Sakthi Tharan

ஈழம்.

[Tamil Diaspora News @diaspora_tamil]

A multi-option referendum may sound democratic, but for Tamils it risks dividing the national mandate.

After decades of broken promises, failed agreements, war crimes, and the denial of self-determination, the issue is not whether Tamils prefer different forms of autonomy. The issue is whether the Tamil people can clearly express their collective political will.

Including the status quo, federalism, and independence on the same ballot could fragment the vote and allow others to claim that Tamils have no clear mandate.

Self-determination requires clarity, not ambiguity. Unity should strengthen the Tamil mandate, not dilute it.

#TamilEelam #SelfDetermination #TamilNation #Referendum #TamilRights #JusticeForTamils #TamilDiaspora

[Tamil Diaspora News @diaspora_tamil]

A series of recent criminal cases involving Buddhist monks—including allegations related to child abuse, prostitution solicitation, and drug trafficking—raise serious questions about accountability and oversight.

Tamil communities in the North-East have long expressed concern about the expansion of state-backed Buddhist institutions in their regions without local consent.

No individual or institution should be above the law. Equal justice, transparency, child protection, and community rights must be upheld for all.

https://t.co/SNtNimqoto

#SriLanka #Tamil #HumanRights #Accountability #RuleOfLaw #ChildProtection #Justice #NorthEast #TamilHomeland #ReligiousFreedom #HumanRightsWatch #TamilDiaspora #Transparency #equaljusticeforall

[Tamil Diaspora News @diaspora_tamil]

EVENT: Decades Without Justice - Sri Lanka’s Victims of Sexual Violence in Conflict

Join Yasmin Sooka, ITJP’s Executive Director, in conversation with the Head of the OHCHR Sri Lanka Accountability Project at the UN, Johann Soufi
@jsoufi
, and a human rights defender from Sri Lanka, where they will be discussing the issue of conflict-related sexual violence in Sri Lanka.

The event will be live-streamed on YouTube on the 17th of June, 14:30 Geneva/ 18:00 Sri Lanka.

Livestream link: https://t.co/Wco9K1V9XE

[Tamil Diaspora News @diaspora_tamil]

Former spymaster Suresh Sallay now complains of being strip-searched while in custody.

For thousands of Tamil families whose loved ones were disappeared, tortured, detained without trial, or never returned, this is a painful reminder of a system that denied them dignity, justice, and truth for decades.

Human rights must apply to everyone. But accountability must also apply to everyone.

The question remains: Who will answer for the thousands of Tamil victims still awaiting justice?

#SriLanka #Tamils #JusticeForTamils #HumanRights #EnforcedDisappearances #Accountability #TamilGenocide #TruthAndJustice

[Tamil Guardian @TamilGuardian]

🚨 Sri Lankan police halt Eelam song at Jaffna concert, summon singer Kokulan

Three Tamils, including singer Kokulan, the son of late musician S.G. Santhan, have been summoned to the occupying Sri Lankan police station in Kopay to provide statements, after the security forces abruptly halted a song performance midway at a musical event held in Urumpirai, Jaffna.

The incident took place during a performance by the “S.G. Santhan Music Group”, where officers attached to the occupying Sri Lankan police force in Kopay intervened whilst a song relating to Eelam was being performed.

According to witnesses, Sri Lankan police officers entered the venue during the performance, instructed organisers to immediately halt the song and warned against continuing with what they described as “LTTE-related” content.

Video footage circulating on social media appears to show the performance being abruptly stopped following the police intervention.

[Dr. Thusiyan Nandakumar @Thusi_Kumar]

Despite the thousands of racist, sexist and vile Sinhala comments flooding Tamil social media pages, here is a reminder.

The Tamil struggle was not about chauvinism.

It was about freedom, equality and living in peace.

The words of V Prabhakaran.

November 27, 1991.

[Frances Harrison @francesharris0n]

Alleged #srilankan war criminal .@SilvaShavendra moans about being sanctioned https://t.co/7aG8pmWy1c - 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.

[Tamil Americans United 🇺🇸 @Tamils_Action]

Sincere thanks to Congresswoman @RepDeborahRoss for using your voice to remember the victims of the Tamil genocide and standing with Tamil Americans in the call for justice, accountability, and lasting peace. Your solidarity means a great deal to Tamil Americans.

[Tamil Guardian @TamilGuardian]

🚨 Canada reaffirms recognition of Tamil genocide in official Mullivaikkal statement

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney (@CanadianPM) has reaffirmed Canada’s recognition of the atrocities committed against Tamils in Sri Lanka as genocide, issuing an official statement marking Tamil Genocide Remembrance Day and honouring victims and survivors of the armed conflict.

In a statement released on 18 May, @MarkJCarney said Canada joined “Tamil communities in Canada and around the world” in commemorating Tamil Genocide Remembrance Day, whilst acknowledging the immense suffering endured by Tamils during the armed conflict in the Tamil homeland.

Read more 🔗

https://t.co/0j6dogMcMw

[Dr. Thusiyan Nandakumar @Thusi_Kumar]

“In 2022, Canada’s Parliament unanimously voted to recognise May 18 as Tamil Genocide Remembrance Day and recognise the atrocities committed against Tamils in Sri Lanka as genocide – reflecting an important step in acknowledging this painful history.”

[Dr. Thusiyan Nandakumar @Thusi_Kumar]

11:47AM, May 10th 2009.

How can we ever forget you?

_____

The scene inside the ‘No Fire Zone’.

As many as 2,000 people have been killed in the last 24 hours alone.

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https://t.co/qv90Xmv1rP

#genocide

[Muransei @muransei]

ஈழத்தமிழர் உரிமைகளை முன்வைத்துச் சிறிலங்காவுக்கு அழுத்தம்: பின்லாந்து நாடாளுமன்றத்தில் எழுத்துமூலக் கேள்வி!

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[Dr. Thusiyan Nandakumar @Thusi_Kumar]

“Eelam Land with a Eelam Film”

#tamil #eelam #tamileelam

[Dr. Thusiyan Nandakumar @Thusi_Kumar]

In Sri Lanka, a soldier who was convicted of murdering eight Tamil civilians, including three children, was granted a presidential pardon.

He slit their throats and dumped their bodies in a ditch.

He remains free to this day.

No other soldiers were ever held accountable.

[Ganes Selva @ampanai]

#LKA quickly found funds to pursue an alleged LTTE burial site in the East—only for it to be empty. Yet when it comes to the well-known #Chemmani mass graves, there are no funds.

#Eelam #RightToSelfDetermination
#TamilGenocide

[Dr. Thusiyan Nandakumar @Thusi_Kumar]

Sri Lanka’s “sensible leaders”

[Dr. Thusiyan Nandakumar @Thusi_Kumar]

The exact same tactic was used in Sri Lanka.

It had the exact same devastating consequences.

[Tamil Guardian @TamilGuardian]

In case you missed it...
Students at the University of Jaffna staged a protest and boycotted lectures last week, as Sri Lankan police interrogated student leaders over a demonstration held at the campus last month to protest against Sri Lanka’s ‘Independence Day’.

Read more on our website, https://t.co/L9ibmTkF69

[Sakthi Tharan @thamilaneelam]

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