The start of Tamil Genocide Remembrance week is being marked today across the North-East, one week before May 18, when the Tamil nation will mark 15 years since the Mullivaikkal genocide. 

As part of the commemorations, Tamils in the North-East are boiling and serving kanji to honour the Tamils that were killed by Sri Lanka's armed forces in the massacre at Mullivaikkal. 

Trigger warning: Distressing images depicting violence and death are featured throughout the article. 

An exhibition documenting the Mullivaikkal genocide and the global protests by the Tamil diaspora in 2009 is being held over the weekend in New Malden, London.  

As Eelam Tamils prepare to mark 15 years since the Mullivaikkal genocide next week, the international community seems to be grappling with a rise in violence and instability across the globe. From Sudan to Myanmar, and particularly in Gaza, conflicts are raging, and civilians are dying in massive numbers. International humanitarian law continues to be routinely, and in many cases blatantly, violated. As policymakers look at ways to tackle this wave of turmoil, they should reflect and act on the failures from Mullivaikkal.

Tamil baker Tharshan Selvarajah, who arrived in France from Sri Lanka in 2006, will become first Eelam Tamil to carry the Olympic torch at this year’s relay. 

The Tamil National People's Front (TNPF) served Mullivaikkal Kanji in Batticaloa to commemorate 15 years since the Tamil genocide in which as many as 169,796 Tamils were killed by Sri Lanka's military offensive. 

The United Kingdom and Sri Lanka held their annual strategic dialogue this week to discuss "common priorities and further UK-SL relations" including addressing "the legacy of the war and legislative developments affecting human rights."

Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Donald Lu, who recently praised Ranil Wickremesinghe as “the right man for Sri Lanka” will be on the island, this week where he’s tipped to reaffirm the US support. 

Sinhala Buddhist Monk Bengamuwe Nalaka issued a warning to parliamentarians regarding their stance on the same-sex marriage bill currently under deliberation in parliament, urging them not to support the bill since it goes against the “Buddhist values”. 

I am 22 years old. My right hand was amputated during the end of the war in Valainjarmadam. I was 10 years old at the time and I became disabled.

On May 10, 2009, Catholic Priest Father Francis Joseph wrote to the Pope from inside the No Fire Zone, calling on the Church to break its silence on the massacre of Tamils.

Sri Lanka’s State Minister of Tourism Diana Gamage has been ousted from parliament after the Supreme Court found she had breached immigration laws by reportedly hiding her British citizenship.

Tamil families of the disappeared in Vavuniya urged Eelam Tamils to refrain from casting their vote in the upcoming elections in Sri Lanka, as they marked 2635 days of continuous roadside protests in pursuit of answers to the whereabouts of their forcibly disappeared loved.

A new report by the International Truth and Justice Project (ITJP) has unveiled ongoing abuses against Eelam Tamils by Sri Lankan authorities, including torture and rape under the present government.