය යුතු ද? 👇(Graphics; GenAI/Napkin ) / More 👉 vikalpa.org/article/45053 #srilanka #Children

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Internet Media Action @imalanka.bsky.social · Aug 13

On October 15, 2013, Sri Lanka’s first public conference on “Internet Freedom” was held at the National Library in Colombo.

🛜 Concurrently, the commencement of “Internet Media Action (IMA)” was also marked. At that time, the "Ravaya" Sinhala newspaper (October 13, 2013) reported it as follows: #lka

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Sampath Samarakoon @sampaths.bsky.social · Aug 3

Experiment(01) | Animation - Generate by GenAI
#srilanka #Elephant #human #GenAI

Sampath Samarakoon @sampaths.bsky.social · Aug 2

[රාජ්‍යක් ලෙස ඇගෙන් සමාව ගත යුතුයි]
[රාජ්‍යක් ලෙස ඇගෙන් සමාව ගත යුතුයි]
[රාජ්‍යක් ලෙස ඇගෙන් සමාව ගත යුතුයි]
[රාජ්‍යක් ලෙස ඇගෙන් සමාව ගත යුතුයි]
Read in full: www.vikalpa.org/article/45014 #srilanka #Police #Justice Infographcs: GenAI

Sampath Samarakoon @sampaths.bsky.social · Jul 29

Chemmani Mass Grave: Skeleton Count Rises to 111
Chemmani Mass Grave: Skeleton Count Rises to 111
Chemmani Mass Grave: Skeleton Count Rises to 111
[Info By: kumanan Kanna]
#SriLanka #Chemmani #Justice4Chemmani #Justice [Info- graphics Create by GenAI]

Sampath Samarakoon @sampaths.bsky.social · Jul 29

🔴[චීනයේ LAB එක ලංකාව ද?]

ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ චීන බලපෑම් මෙහෙයුම්: Social Media විශ්ලේෂණය 👉 vikalpa.org/article/45004 (with Audio Overview in SInhala - Generate by #NotebookLM - The foundational content for this @sanjanah.bsky.social
👉 shorturl.at/5QNF4 (English) #China #srilanka