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Ahilan Arulanantham Profile picture
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May 18, 2020 • 9 tweets • 11 min read • Read on X
Today (May 18) Sri Lankan Tamils commemorate the massacre of tens of thousands of our people by the Sri Lankan army in 2009. #Mullivaikkal #May18Rememberance #May18TamilGenocide @MarioArul @nimmideviarchy @Sujith_Xavier @ficader @dlocokid @tdmanoranjan @jdakwar @sarahlmehta 1/
If this is unfamiliar to you, please consider taking a few mins to learn about it. Human rights group @PEARLaction did this superb history for the 10th anniversary last year: pearlaction.org/inthefaceofgen… #Mullivaikkal #May18Rememberance #May18TamilGenocide 2/
Many brave people extensively documented the war crimes of 2009, often at great personal risk. In 2011 a UN Panel of Experts, constituted by the Sec'y General, found credible evidence of war crimes. news.un.org/en/story/2011/… #mullivaikkal #May18Rememberance #May18TamilGenocide 3/
This led to some UN resolutions, incl. UN HRC 30/1, still in theory operative (though the Govt of SL has made a mockery of it). documents-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/…
But no war crimes prosecutions anywhere, inside or outside Sri Lanka. #mullivaikkal #May18Rememberance #May18TamilGenocide 4/
A number of MP’s in different countries with large Tamil diaspora populations made commemoration statements on the 10th anniversary last year, including this one: theresavilliers.co.uk/news/statement…. #mullivaikkal #May18Rememberance #May18TamilsGenocide 5/
There's a monument to those who died on the Jaffna University campus. The Govt tried to remove it but there were protests and ultimately left it. Now it’s in a cordoned-off area, as a compromise. #mullivaikkal #May18Rememberance #May18TamilsGenocide 6/ ImageImage
The only other monument I know of is in South India. This is telling: the only Govt willing to permanently mourn the mass murder of Sri Lankan Tamils is in India. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mullivaik… #mullivaikkal #May18Rememberance #May18TamilGenocide 7/
Dr. King said “the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice.” I believe that - couldn’t live any other way. But each year that no one is brought to justice for the 2009 atrocities makes it harder. #mullivaikkal #May18Rememberance #May18TamilGenocide 8/
Even now, the SL Govt is using #COVID19 as pretext to quarantine those trying to mourn in SL. For details, see @rkguruparan , who has tweeted re proceedings in latest litigation there. Our struggle for dignity continues. #mullivaikkal #May18Rememberance #May18TamilGenocide /end

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Must read!! Superb brief filed by @karahartlzer in CA9 anti-discrimination challenge to the criminal illegal reentry statute. Bottom line: there's no question it was enacted based on anti-Mexican racial animus. Sorry for long 🧵but there's A LOT here. 1/ bit.ly/3yexodc
Recall that 8 USC 1326 is the most prosecuted federal crime in the United States, FAR exceeding all others. bjs.ojp.gov/content/pub/pd…. My colleague @ingrideagly has written extensively on it, e.g. bit.ly/3RxVg2q. 2/
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I’ve been trying to stay away from Twitter to focus on my SCOTUS briefing in Fazaga scotusblog.com/case-files/cas…, but the last few days have made that impossible. I'll say more about that case later. But for now a few thoughts on recent events… 1/
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There’s a lot missing from this nytimes.com/2021/05/22/us/… story on the decision to redesignate Haiti for TPS. Here’s some more context: @esullivannyt @TPS_Alliance @ReichlinMelnick @newman_chris @GuerlineMJozef @ErikaAndiola @eeerox @ACLU @ACLU_SoCal @davidcolker 1/
It says Trump tried to kill TPS as part of a “hard-line” effort to curb immigration. That line gets an A+ for white-washing! @nytimes plz state the facts about the former admin's motivations. They matter! Esp bc the Biden admin continues to keep some Trump policies in place. 2/
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Two impt points about today's TRO decision enjoining the moratorium. 1. It does NOT apply to the enforcement priorities; enjoins only "the 100-day pause on removals." DHS still must apply the new memo to detention, in court, etc. Keep pressing for compliance! #FreeThemAll 1/
2. The decision is plainly wrong. It holds DHS _must_ deport people ordered removed bc 1231a1A says "shall." But that is squarely contrary to J. Scalia's SCOTUS opinion in AADC, which reviews the history of deferred action and then holds ... @aclu @ACLUTx @ACLU_SoCal 2/
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Some thoughts on new #ICE priorities and moratorium memo. 1. The memo creates an interim system starting by 2/1/21 and running abt 100 days while DHS does full review. So folks will have time to critique this from both sides. This is just the start of building a new system. 1/
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VICTORY at last!! CA9 responds to COVID outbreak at Adelanto by AFFIRMING the original preliminary injnctn. ICE must release enough jailed immigrants to ensure social distancing at Adelanto. A week too late but we'll take it. @ACLU @ACLU_SoCal #FreeThemAll cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/memo…
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Also didn’t help that in response to our emergency motion, the Govt told CA9 they wanted until Friday to respond. During an active outbreak. @ACLU @ACLU_SoCal #FreeThemAll
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