A Mullivaikkaal remembrance event took place yesterday in front of Puliyankulam Vairavar Kovil in Trincomalee.
Kilinochchi police requested the assistance of the army and the Special Task Force (STF) in Palai, after shots were fired at a police vehicle while driving in a forested area in the Arasakeni Kachcharu area.
The Ilankai Tamil Arisai Katchi (ITAK) held Mullivaikkaal memorial services at their offices in Jaffna.
As Sri Lanka fails to build confidence amongst the Tamil population, prospects for a sustainable and stable peace remain dim, said People for Equality and Relief in Lanka (PEARL). In a statement released to mark Tamil Genocide Day, Pearl said it remains “concerned about Sri Lanka’s continuing repression of Tamil memorialisation activities, including the recent harassment of civil society members. Unimpeded memorialisation has been one of the fundamental demands of the Tamil people.”” See full statement below. (Washington, DC; May 18, 2017) On May 18, Eelam Tamils across the North-East and the...
The Tamil victims of the massacre during the final stages of the war were remembered in Trincomalee at a human rights centre.
Dozens of people attended a genocide remembrance event organised by the Tamil National Peoples' Front to mark May 18 th at Mullivakkaal beach earlier today. Relatives of those killed during the final stages of the armed conflict, lit flames in the memory of their loved ones on the beach where thousands were massacred. Amongst those to address the event was TNPF leader Gajendrakumar Ponnambalam.
Members of the Tamil community in Mullathivu gathered at the Mullivaikkaal beach this morning to commemorate the thousands of Tamil civilians that died at the final stages of the armed conflict between the Sri Lankan armed forces and Liberation Tamil Tigers of Tamil Eelam.
The civil society activist who was harassed by the police for his involvement in the organisation of a memorial event today has now been summoned for questioning by police. Father Elil Rajendram received a visit from two Sri Lankan police officers at around 8pm local time, who carried a letter from the Assistant Superintendent of Police from Vavuniya, summoning him for questioning on the instruction of the Inspector General of Police - the head of the Sri Lankan police force. However as the letter was in Sinhala only, the priest rejected the letter, demanding a Tamil version, which was...
The Tamil National Alliance's Kilinochchi division on Thursday commemorated the massacre of tens of thousands of Tamils at the end of the armed conflict.
Students at the Eastern University gathered in large numbers at the Swami Vipulananda Campus, commemorating those who died in the war on the eighth anniversary of the last day of the armed conflict. The university's student union also took part in a blood donation drive at the Batticaloa Teaching Hospital.