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A protest march was held last month opposing limestone excavation, mineral sand mining and a proposed wind power project across the villages of Veravil, Valaipadu, Ponnaveli and Kiranchi, in the Poonakary Divisional Secretariat division of Kilinochchi. The demonstration was organised against plans to establish wind power stations and to carry out mineral sand and limestone extraction in the…

Mullivaikkal commemorated in Sweden

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Over 100 Tamils gathered in Stockholm to mark the 4th anniversary of the Mullivaikal massacre on Saturday.

Canadian MP Brad Butt: challenges facing Tamils in NE 'very concerning'

Expressing solidarity with the Canadian Tamil community in their remembrance of the Mullivaikkal massacre this week, the Conservative MP of Mississauga—Streetsville, Brad Butt, said challenges facing Tamils in the North-East were "very concerning".

"This week we join our friends in Canada’s Tamil-Canadian community in observing the fourth anniversary of the end of the decades-long civil war in Sri Lanka."

Mullivaikkal remembered in Malaysia


The 4th anniversary of Mullivaikkal was marked in Malaysia, as Tamils gathered in Selangor this weekend in memory of those killed.

TNPF Mullivaikkal remembrance event

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TNA remembrance event held in Vavuniya


The Tamil National Alliance held the a remembrance event for the thousands massacred during the final stages of the armed conflict, in Vavuniya on Saturday.

Speaking to AFP, Suresh Premachandran said:

Mauritians march to demand end to genocide


Hundreds of Mauritian Tamils marched through Port-Louis on Friday, demanding an end to the genocide of Tamils by the Sri Lankan government and called upon the Mauritius not to attend the upcoming Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Colombo.

Danish Tamils demand justice for Mullivaikkal massacre


Tamils in Copenhagen, Denmark, marked the 4th year anniversary of the Mullivaikkal massacre, and marched from the country's Foreign Office towards Parliament on Friday, demanding justice for the genocide that took place in 2009.

Exhibition in Melbourne highlights Tamil Genocide

Australian Parliamentarian Don Nardella

An exhibition in Melbourne, detailing the Tamil genocide, was attended by over one hundred people.

Don Nardella, Member of Parliament for the Australian Labor Party and secretary to the leader of the opposition spoke at the event and said the exhibition will open the eyes of the Australian people, and Steve Campbell of the Democratic Labor Party called on the organisers of the event to take the exhibition across Australia.

Norwegian Tamils remember Mullivaikkal

Tamils gathered yesterday, in cities across Norway, to mourn for those that lost their lives at Mullivaikkal. The Norwegian Council of Eelam Tamils (NECT) organised events in the cities of Bergen and Trondheim, where speeches were made and candles were lit to commemorate the dead.

German Tamils mark Mullivaikal remembrance

German Tamils gathered in Düsseldorf to mark the fourth anniversary of the Mullivaikal massacre. Over 2000 Tamils marched through the town centre before congregating outside the local parliament of North-Rhine Westphalia, the most populous state in Germany.

The event, organised by the Tamil Youth Organisation - Germany and the Volksrat der Eelam Tamilen (Country Council of Eelam Tamils), saw speakers from German leftist party Die Linke and Kurdish activists.