Tamils in Glasgow held a demonstration in Glasgow, Scotland today to mark 15 years since the Tamil genocide. 

They held placards that read 'Eelam Tamils want international justice' and 'Tamils want action, not words'. 

BREAKING - Sri Lankan police officers wreak havoc at Tamil Genocide remembrance event organised by Eastern University students pic.twitter.com/1kUcEUKUlj

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A group of Sri Lankan police officers wreaked havoc and blocked the distribution of kanji as Eastern University students tried to commemorate Tamil Genocide Remembrance Day. 

Sri Lankan police officers surrounded the students who were preparing the kanji outside the campus gates and demanded that they stopped the commemoration. 

Around 300 Tamils living around the coastal town of Southend-on-Sea in England descended on a beach at dusk on 17 May to remember their loved ones who perished in the genocide of Mullivaikkal on the island of Sri Lanka 15 years ago.

This event was one of many in Britain in the lead-up to Tamil Genocide Remembrance Day, which is marked annually on 18 May.

Tamil relatives and family members of the disappeared, as well as representatives of the Missing Person’s Associations from the North-East, met with the General Secretary of Amnesty International Agnes Callamard to reiterate their call for an international mechanism to account for atrocities committed by the Sri Lankan government.

A hartal was held by businesses and traders in Mullaitivu to mark Tamil Genocide Remembrance Day.

On the 15th anniversary of the genocide at Mullivaikal, Amnesty International's Secretary-General, Agnes Callamard, has called on the international community to take decisive action by referring Sri Lanka to the United Nations Security Council with a view to an International Criminal Court investigation. Speaking to Tamil Guardian after attending the Mullivaikal commemoration today, Callamard highlighted the ongoing struggle for justice and the critical need for international intervention, including the application of universal jurisdiction to deliver justice when Sri Lankan war criminals travel abroad.

Marking 15 years since the Mullivaikkal genocide, Britain's Foreign Secretary, Lord David Cameron, has issued a statement touting the UK's efforts to improve human rights and support meaningful progress that will allow those on the island to "remember their loved ones freely".

On the 15th anniversary of the Mullivaikkal genocide, British MP, from across the political ailse, have gathered to call for accountability and justice for the attrocities committed against Tamils during the armed conflict.

UK Foreign Secretary - Lord Cameron

In his statement, Lord David Cameron, stressed Britain's focus on improving human rights on the island of Sri Lanka and supporting meaningful progress that will allow those on the island to "remember their loved ones freely".

Tamils gathered in Paranthan, Kilinochichi to mark the Tamil genocide in which Sri Lanka's military slaughtered tens of thousands of Tamils who were trapped in the No Fire Zones. 

Tamils laid flowers at Gandhi Park, Batticaloa, to mark 15 years since the Tamil genocide in which Sri Lanka's military slaughtered tens of thousands of Tamils who were trapped in the No Fire Zones.