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🚨 Extremists attempt to storm May 18 remembrance in Colombo, burn Prabhakaran portrait A group of Sinhala Buddhist extremists attempted to disrupt a peaceful remembrance event to mourn "war victims" held at Wellawatte beach in Colombo on Monday, with participants subjected to racist and misogynistic abuse before Sri Lankan police intervened to prevent violence. The remembrance event, organised to honour civilians killed during the final phase of the armed conflict, saw participants light memorial flames and pay floral tributes in memory of those who were massacred during the war’s closing stages. Witnesses stated that a group led by a Sinhala Buddhist monk arrived from the nearby main road area and attempted to charge towards the gathering by crossing the railway tracks adjacent to the beach venue. The group went on to shout racist slogans and directe obscene verbal abuse at Tamil attendees, including women and children present at the event. Several witnesses further stated that members of the group accused mourners of “supporting terrorism” and claimed that those killed in Mullivaikkal were “all terrorists”. Witnesses also stated that a Christian father attending the event, was nearly assaulted during the commotion before several attendees intervened to protect him. The extremist group later burned a photograph of LTTE leader Velupillai Prabhakaran while continuing to accuse participants of commemorating "terrorism". 📹 via Lankasri News
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🚨 ‘They shot and killed him unjustly’ - Family of slain Tamil boy speak out The family of the 17-year-old Tamil boy shot dead by Sri Lankan police in Jaffna have slammed the security forces for the killing, stating that he was gunned down while travelling to transport labourers for work. Read more ⬇️
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Tamil Eelam win CONIFA Asia Cup with a 5-0 victory over East Turkistan ⚽️🏆✨️
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🚨 'A Prabhakaran will again be born' – Former Indian General warns of unresolved conflict in Sri Lanka Retired Indian Army Lieutenant General Ata Hasnain has warned that Sri Lanka’s ethnic conflict remains unresolved, cautioning that “a Prabhakaran will again be born” within the next two to three decades if Sinhala majoritarianism continues to dominate the island. Read more ⬇️ 📹 NDTV
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🚨 UK government questioned in Parliament on justice for Tamils The British government was questioned in Parliament this week on what action it is taking to support Tamils seeking justice for past and ongoing abuses in Sri Lanka. Raising the issue in the House of Commons, Peter Lamb MP 🌹 asked: “What action are the UK Government taking to support Tamils in seeking justice for past and current injustices?” Read more ⬇️
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🚨 LEAD - NPP releases pro-LTTE campaign songs ahead of local elections The National People’s Power (NPP) has released a series of Tamil campaign songs for the upcoming local government elections, embracing rhetoric and imagery closely associated with Tamil nationalism and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). One of the songs, circulated by NPP’s Jaffna Member of Parliament Ilankumaran on Facebook, pledges the construction of a bronze statue in Valvettithurai to honour LTTE leader Velupillai Prabhakaran. Read more ⬇️
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🚨 Drunk Sri Lankan police assault tourists in Jaffna, three hospitalised At least three individuals have been hospitalised following an alleged assault by Sri Lankan police officers in Jaffna, with reports stating the officers were under the influence of alcohol at the time of the incident. Read more ⬇️ 🔗
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🚨 Tamils protest as JVP General Secretary visits London British Tamils gathered in London this afternoon to protest Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP)'s General Secretary Tilvin Silva's visit to the city. Outraged by his visit, Tamil protesters tried to push back Silva's car as it entered the car park of Alperton High School in Wembley, where he was attending an event to commemorate those who died during the JVP insurrection in 1987-1989.
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🚨 British MP calls on Foreign Secretary to expand sanction package on Sri Lankan war criminals Uma Kumaran MP called on the UK's Foreign Secretary to expand on the government's sanctions on Sri Lankan war criminals given the lack of political will of the current Sri Lankan government to address war crimes and mass atrocities committed in Sri Lanka. Read more⬇️
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🚨 BREAKING – Sri Lanka fires tear gas and water cannons at Tamils, as protests erupt across homeland Sri Lankan security forces shot tear gas and fired water cannons at Tamil students as they marched on Sri Lanka's 76th Independence Day this morning, with Tamils across the North-East launching demonstrations to mark it as a ‘Black Day’. Read more ⬇️
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🚨 LEAD - Shock and outrage in Jaffna as Sri Lankan police assault Tamil baby Sri Lankan police officers in Jaffna assaulted several Tamil civilians in Chunnakam last night, including a woman and her 2-month-old baby, in an incident that has sparked outrage and demands for justice, amidst ongoing police brutality. Read more ⬇️
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🚨 Heroic Tamil man, who rescued others in flood, found dead A Tamil man who risked his life to save fellow passengers when a Jaffna–Colombo bus was swept into floodwaters near Kala Oya has been found dead, four days after he went missing. Thanigasalam Pathmanikethan, a 36-year-old from Kalviyankadu in Jaffna, had been travelling on the long-distance bus when rising floodwaters engulfed the Anuradhapura–Puttalam road. Around sixty passengers were on board when the vehicle became trapped as Cyclone Ditwah battered the island. Read more ⬇️
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🚨 UK Foreign Secretary faces calls to fulfil pledge and refer Sri Lanka to the ICC UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy was questioned on upholding his previous commitments on accountability and referring Sri Lanka to the International Criminal Court (ICC) this week, as he faced questions from the Foreign Affairs Committee. Labour MP Uma Kumaran MP questioned Lammy and pressed him on the lack of accountability for mass atrocities committed in Sri Lanka. Read more ⬇️
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🚨 LEAD - Sri Lankan police return Buddha statue to unauthorised Buddhist shrine in Trincomalee There has been outrage in Trincomalee after Sri Lankan police removed, then hastily reinstated, a Buddha statue placed without authorisation on a public beachfront, in an incident Tamil parliamentarians say has exposed the National People’s Power (NPP) government’s willingness to bend to Sinhala nationalist pressure. Read more ⬇️
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🚨 Tamils in Vavuniya rally against Sinhala settler colonisation project A large protest was held in Nedunkerni in Vavuniya against the Sri Lankan government’s proposed Kivul Oya Reservoir Project, with demonstrators warning that the scheme is being used to colonise the Tamil homeland with Sinhala settlers and push demographic change in the area. Read more ⬇️
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🚨 ‘Drunk’ Sri Lankan police officer accused of disrupting Kilinochchi Maaveerar Naal ceremony Sri Lankan police officers reportedly attempted to disrupt a Maaveerar Naal – or Great Heroes’ Day – commemorations in Kilinochchi yesterday, with one officer accused by organisers of arriving at the site while intoxicated. Read more ⬇️
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🚨 Sinhala Buddhist monks illegally construct temple on Trincomalee beach Sinhala Buddhist monks are constructing a Buddhist temple at Trincomalee beach without seeking permission from the relevant authorities. Last night, the monks installed a Buddha statue at the site. The Sri Lankan police removed it, only for the statue to be returned this morning. Read more ⬇️
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