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20 Jul, 5 tweets, 2 min read
This is the final stretch! There are 2 more days for your donation to PEARL to be doubled! Thanks to the support of a generous anonymous donor who is matching donations up to $10,000 USD. Donate here: pearlaction.org/get-involved/s… Image
Last month our Senior Legal Officer, Avi Selvarajah (@aviselva), met with Dr. Hugh McDermott MP, New South Wales State Member for Prospect in Australia. Following the meeting, he highlighted PEARL’s mission of justice and self-determination for the Tamil people in parliament. Image
This is an example of how your donation will support our advocacy efforts and help ensure the inclusion of Tamil perspectives with international stakeholders.
Please donate to PEARL today. For the price of a cup of coffee or a take-out meal, your monthly contributions will go a long way to supporting justice and self-determination for the Tamil people.⁣
Our work is not possible without the support of donors like you. Thank you so much.⁣
#Donate #MatchingFunds #TwoTimesTheImpact

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23 Jul
THREAD: On the eve of #BlackJuly, we are redrawing attention to the months preceding the violence.

An often repeated myth is that the 1983 Black July pogroms were a response to the killing of 13 soldiers by the LTTE on July 23, 1983. This is false. #Tamil #lka
Violence from state actors had been increasing in the months ahead of #BlackJuly. Tamils were being killed at will. Human rights activists, political activists and militants were being detained and tortured. Local newspapers, including the Saturday Review, documented the violence
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#STATEMENT: PEARL joins the UNHRC and the US ambassador for Sri Lanka in the strong condemnation of the presidential pardoning of a convicted murderer, Duminda Silva, and calls for the release of all those who have been detained under the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA).
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On February 3rd, #Tamils and #Muslims in the North-East led a historic protest marching from #Pottuvil, Amparai to #Polikaddy, Jaffna — the geographic tips of the traditional Tamil homeland. They marched over 5 days in defiance of Sri Lankan court orders.⁣ #P2P
Organized by Tamil and Muslim civil society organization their demands are based on: ⁣
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3. Recognition of the Tamil nation; and⁣
4. International justice for Tamil genocide.
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7 Dec 20
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
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27 Jul 20
THREAD: The international response to the anti-Tamil pogroms of 1983, specifically the Tamil diaspora mobilization during this time, is often left out of our narratives. This resistance should be remembered and commemorated. #Tamil #lka #BlackJuly
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THREAD: The following details the acts of violence inflicted on the Tamil People throughout the #BlackJuly Genocide. Readers are encouraged to practice caution while reading and reflecting.
Note: While we’re unable to provide full accounts of the violence by piecing together different incidents we hope to provide a better understanding of how the events unfolded.
The period of July 24-July 29, 1983, known as “Black July” in Sri Lanka, is considered to have galvanized the Tamil People behind the armed movements fighting for a separate state against the Government of Sri Lanka (GoSL).
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