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#STATEMENT: Amidst Sri Lanka’s political and economic turmoil, PEARL joins Tamils worldwide in remembering the Tamil victims and survivors of the Mullivaikkal Massacre thirteen years ago, marked annually as Tamil Genocide Remembrance Day.
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Since the final stages of the armed conflict, an estimated range of 70,000 to 169,796 Tamils remain unaccounted for. They were either purposefully killed or disappeared by the GoSL, which is credibly accused of committing war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide. (2/10)
The Mullivaikkal memorialization site remains under heavy military surveillance, and police harass and threaten Tamils who have come together to remember their loved ones. (3/10)
This month, we are celebrating PEARL’s 15th anniversary: 15 years of fearless #Tamil-led advocacy, legal work, and research to advance justice and self-determination for the Tamil people in the North-East of Sri Lanka. In 2021, our fight continues. #PEARL15 #JusticeForGenocide
In 2005, @tdmanoranjan founded PEARL following humanitarian trips to Sri Lanka. In 2004, Tasha and other Tamil American volunteers hoped to raise funds to rebuild the schools in which they had been teaching English...
Later that year the #BoxingDayTsunami led to an influx of financial support from intl. donors that was then misdirected by the #GoSL to Sinhalese areas instead of affected Tamil areas. This clearly exposed the root problem of Sinhala-Buddhist nationalism.
Today marks the 62nd anniversary of the 1958 Anti-Tamil Pogroms. Lasting from May 22nd-27th, Sinhalese mobs murdered an estimated 300 Tamils, injured another 1000, and raped at least 200 Tamil women.
Read ‘Emergency ‘58’ by Tarzie Vitachi: tinyurl.com/emergency-58
Read ‘Emergency ‘58’ by Tarzie Vitachi: tinyurl.com/emergency-58
The pogroms were sparked by the then-govt’s proposition to settle Tamil laborers in Sinhalese districts. Sinhalese mobs attacked Tamil politicians of the Federal Party travelling by train to Vavvuniya and committed widespread violence across farms in the North-Central province.
An estimated 70 people were killed the night of May 25th alone. The next day, instead of trying to ensure the cessation of violence, PM Banadaranaike spread false rumors about Tamils perpetrating crimes in order to incite Sinhalese people to commit further violence.
