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Published 11:29 GMT
Thousands of Tamils have started streaming through the doors at the ExCel convention centre in London's Docklands, as the UK's Maaveerar Naal remembrance event opened its doors a little while earlier.
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Preparations for similar remembrance events are taking place across the world, whilst remembrance events in the North-East continue to be quashed by the Sri Lankan government and military.
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