Addressing the Mullaivaikkal remembrance event in London, on Saturday, the Tamil Youth Organisation UK (TYO UK), condemned the ongoing abuses, colonisation and oppression taking place in the North-East and asserted, "history makes two things very clear. Justice cannot be compromised on and oppression will not be tolerated forever."
See TYO UK address in full here. Extracts reproduced below:
"Three years ago, tens of thousands of Tamils perished as the Sri Lankan Army annihilated the Vanni. As we wept, the world urged reconciliation."
"Yet three years on, May 18th defines precisely what cannot be reconciled."
"As we remain confounded by our nation’s collective loss, the Sinhala nation praises its government and celebrates its military.
"What the Eelam Tamil nation calls genocide, the Sinhala nation calls ‘victory’.
"And so, on a day like today, as we remember May 18th at Mullivaikkaal, we are ever more resolved that our nation’s security, the island’s peace and the region’s stability lie in Tamil Eelam."
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