Bharathiraja was more than a filmmaker he was a revolution.He brought the soil, people, and soul of Tamil villages to the screen and changed Tamil cinema forever.His legacy will live on through every filmmaker inspired by his vision.
#Bharathiraja#RIPBharathiraja#TamilCinema
327 human remains. Children among them.
Chemmani is a reminder that families are still waiting for truth, justice, and answers.
The truth cannot remain buried forever.
#Chemmani#JusticeForTheDisappeared
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327 human remains. Children among them.
Chemmani is a reminder that families are still waiting for truth, justice, and answers.
The truth cannot remain buried forever.
#Chemmani#JusticeForTheDisappeared
When did a song become terrorism?
The JVP commemorates its own past, yet a Tamil artist faces arrest for artistic expression.
NPP that claims to defend democracy cannot criminalise art and silence dissent.
Freedom of speech must apply to everyone.
#SriLanka#FreeSpeech#PTA
When did a song become terrorism?
The JVP commemorates its own past, politicians use nationalist songs during elections, yet a Tamil artist faces arrest for artistic expression.
A government that claims to defend democracy cannot criminalise art and silence dissent.
#FreeSpeech
45 years ago, the Jaffna Public Library was burned to the ground. Nearly 97,000 rare books, manuscripts, and historical records were destroyed by Srilankan State. one of the most devastating attacks on Tamil culture and collective memory.
🕯️ 31 May–1 June 1981
#JaffnaLibrary
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
17 years on, we remember Mullivaikkal.
In May 2009, tens of thousands of Tamil civilians were killed by the Sri Lankan state. We honour the dead by continuing the struggle for justice, accountability, and the Tamil people's right to self-determination
#Mullivaikkal#TamilGenocide
The illegal attack on Iran by Israel and the United States is a catastrophic act of aggression, brutality and escalation. Human beings will pay the price.
@Agathyan____ Debatable politics, not people's backgrounds.
He had a tradition of defending Tamil rights during the war, but now he has started focusing on defending the establishment narrative. That political shift deserves scrutiny.
@YRanaraja “Sovereign response” doesn’t excuse killing people who surrendered under white flags in 2009. Even in war, those hors de combat must be protected. International law applies to states—not just non-state actors. Accountability cannot be selective.
Labelling Tamil protesters as “low-IQ” or “tribal” isn’t debate — it’s racism.
Protests weren’t about fear of questions, but accountability for alleged war crimes and impunity.
Free speech includes the right to protest power.
It seems the LTTE sympathies are threatening the safety of Oxford Union participants. These people are low-IQ, tribal-minded, and maintain control over territory through suicide squads and child soldiers. There are areas where we also disagree with @RajapaksaNamal, but you missed the opportunity to publicly question him at the Oxford Union. As I said before, the educated Tamil leaders were killed by the LTTE, and all that remains are these uneducated clowns.
@YRanaraja@RajapaksaNamal@OxfordUnion@cambridgeunion Protests weren’t about the LTTE — they were about accountability.
Elections under militarisation don’t erase war crimes allegations.
Oxford & Cambridge shouldn’t be stages for image-laundering while victims still await justice.