Tamils in Canada held a commemoration event in Toronto to mark Maaveerar Naal on Sunday. 

Flowers were laid by rows of photographs of fallen Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) cadres and candles lit by makeshift gravestones.

Acclaimed Kollywood music producer Santhosh Narayanan, and singer Dhee performed at the event.

Presidential Adviser Rear Admiral Sarath Weerasekara slams the commemoration of war dead by #Tamils throughout the north and east, as one for 'Tiger Terrorists'

"If your son was a terrorist, if he was a rapist, a killer, there's no prohibition to lighting a lamp inside a house" pic.twitter.com/YikDIMZ0Wl

Senior members of the Ilankai Tamil Arasu Kadchi (ITAK), the largest constituent party of the Tamil National Alliance (TNA), marked Maaveerar Naal at the party's Jaffna headquarters on Sunday.

A Secretary of the Sri Lankan Embassy in Oman was arrested last week for his suspected involvement in a human trafficking racket. 

Edirachchilage Kushan is alleged to have trafficked women from Sri Lanka, seeking foreign employment, into prostitution. The women would be sent tourist visas in Oman and then entrapped in sex trafficking.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin wrote to the Minister of external affairs, S. Jaishankar, to intervene in the arrest of 24 Indian fishermen by the Sri Lankan navy. 

In his letter, Minister Stalin urged Mr Jaishankar to request that the Sri Lankan navy refrain from arresting the fishermen. 

Sri Lanka's police and military brutally assaulted a Tamil youth in Manipay, Jaffna.

He was not taken to the hospital and was detained at Manipai police station.

Last Sunday, Tamils in Mullaitivu gathered to remember the 12 civilians slaughtered in an Sri Lankan government air strike.

Kannan, who lost his father and brother during the attack, lit flames of remembrance at the event and those who participated in the event paid their tributes to the victims. The government air strikes took place on 27 November 1990.

Former Jaffna University Students’ Union President M. Thivakaran and Secretary S. Babilaraj have been acquitted after being detained under Sri Lanka’s draconian Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA).

On Sunday, the University of Nottingham’s Tamil Society held an event to commemorate Maveerar Naal and pay respects to the sacrifices of those who fought.

Australian Tamils marked the 33^rd Maaveerar Naal by holding a large memorial in Sydney for those who sacrificed their lives during the freedom struggle.

The event was organised by the Tamil Coordinating Committee.