🚨Tamil Guardian is providing live coverage of a panel discussion on Tamil Genocide Day.

This follows a screening of the Channel Four documentary, “Sri Lanka’s Killing Fields”. The panel’s speakers include Dr Thusiyan Nandakumar, Dr Mathura Rasaratnam & Dr Andy Higginbottom.

LIVE - Tamil Guardian will be providing coverage of events commemorating the 16th anniversary of the Tamil Genocide from across the North-East.

A pooja was held at Kurumankadu Pillaiyar temple in Vavuniya to remember the victims of the massacre at Mullivaikkal.
The Tamil National Right to Life Movement organised an event at Mannar bazaar where a lamp was lit and flowers were laid to mark the day.

🔴 15 years today - A night of heavy shelling

To mark 15 years since the Sri Lankan military onslaught that massacred between 70,000 -169,796 Tamils, we revisit the final days leading up to the 18th of May 2009.

The date is remembered around the world as ‘Tamil Genocide Day’.

tamilguardian.com/content/15-yea… 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.

Dozens were killed.

🚨EXCLUSIVE: A phone call with India and a signed agreement - An inside look at the TNA negotiations

As @TNAmediaoffice grapples with infighting after backing Dullas Alahapperuma, multiple sources confirmed how a meeting with the candidate unfolded.

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tamilguardian.com/content/exclus… On July 19, several TNA lawmakers met with Alahapperuma at @R_Sampanthan's Colombo residence.

“The decision to support Alahapperuma was brought by ITAK,” said an ITAK source who wished to remain anonymous. “They had decided before informing the rest of the alliance.”

13 years today - Sri Lanka admits bombing ‘No Fire Zone’

Marking 13 years since the Sri Lankan military massacred tens of thousands of Tamils, we revisit the final days leading up to the 18th of May 2009.

The date is remembered around the world as ‘Tamil Genocide Day’. 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.

Dozens were killed.

LIVE - Tamil Guardian will be providing live coverage of the #HRC49 interactive dialogue on UN High Commissioner @mbachelet's report on Sri Lanka. “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.

LIVE- British parliament debates the 'UK’s commitment to reconciliation, accountability and human rights in Sri Lanka' #UK #SriLanka #UNHRC46

parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/d0… Siobhain McDonagh, MP for Mitcham and Morden,

'I have stood alongside my Tamil constituents on the road to truth, justice and accountability. 12 years that has presented them with so many challenges, so little progress, and so much pain'. #SriLanka #Genocide #Tamil #UNHRC46

Rally in Jaffna demands Sri Lanka is referred to ICC

A rally was held in Jaffna this morning, as students, civil society organisations and families of the disappeared demanded that Sri Lanka be referred to the International Criminal Court.

tamilguardian.com/content/rally-… #genocide Hundreds of protestors marched through the streets of Jaffna, with many holding placards demanding justice and photographs of their disappeared loved ones.

LIVE - At the 46th session of the UN Human Rights Council, Tamil Guardian will be providing continued coverage of the Council's response to the High Commissioner's report on Sri Lanka #SriLanka #UN #HRC46 Britain's Minister for South Asia and the Commonwealth, H.E. Lord Ahmad expressed the UK's shared concern over reversed progress and highlighted the risk and recurrence of past violations.

His statement also highlighted increasing surveillance ...
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LIVE - At the 46th session of the UN Human Rights Council, Tamil Guardian will be providing coverage as the UN High Commissioner @mbachelet presents her report on Sri Lanka. #SriLanka #UN #HRC46 . @mbachelet - "This is a key junction for the Council's engagement with Sri Lanka [...] Domestic initiatives have repeatedly failed to ensure justice"

Sri Lanka's Foreign Minister Dinesh Gunawardena has just delivered his address to #HRC46, slamming @UNHumanRights report and urging countries to vote down any resolution on Sri Lanka. Excerpts below. '[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

A Tamil youth has been hospitalised after being severely beaten by Sri Lankan intelligence officers in Vadamaradchi, Jaffna. 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.

BREAKING – Authorities destroying Mullivaikkal memorial at Jaffna University

A monument paying tribute to the tens of thousands of Tamils massacred by the Sri Lankan state at the University of Jaffna is currently being bulldozed by authorities. Heavy machinery has been pictured inside the campus toppling the monument.

Students have gathered at the gates of university campus but fear entering amidst reports that Sri Lankan soldiers may also be present.

Tamil healthcare workers on the COVID-19 frontline

With healthcare workers across the globe working to tackle the coronavirus pandemic, we look at some of the Tamils on the frontlines of the battle to save lives.

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#tamil #coronavirus #COVID19 “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.”

Ashmi Ganeshamoorthy, Doctor, London #NHS

BREAKING - Reports from Sri Lanka confirm blasts at churches in Batticaloa, Negombo and Colombo and in hotels in Colombo including the Shangri La and the Kingsbury #lka #Tamil Breaking: 10 confirmed dead in Batticaloa, 25 in Colombo as Easter Sunday bomb blasts rock #SriLanka #lka #Tamil tamilguardian.com/content/breaki…