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Mullivaikkal remembered three years on

17 May 2012

Jaffna University students defy military and remember the massacre of Mullivaikkal at remembrance event on 18th May 2012.

Three years after the end of the armed conflict, the Eelam Tamil nation remembers its loss, and reaffirms its resolve to demand justice, accountability and a lasting peace.

 

 North-East 
   
Prayers in Kilinochchi for Mullivaikkal victims (19 May)
Tamil parties hold remembrance events in Jaffna (19 May)
Jaffna Uni students protest against attack (18 May)

Defying military, students remember May 18th at Jaffna Uni (18 May)

Jaffna student leader attacked before remembrance event (18 May)

Posters of resistance emerge at Jaffna uni (16 May)
   
   
UK  
   
British Tamils remember Mullivaikkal massacre (20 May)
   

Address by Tamil Youth Organisation UK (TYO-UK) (19 May):

“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.”
   

Address by the British Tamil Forum (19 May):

"It is in this climate of unbridled state terrorism by the Sri Lankan state, we are gathered here. To remind ourselves; to remind the world, that we will not forget what was done to our people. We will not abandon our people. We will not let the international community abandon our people."
   
Europe 
   
German Tamils mark May 18th (30 May 2012)
French Tamils mark Mullivaiakkal (30 May 2012)
Tamils in Italy raise awareness in remembrance of Mullivaikal (24 May)
Raising awareness of May 19th massacre in Belgium (22 May)
Mullivaikkal remembered in Norway 3 years on (20 May)
Swedish Tamils raise awareness of Mullivaikkal massacre (20 May)
German Tamils remember Mullivaikal in Düsseldorf (19 May)
   
   
Canada   
   
Canadian Tamil youth remain bold remembering Mullivaikal (23 May)
   

Canadian Tamil youth look to the future as they remember (17 May)
   
Statement by National Council of Canadian Tamils (NCCT) (16 May)

"The Tamils have endured not only well documented examples of violent persecution with the consequence of physical genocide but also a slower and deliberate scheme aimed at destroying their culture and livelihood. The protracted genocide of the Tamils today is carried out through a brutal military occupation and a deliberate program of Sinhala settlements."

Statement by Canadian Tamil Congress (CTC) (15 May)

"May 2009 brought Tamils around the world unprecedented anguish and tragedy as the 27 year long brutal ethnic conflict came to a disastrous end. The month of May will always be etched in the memory of Tamils around the world for generations to come as more than 40,000 Tamils were massacred during the final stages"      

   
New Zealand  
   
May massacre remembered in New Zealand (23 May)
   
   
 USA  
   
Mullivaikal remembered across America (21 May)
   
   
Australia  
   
Mullivaikal remembrance held in Australia (22 May)
   
   
Tamil Nadu, India 
   
Marina Beach candlelight vigil held for Mullivaikal (21 May 2012)

Events across Tamil Nadu mark Mullivaikkal massacre (19 May)

   
Diaspora
 
 

Statement by GTF and TGTE (18 May)

"The longer it takes for the outside world to act on Sri Lanka, faster it seems would be the rate of destruction of the Tamil people and their land by the same State. Therefore, we call upon the international community to act decisively to bring about an international and independent investigation on the events of Mullivaaikkaal."

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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