{
  "id": 620631,
  "title": "Jaffna disappearances: GR to give evidence on 29 Sept.",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/jaffna-disappearances-gr-to-give-evidence-on-29-sept",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-08-12T00:01:29.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Island Sri Lanka",
    "slug": "the-island-sri-lanka",
    "url": "http://island.lk/jaffna-disappearances-gr-to-give-evidence-on-29-sept/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has been asked to appear before the Colombo Chief Magistrate’s Court on 29 September and give evidence in proceedings concerning the alleged enforced disappearance of activists Lalith Kumar Weeraraj and Kugan Muruganandan during 2011. The order was issued on Friday (07) by the Jaffna Chief Magistrate S. Lenin Kumar, in the […]",
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  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}