30 December 2014
Here is our look back at 2014 and some of the year's most significant images:
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Tamils remember Murugathasan Varnakulasingham, who self-immolated outside the UN Human Rights Council five years ago, protesting against the international community's inaction at the genocide of Tamils in Sri Lanka.
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5 years since self-immolation of British Tamil in Geneva (12 Feb 2014)
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| Leaked extracts of UN High Commissioner for Human Rights' report on allegations of mass atrocities in Sri Lanka, reiterate call for international inquiry. | ||
| Editorial - Defining moment (18 Feb 2014) | ||
| International inquiry in Sri Lanka is 'essential' - UN High Commissioner (26 Mar 2014) | ||
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| TID detains prominent Tamil disappearances campaigner, Balendran Jeyakumari and her 13 year old daughter Vipoosika in run up to UNHRC session. | ||
| Tamil 'Disappearances' campaigner and 13y daughter held by Sri Lankan military (13 Mar 2014) | ||
| Tamils fearful after disappearances campaigner and daughter arrested by SL police (13 Mar 2014) | ||
| Detained Tamil campaigner held under PTA act by TID (14 Mar 2014) | ||
| ‘This is a serious threat' warned detained Tamil campaigner in interview to C4 last month (14 Mar 2014) | ||
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| Sinhala groups protest against condemn Navi Pillay's call for an international investigation into mass atrocities against the Tamil people. |
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| Sinhala women's group marks IWD with protest against Navi Pillay and UNHRC resolution (08 Mar 2014) |
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| Sri Lankans burn effigies of Navi Pillay protesting against UNHRC resolution (20 Mar 2014) |
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| Tamils call for an international inquiry into genocide against the Tamil people during the final stages of the armed conflict and call for the right to self-determination. |
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| Tamils demonstrate outside UNHRC, demanding international investigation (10 Mar 2014) |
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| Editorial - An international investigation is long overdue (03 Mar 2014) | ||
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| Photograph: Tamil Guardian | ||
| Tamil address UNHRC's 25th session calling for an international inquiry into allegations of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide against the Tamil people. | ||
| 'North-East demands international investigation' - Interview with MK Shivajilingam (23 Feb 2014) | ||
| TNA welcome draft UNHRC resolution on Sri Lanka, urges international Commission of Inquiry (09 Mar 2014) | ||
| Tamil activists and international NGOs reiterate calls for COI (11 Mar 2014) | ||
| Ananthy Sasitharan calls for international investigation into genocide of Tamils (14 Mar 2014) | ||
| Sri Lanka is a genocidal state, it cannot conduct an inquiry itself - Ananthy Sasitharan tells UNHRC (18 Mar 2014) |
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| Photograph: Tamil Guardian | ||
| UN Human Rights Council mandates OHCHR to conduct an international inquiry into mass atrocities in Sri Lanka | ||
| UN Rights Council mandates 'comprehensive investigation' by OHCHR into Sri Lanka (27 Mar 2014) | ||
| Editorial - The Beginning (31 Mar 2014) |
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| Sri Lankan government proscribes over 15 Tamil diaspora organisations and over 400 individuals as terrorists immediately after international inquiry mandated by UNHRC | ||
| Sri Lanka bans Tamil diaspora organisations – Daily Mirror (31 Mar 2014) |
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| Over 400 Tamil individuals included in Sri Lanka's proscription list (04 Apr 2014) | ||
| Editorial - Transcending Terror (07 Apr 2014) |
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| Hundreds of Tamils join May Day rallies by Tamil parties calling for an end to the oppression by the Sri Lankan state. | ||
| TNA calls for end to Sri Lankan state oppression at May Day (02 May 2014) |
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| TNPF calls for Tamil freedom from Sri Lankan state at May Day (02 May 2014) | ||
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| Photograph: @Uthayarasashali |
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| Tamil nation marked 5 years since the massacre of tens of thousands of Tamils during the end of the armed conflict in 2009 at remembrance events worldwide. | ||
| Tamil nation remembers Mullivaikal massacre 5 years on, amidst military ban (18 May 2014) | ||
| Feature - 5 years today: revisiting May 2009 (18 May 2014) | ||
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| Photograph: Timothy Anderson | ||
| Tamils call for justice for victims of sexual violence and torture by Sri Lankan military, as Global Summit to End Sexual Violence gets underway in London. | ||
| M.I.A calls for justice for Tamils raped by Sri Lankan military (12 Jun 2014) |
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| Feature - Sexual Violence in Conflict: Sri Lanka (09 Jun 2014) |
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| Kerry: ‘we will not tolerate peace agreements that provide amnesty to rape’ (13 Jun 2014) | ||
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| Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa stays away from Commonwealth Game in Glasgow as Tamils demonstrate outside demanding Sri Lanka be excluded from event | ||
| Tamils protest Sri Lanka's inclusion in Commonwealth at opening ceremony of Glasgow games (24 Jul 2014) |
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| Photograph: Tamil Guardian |
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| New UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein, reiterates calls for accountability and justice in Sri Lanka, as oral update of OHCHR Investigation into Sri Lanka (OISL) presented. |
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| UN Human Rights Chief backs investigation into Sri Lankan war crimes (07 Sep 2014) |
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| Sri Lanka reiterates rejection of UN inquiry at opening day of Human Rights Council (08 Sep 2014) |
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| Fundamental and far-reaching accountability needed in Sri Lanka says UN Human Rights Chief (25 Sep 2014) | ||
| Editorial - Renewing resolve (12 Sep 2014) | ||
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| Protests continue calling for the release of Balendran Jeyakumari who remains detained under the Prevention of Terrorism Act without charge | ||
| Protests against Jeyakumari detention take place in Vavuniya (10 Oct 2014) | ||
| #FreeJeyakumary campaigners protest in Colombo (29 Sep 2014) |
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| Tamils protest in Vavuniya against detention of Jeyakumari and Vipoosika (15 Mar 2014) |
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| The 60th birthday of LTTE leader Velupillai Prabhakaran was marked on November 26, with celebrations held across the North-East and the rest of the world. | ||
| LTTE leader's 60th birthday marked across the world (26 Nov 2014) | ||
| SL intelligence launches investigation into Uthayan over LTTE leader 60th birthday article (26 Nov 2014) |
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| Tamils commemorated Maaveerar Naal (Tamil National Remembrance day) with events across the North-East and worldwide |
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| Maaveerar Naal 2014 commemorated worldwide (27 Nov 2014) | ||
| Editorial - A Legacy for Generations (27 Nov 2014) | ||
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| A memorial remembering Tamils who lost their lives in the struggle for freedom from state oppression erected in Essen, Germany | ||
| Memorial for Tamil war dead unveiled in Germany (02 Dec 2014) |
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| UK university Tamil societies hold annual 'Breaking the Silence' exhibitions to raise awareness about the human rights violations and mass atrocities committed against Tamil civilians in Sri Lanka. | ||
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Breaking The Silence Journal 2014:
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| Tamils remember the 10th year anniversary of the Boxing Day tsunami which left scores dead across the North-East and South Asia. | ||
| Feature - Remembering the tsunami, 10 years on (26 Dec 2014) | ||
| North-East remembers victims of 2004 tsunami (26 Dec 2014) | ||
| Canadian Tamils remember Boxing Day tsunami (26 Dec 2014) | ||
| Tamils in Germany remember tsunami victims (27 Dec 2014) | ||
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