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Tuesday, 28 November 2023

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Sri Lankan riot police storm Maaveerar Naal commemorations in Batticaloa, four Tamils arrested

Tamil Guardian 27 Nov 2023

Dozens of Sri Lankan police officers stormed Maaveerar Naal commemorations at the Tharavai Thuyilum Illam in Batticaloa and arrested at least four Tamils earlier today ... Thousands of Tamils had gathered at the cemetery, from families to activists and politicians including the TNA parliamentarian Shanakiyan Rasamanickam.

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Sri Lankan riot police storm Maaveerar Naal commemorations in Batticaloa

Tamil Guardian 27 Nov 2023

Thousands of Tamils had gathered at the cemetery, from families to activists and politicians including the TNA parliamentarian Shanakiyan Rasamanickam. Uniformed officers began pulling down the decorations that Tamils had placed all along the cemetery, even as songs continued to play through the loudspeakers.

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LIVE - Tamils defy Sri Lankan crackdown to mark Maaveerar Naal

Tamil Guardian 27 Nov 2023

Maaveerar Naal is marked on November 27 in memory of the first death of a Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam cadre (LTTE), Lt ... Sri Lankan police officers obtained a court order against a TNPF activist in Amparai this morning and have attempted to block Tamils from travelling to travelling to a destroyed LTTE cemetery to mark Maaveerar Naal.

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LEAD - Tamils mark Maaveerar Naal as Sri Lanka cracks down with riot police

Tamil Guardian 27 Nov 2023

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British Tamils commemorate Maaveerar Naal

Tamil Guardian 27 Nov 2023

Thousands of British Tamils gathered at the ExCel convention centre in London today to mark the 36th Maaveerar Naal. A lamp was lit by Selliah Kanagaratnam, a Tamil activist from North-East Coordinating Committee before the British flag was raised by Barbara Rajan, a Tamil Youth Organisation UK (TYO UK) member.

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BREAKING - Sri Lankan police block Tamils from marking Maaveerar Naal in Amparai

Tamil Guardian 27 Nov 2023

Sri Lankan police officers obtained a court order against a TNPF activist in Amparai this morning and have attempted to block Tamils from ...

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Sri Lankan police block Tamils from marking Maaveerar Naal in Amparai

Tamil Guardian 27 Nov 2023

Sri Lankan police officers obtained a court order against a TNPF activist in Amparai this morning and have attempted to block Tamils from ...

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LTTE leader Velupillai Prabhakaran's memoirs launched in UK

Tamil Guardian 26 Nov 2023

Key speakers of the event included the editor of the book Mr Anton Ponrasa, late LTTE fighter Sapari's mother and journalist Mrs Savithiri Athuvithanandan (pictured above), military and political analyst Mr Ravi Prabhakaran, as well as many other Tamil activists and leaders of Tamil organisations in the diaspora.

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More Maaveerar families honoured in North-East

Tamil Guardian 26 Nov 2023

... and Jaffna yesterday as the Tamil nation marks Maaveerar remembrance week ... Ilankai Tamil Arasu Katchi (ITAK) leader Mavai Senathirajah and activists from the party's women's wing were also present at the event.

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Families of Maaveerar honoured in the diaspora

Tamil Guardian 26 Nov 2023

... relatives of the fallen joining former LTTE members, activists and the rest of the Tamil people in paying tribute to the Maaveerar.

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Sri Lanka’s TID head and police chief vow to punish Maaveerar Naal commemorations

Tamil Guardian 26 Nov 2023

It is marked on November 27, in memory of the first death of a Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam cadre, Lt Col ... Meanwhile, memorials made from the remnants of destroyed headstones at cemeteries had been demolished and Tamil activists have been harassed as Sri Lanka intensifies its crackdown on Maaveerar Naal in the Eastern province.

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Blood donation drive in Mullaitivu to mark Maaveerar remembrance week

Tamil Guardian 26 Nov 2023

... the Tamil struggle for self-determination. Members of the Iyanar Sports Club, Tamil activists, locals, former MP Sivamohan, divisional council members participated in this blood donation camp.

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London landmarks lit with Tamil Eelam flag to mark Maaveerar Naal

Tamil Guardian 25 Nov 2023

The projection lit up the historic monument in Central London, with an image of the flag and the words “'Tamils remember the heroes who fought for our freedom” ... “This is another way in which we pay tribute to our maaveerar,” said Durga*, a British Tamil activist who helped organise the display.

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Crackdown and destruction in the East ahead of Maaveerar Naal

Tamil Guardian 25 Nov 2023

Headstones at Vaharai Thuyilum Illam have been demolished and Tamil activists have been harrassed as Sri Lanka intensifies its crackdown on Maaveerar Naal in the Eastern province ... Thuyilum Illams were destroyed both during the armed conflict and later bulldozed over by the Sri Lankan state following the Tamil genocide in 2009.

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Tower of London lit with Tamil Eelam flag to mark Maaveerar Naal

Tamil Guardian 24 Nov 2023

The Tamil Eelam flag was projected on to the iconic Tower of London tonight, as British Tamils paid tribute to those who gave their lives in the Tamil liberation struggle in the build up to Maaveerar Naal ... “This is another way in which we pay tribute to our maaveerar,” said Durga*, a British Tamil activist who helped organise the display.