Thousands of people paid tribute to victims of the Tamil Genocide on Sunday at Besant Nagar Beach in Chennai, as politicians, activists and members of the public gathered to honour the memory of Tamils killed during the Mullivaikkal genocide.

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.

A Tamil Genocide Day Remembrance event was held in Vavuniya as part of ongoing commemorations marking the 17th anniversary of the Mullivaikkal genocide, with members of the public gathering to honour those killed during the final stages of the armed conflict in 2009.

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’. 

MP Thurairajah Ravikaran paid floral tribute at Nandikadal Lagoon marking the 17th anniversary of the Tamil genocide.

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.

Tamils gathered in Maravanpulavu, Jaffna, today to eat Mullivaikkal Kanji to remember what victims and victim-survivors of the 2009 genocide endured.