Updates from the Tamil homeland and around the world.
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On July 19, several TNA lawmakers met with Alahapperuma at @R_Sampanthan's Colombo residence.
Approximately 200 civilians sheltering at Mullivaikkal were rushed to the hospital as Sri Lankan military bombarded the area on the night of April 30, 2009.
“The proposals to amend some provisions of the PTA, and to release some detainees under the Act are welcome initial steps. I encourage the government to take further steps to address the fundamental problems with the PTA” @mbachelet said in her written update. 
Siobhain McDonagh, MP for Mitcham and Morden, 
Hundreds of protestors marched through the streets of Jaffna, with many holding placards demanding justice and photographs of their disappeared loved ones.
. @mbachelet - "This is a key junction for the Council's engagement with Sri Lanka [...] Domestic initiatives have repeatedly failed to ensure justice"
'[OHCHR] has published a report on Sri Lanka, accompanied by an unprecedented propaganda campaign on that report. Sri Lankan heroic armed forces militarily neutralised the LTTE in 2009 after 3 decades of conflict.' Dinesh Gunawardena #HRC46 #lka
The youth was stopped by #lka intelligence officers near his home in Vettrilaikeni while returning from work yesterday evening. The officers asked him where he had come from and where he was going, to which the youth asked why he had to explain his presence on a public road.
Heavy machinery has been pictured inside the campus toppling the monument.
“From a personal experience, the last couple of weeks have been challenging and tiring... Seeing our colleagues having to self isolate one by one only adds to the pressure.”