Hundreds of Tamils gathered in Switzerland on Maaveerar Naal to remember those who sacrificed their lives in the struggle for freedom for Tamils. 

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Sri Lankan’s Terrorism Investigation Division (TID) interrogated the editor of the Uthayan newspaper about an article published three years ago today, on Maaveerar Naal, as Tamils around the world commemorated their war heroes.

Thangarajah Prabhakaran, editor of the Jaffna-based Tamil daily Uthayan, was interrogated for over 4 hours earlier today.

The interrogation was due to the publication of a newspaper article related to the birthday of Velupillai Prabhakaran, leader of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), from 2020.

Thousands of Tamils gathered at LTTE cemeteries in Jaffna today, to pay tribute to the men and women who laid down their lives for the liberation of Tamil Eelam.

See photographs from Thuyilum Illam across Jaffna below.

Thousands of Tamils gathered at the site of a destroyed LTTE cemetery in Kilinochchi to commemorate Maaveerar Naal earlier today.

The scale of the event can be observed in aerial footage below.

Dozens of Sri Lankan police officers stormed Maaveerar Naal commemorations at the Tharavai Thuyilum Illam in Batticaloa and arrested at least four Tamils earlier today.

Cameras captured the moment that Sri Lankan police raided the commemoration.

Thousands of Tamils gathered near Eechankulam Thuyilum Illam to commemorate Maaveerar Naal.

While Eechankulam was the only LTTE cemetery to have been built in the Vavuniya District, the original Thuyilum Illam is under the occupation of the Sri Lankan army.

Thousands of British Tamils gathered at the ExCel convention centre in London today to mark the 36th Maaveerar Naal. 

Sri Lankan police have arrested the Batticaloa district organiser for the Tamil National People’s Front (TNPF), as he headed to the Thandiyadi Thuylim Illan just moments ago.

Kanapathipillai Gukakumararajah was reportedly detained and lamps that he was set to light to commemorate Maaveerar Naal seized.

He is currently being held at Vavunathivu police station.

Sri Lankan police prevented dozens of Tamils, including a member of parliament, from commemorating Maaveerar Naal at the site of a cemetery housing the war dead earlier today, forcing them to light lamps on the roadsides of Amparai.

Tamil National People’s Front (TNPF) leader Gajendrakumar Ponnambalam was amongst those present attempting to reach the Kanchikkudiyaru Thuyilum Illam this morning.

A Vavuniya court today ordered that there is no ban on commemorating the war dead.

The Eechankulam Police had filed a case in the Vavuniya District Court to ban the commemoration of the LTTE, as two organisations have taken steps to commemorate Maaveerar Naal. Police claimed there was a chance of disturbances.

The judge ruled this morning that anyone has the right to remember the dead, and that commemorations could not be banned. The court has also ordered police to arrest anyone causing disturbances.