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Youth and activists in Tamil Nadu marked Karumpuli Naal – Black Tigers day – on Monday, holding a seminar and remembrance ceremony in Chennai.
Over 200 people participated in the event, which was addressed by Eelam Tamil poet Kasi Anandan, Madras University Professor Ramu Manivannan and numerous other youth activists including Ilayaraja from the Tamil Nadu Student Movement, Panneer from the Balachandran Student Movement.
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Amongst those that spoke at the event was co-ordinator for the Tamil Youths and Students Federation V Prabhakaran.
“What happened in Sri Lanka is a well planned structural genocide of Tamils,” said Mr Prabhakaran, noting the upcoming UN Human Rights Council session in September will be “crucial”.
“We should be very much aware of the in and out happenings of the UN,” he added, telling the audience that “if a UN resolution is going to be anti-Tamil we students should be prepared to raise our voice for justice”.
“It Is our responsibility to fight for our people's rights,” he concluded.
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