Sri Lankan opposition parliamentarian Chamara Sampath Dassanayake attempted to spark controversy in parliament on Tuesday after raising allegations concerning a cabinet minister’s daughter residing in a property in the United Kingdom owned by a member of the Tamil diaspora.

Tamils across Italy marked the 17th anniversary of the genocide at Mullivaikkal. 

Palermo 

Candles were lit to remember the tens and thousands of Tamils that were trapped and killed in the 'No Fire Zones'.  Representatives from Palermo Municipal Council joined the commemorations. 

Naam Tamilar Katchi (NTK) chief Seeman has called on Tamils worldwide to unite as one, as the Tamil people are being forced to fight for its survival and that "political liberation" remains the only path forward.

Addressing a large crowd of tens of thousands of people to mark Tamil Genocide Remembrance Day in Maraimalai Nagar, Chengalpattu district, on Monday evening (May 18), Seeman urged Tamils across the world to rally behind Tamil nationalism and pursue political revolution.

Jaffna District Member of Parliament Archuna Ramanathan used proceedings in Sri Lanka’s parliament on Tuesday to issue violent threats against Tamil Nadu nationalist leader Seeman, declaring that he would have shot him had he been able to bring weapons into India and bombed him if Seeman had visited Jaffna.

Jaffna District Independent MP Archuna Ramanathan made the remarks on 19 May whilst speaking during a parliamentary debate on the Inland Revenue (Amendment) Bill.

Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake is set to attend the state’s annual “National Victory Day Commemoration Ceremony” today, marking 17 years since the end of the armed conflict which culminated in the massacre of tens of thousands of Tamils.

The ceremony will take place on 19 May at the “National War Heroes’ Monument” in Battaramulla under the patronage of Dissanayake, according to the Ranaviru Seva Authority.