Students and staff at the University of Jaffna marked Tamil Genocide Remembrance Day. Flowers with laid at a monument dedicated to the victims of the Tamil genocide. The current monument was erected in April 2021 after it was bulldozed by Sri Lankan authorities in January 2021.
Canadian Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, and Opposition leader, Pierre Poilievre have issued statements commemorating Tamil Genocide Remembrance Day.
In a statement marking 15 years since the Tamil genocide, People for Equality and Relief in Lanka (PEARL) said that "Tamil resistance cannot be broken" as the Tamil nation remain "steadfast for their legitimate political rights." The US based advocacy organisation highlighted the failure of the international community in stopping the massacre at Mullivaikkal in 2009. Tamils across the diaspora called on the international community to intervene to block Sri Lanka's genocidal offensive. Mass protests took place across the major cities around the world, demanding a permanent ceasefire. "The...
Tamils in Glasgow held a demonstration in Glasgow, Scotland today to mark 15 years since the Tamil genocide. They held placards that read 'Eelam Tamils want international justice' and 'Tamils want action, not words'. Tamils in the North-East and the diaspora are marking the day with remembrance events.
BREAKING - Sri Lankan police officers wreak havoc at Tamil Genocide remembrance event organised by Eastern University students pic.twitter.com/1kUcEUKUlj — Tamil Guardian (@TamilGuardian) May 18, 2024 A group of Sri Lankan police officers wreaked havoc and blocked the distribution of kanji as Eastern University students tried to commemorate Tamil Genocide Remembrance Day. Sri Lankan police officers surrounded the students who were preparing the kanji outside the campus gates and demanded that they stopped the commemoration. Video footage shows a police officer pushing off the flowers and...
Around 300 Tamils living around the coastal town of Southend-on-Sea in England descended on a beach at dusk on 17 May to remember their loved ones who perished in the genocide of Mullivaikkal on the island of Sri Lanka 15 years ago. This event was one of many in Britain in the lead-up to Tamil Genocide Remembrance Day, which is marked annually on 18 May. The usual noise and party atmosphere of Shoebury East Beach was replaced by quiet reflection, floral tributes, memorial speeches and poems, culminating in the mass release of hundreds of biodegradable floating memorial lanterns into the waves...
A hartal was held by businesses and traders in Mullaitivu to mark Tamil Genocide Remembrance Day.
On the 15th anniversary of the genocide at Mullivaikal, Amnesty International's Secretary-General, Agnes Callamard, has called on the international community to take decisive action by referring Sri Lanka to the United Nations Security Council with a view to an International Criminal Court investigation. Speaking to Tamil Guardian after attending the Mullivaikal commemoration today, Callamard highlighted the ongoing struggle for justice and the critical need for international intervention, including the application of universal jurisdiction to deliver justice when Sri Lankan war criminals travel abroad.
Marking 15 years since the Mullivaikkal genocide, Britain's Foreign Secretary, Lord David Cameron, has issued a statement touting the UK's efforts to improve human rights and support meaningful progress that will allow those on the island to "remember their loved ones freely". The statement comes as Tamils conducting memorials faced continued crackdowns by the Sri Lankan police. In Kilinochchi, four Tamils were arrested for distributing Kanji. His statement further read: “As we mark the 15th anniversary of the end of Sri Lanka’s armed conflict, my thoughts are with all those killed and...
On the 15th anniversary of the Mullivaikkal genocide, British MP, from across the political ailse, have gathered to call for accountability and justice for the attrocities committed against Tamils during the armed conflict. UK Foreign Secretary - Lord Cameron In his statement, Lord David Cameron, stressed Britain's focus on improving human rights on the island of Sri Lanka and supporting meaningful progress that will allow those on the island to "remember their loved ones freely". His statement further reflected on 2013 travel to Jaffna. The statement reads: “As we mark the 15th anniversary...