Tamils across the North-East held remembrance events and distributed Mullivaikkal Kanji on May 16, to mark the fifth day of Tamil Genocide Remembrance Week. 

A memorial dedicated to the victims of the Tamil genocide was officially unveiled on Saturday, 16 May, in Sydney, Australia, bringing public recognition to the mass atrocities committed against Tamils during the final stages of the armed conflict.

Sri Lankan police tore down a banner erected in remembrance of the Tamil genocide in Point Pedro, Jaffna earlier today.

A prisoner convicted in the murder of former Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) parliamentarian Amarakeerthi Athukorala has died after reportedly falling from a building inside Welikada Prison, according to Sri Lankan prison authorities.

Sri Lanka’s Director General of Health Services (DGHS) has suspended a Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist and a Senior House Officer attached to the Trincomalee District General Hospital over alleged misconduct linked to the death of a newborn during a delivery on April 9, amid a strike launched by the Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA).

Mullivaikkal Kanji was distributed by students from Jaffna University this week to mark 17 years since the Tamil genocide. 

A Mullivaikkal kanji distribution event was held on Friday in Madhu, Mannar, as part of the ongoing Tamil Genocide Remembrance Week observed across the Tamil homeland ahead of May 18 commemorations.

A remembrance event marking the fourth day of Tamil genocide remembrance week was held on Friday in Kiran, Batticaloa district, as part of the ongoing commemorations marking the 17th anniversary of the Mullivaikkal genocide.