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17 years ago, Sri Lanka’s civil war came to an end in Mullaitivu, Sri Lanka. During the final clash between Sri Lankan military and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, tens of thousands of civilians were killed. 17 years on, there has been no accountability. HRW's @PearsonElaine is in Sri Lanka ⤵️

Alleged #srilankan war criminal .@SilvaShavendra moans about being sanctioned facebook.com/reel/993586123… - his kids unable to go to USA for conferences & his+wife's international bank funds frozen, & he says bro and sister in law bank accounts also stopped abroad.

Civil War in Srilanka lasted for 3 decades. It is going to be 2 decades in another 3 years. There is no end to racism, extremism, and discrimination in Srilanka.

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Today is Tamil Genocide Remembrance Day, which commemorates the tens of thousands who lost their lives in the massacres of the Sri Lankan Civil War.

It never ceases to amaze me how someone can be incredibly successful and spectacularly ignorant at the same time.

In other words... "Commemorate your dead, but do it in a way that doesn’t make us uncomfortable."

Tamils "liberated" by the armed forces through what the South describe as a humanitarian operation, despite restrictions on essential items including medicine, heavy bombardment, and indiscriminate killings, gathered in Mullivaikkal to commemorate their loved ones. 🎥: தமிழ் மதி

17 years since the end of the war 🕯️ Swipe 👉to see how Sinhala & Tamil press front page headlines featured it

Statement by Prime Minister Carney on Tamil Genocide Remembrance Day: pm.gc.ca/en/news/statem…

"A really important opportunity to remind the #SriLankan gov. of it’s obligation for accountability & also foreign governments to keep up the pressure to ensure that there is accountability for what happened 17 years ago" @PearsonElaine visits #Mullivaikkal 📹:@lankafiles

En ce Jour commémoratif du génocide des Tamouls, nous pensons aux dizaines de milliers de civils tués durant la guerre civile au Sri Lanka et aux survivants, aux familles et aux communautés qui ont tant souffert, y compris de nombreux membres de la diaspora tamoule au Canada.

Representatives from the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA) attended the 17th Mullivaikkal Tamil Genocide remembarence in Mullivaikkal, Mullaitivu on May 18 and paid tribute to the Tamil victims of the 2009 genocide. #Mullivaikkal #May18

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Human Rights Watch South Asia Director Elaine Pearson and her team attended the 17th Mullivaikkal Tamil Genocide Commemoration in Mullivaikkal, Mullaitivu on Sunday, May 18. #Mullivaikka #May18

Thousands of Tamil people gathered today at the Mullivaikkal Tamil Genocide Memorial in Mullaitivu to mark the 17th Tamil Genocide Commemoration Day and remember their loved ones. Families of the disappeared, political leaders, students, religious leaders, and members of the public took part in the remembrance event, paying tribute with flowers, lamps, and moments of silence for those who lost their lives during the final phase of the war in Mullivaikkal. The commemoration was marked by emotional scenes as grieving families remembered their loved ones, while calls for justice, remembrance, and accountability echoed throughout the gathering. #Mullivaikkal #TamilGenocide #Mullaitivu #17thRemembranceDay

The Mullivaikkal torch is lit on the 17th Tamil Genocide Remembrance Day with renewed determination to continue with the struggle for justice for the tens of thousands of men, women and children killed by heavy weapons, starvation and lack of basic necessities including medicine.

1000s of war survivors & relatives of victims of Tamil Genocide culminated in May 2009 are NOW gathered at same sandy coastal strip in Mullivaikkal, which was turned into a killing field by Sri Lankan armed forces 17 yrs ago, to pay respect to their dead. | 📹 @ShanmugamThava2

I mourn the thousands of lives that were brutally slaughtered during the final stage of civil war in Sri Lanka. #Mullivaikkal மண்ணோடு மண்ணாகி விண்ணேகியவர்கள் நினைவுதனில்… #May18

Joining masses of Sri Lanka's north and east remembering the tens of thousands of unarmed men, women and children killed by heavy bombardment, lack of medicine and starvation, Tamil Peoples Council distributed Mullivaikkal Kanji in Thavadi, Jaffna.