Human Rights Watch’s Asia Director Elaine Pearson called for renewed international efforts towards accountability and justice, whilst attending Mullivaikkal remembrance events in the Tamil homeland on Sunday.

The Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front (EPRLF) distributed kanji in Urumpirai, Jaffna, to commemorate Tamil Genocide Remembrance Day. 

The event was held in front of a statue of Ponnuthurai Sivakumaran, the first Tamil to die in the liberation struggle. 

A lamp was lit and flowers laid for the victims of the genocide perpetrated by Sri Lanka in the final months of the armed conflict. 

British Tamils in Southend-on-Sea and Liverpool held memorial events yesterday to mark 17 years since the Mullivaikkal Tamil genocide and remembered the tens of thousands of their friends and family massacred by the Sri Lankan state in May 2009.

In Southend-on-Sea, hundreds gathered at Shoebury East Beach for the third consecutive year, with organisers noting that attendance had continued to grow annually as families travelled from across Essex and surrounding areas to take part in the remembrance event.

A remembrance event was held in Mannar this morning to remember the Tamils that were massacred in Mullivaikkal in 2009. 

Flowers were laid for the victims of the Tamil genocide and Mullivaikkal Kanji was prepared and distributed. 

To mark 17 years since the Sri Lankan military onslaught that massacred tens of thousands of Tamils, we revisit the final days leading up to the 18th of May 2009 – a date remembered around the world as ‘Tamil Genocide Remembrance Day’. 

A commemorative event marking the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam and the 50th anniversary of the Vaddukoddai Resolution was held in Switzerland on 10 May under the theme “Unyielding Courage and Defiant Resurgence.”

The event, organised by the Swiss Tamil Coordinating Committee, took place in the canton of Bern and drew large numbers of Tamils from across Switzerland.

A community sports event organised by the Netherlands Tamil Women’s Organisation was held in Limburg, the Netherlands, on May 9 to commemorate the 38th remembrance of Annai Poopathy.

The programme brought together members of the Tamil community, including women, children and families from across the Netherlands, in an event that combined remembrance activities with indoor sporting competitions.