Tamils in Batticaloa gathered this week to mark the 35th anniversary of the Puthukkudiyiruppu massacre, where Sri Lankan soldiers and Muslim Home Guards killed 17 Tamil civilians, including women and children, in September 1990.

Thousands gathered in Chennai on Friday for a massive rally against Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza, with speakers and demonstrators also drawing parallels to the Tamil struggle and calling for solidarity with Eelam Tamils.

This week marks the 30th anniversary of the Nagarkovil massacre, where the Sri Lankan air force bombed a school in Jaffna killing dozens of Tamil school children.

Dr Kasipillai Manoharan, the father of Ragihar Manoharan, one of five Tamil students summarily executed by Sri Lanka’s Special Task Force (STF) in Trincomalee in 2006, has died in exile at the age of 74, without ever seeing justice delivered for his son’s murder.

Last week, Tamil farmers in Mayilaththamadu and Mathavanai marked 730 consecutive days of protest. For two years, through scorching heat and monsoon rains, they have maintained a peaceful vigil, demanding the return of 3,025 hectares of grazing land and an end to Sinhala settler violence. Despite their longstanding and peaceful protest, their demands have fallen on deaf ears.

Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) leader Thalapathy Vijay has said LTTE leader Velupillai Prabhakaran gave Eelam Tamils a “mother’s love”, as he voiced solidarity with Tamils in the North-East and across the diaspora.

The seventh day of Lt.Col. Thileepan's hunger strike was marked at his memorial in Nallur, Jaffna. 

Lt. Col. Thileepan refused food and water in a protest calling on the Indian government to honour its pledges to the Tamil people. 

A bust of Lt. Col. Thileepan was unveiled in Nallur, Jaffna, this evening to honour his enduring legacy as the Tamil nation marks 38 years since his fast unto death. 

Thileepan, born Rasiah Partheepan, was a political wing leader of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) who undertook a hunger strike urging the Indian government to fulfil its pledges to the Tamil people. 

Local residents restore Thileepan memorial 

Sri Lankan police removed a photograph of Lt. Col. Thileepan and flags from a memorial site in Trincomalee yesterday, following four days of commemorations by local residents.