TNA MP, MA Sumanthiran, marching alongside protesters has released a statement highlighting the demands of demonstrators.

These include the release of Tamil political protesters, raising the salary of estate workers to a thousand rupees; and raising attention to the international community of Sri Lanka’s human rights abuses.

Marking Sri Lanka’s Independence Day, French Tamils established a genocide exhibition in front of the French National Assembly to raise awareness of the Tamil genocide.

On Sri Lanka’s Independence Day, Tamils across the globe have rejected the day and taken to social media to raise awareness of the Tamil genocide.

 Responding to the British Foreign Secretary’s, Dominic Raab’s, Sri Lankan independence message a number of prominent Tamil activists have criticised the message and highlighting the Tamil Genocide.

TYO UK slammed the message maintaining that Sri Lanka was not a “state that should be celebrated”. On Twitter they stated:

Sébastien Nadot, the MP for Haute-Garonne stated that France must “speak out loud and clear for justice and freedom in Sri Lanka at the Human Rights Council” in a tweet as he joined the #GenocideSriLanka campaign, and showcased his question in French parliament to the Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, on France’s stance at the upcoming United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) session.

My statement in solidarity with those Walking for Justice from Pottuvil to Polikandi.

The world must act with urgency to ensure that Tamils can live on the island of Sri Lanka with peace, justice, and self-determination.#P2P #TamilGenocide #GenocideSriLanka pic.twitter.com/Q0p9ze4QZz

Rallying outside Germany’s Foreign Office, approximately 300-400 German Tamils demanded that their government reject a “friendly” resolution with Sri Lanka at the upcoming UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) session and hold the Rajapaksa regime accountable for the war crimes committed.

Tamil families of the disappeared have launched a hunger strike in Mullaitivu marking Sri Lanka's 73rd Independence Day as a 'black day' as they continue to demand to know the whereabouts of their forcibly disappeared loved ones. 

Families of the disappeared raised black flags today in protest against Sri Lanka's 'Independence Day' and called on the international community to ensure justice and accountability for the Tamil victim-survivor community. 

The families of the disappeared in Vavuniya, who were instructed against taking part in demonstrations and hunger strikes on Sri Lankan Independence Day, resisted court bans by protesting and starting a hunger strike in Vavuniya, earlier today.   

Despite the numerous injunctions and restrictions imposed, the families of the disappeared braved Sri Lankan police intimidation to carry out protests demanding the whereabouts of their missing loved ones.

Rejecting the Sri Lankan Independence Day and referring to it as a ‘black day’ instead, the families of disappeared demonstrated in front of Jaffna Central Bus Stand at 10 am today.