15 years of Tamil Genocide...

May 18, 2024: Tamils across the world commemorated 15 years of #TamilGenocide, remembering the lives lost at Mullivaikkal and demanding justice.

In the last 15 years, Canada was the only country to accept it as a genocide & introduced a bill called "Tamil Genocide Education Week" and Canada's Parliament unanimously voted to recognize May 18 as Tamil Genocide Remembrance Day. This year too Canadian politicians across the political spectrum [

@JustinTrudeau

@PierrePoilievre

@theJagmeetSingh

@patrickbrownont

@TimLouisKitCon

to name a few] commemorated Tamil Genocide Remembrance Day and renewed the call for accountability. Joining Canada, the US Congress resolution called for the Tamil Eelam independence referendum. The resolution was put forward by Susan Wild, Danny K. Davis, Nicole Malliotakis, Mike Carey, Donald G. Davis [

@DonDavisNC

], Summer L. Lee [

@RepSummerLee

], and Jeff Jackson [

@JeffJacksonNC

].

@RepWileyNickel

Senator

@NabilahIslam

also recognized May 18th as 'Mullivaikaal Remembrance Day'. While the UK's political party leaders like

@Keir_Starmer

paid tribute and demanded justice for Tamil genocide and

@EdwardJDavey

of

@LibDems

demanded accountability for genocide and ICC referral for Sri Lanka on May 18th of this year. Swiss MPs [

@FabianMolinaNR

@claufriedl

] have also called for Sri Lanka to be held internationally accountable for the crimes it committed during the Tamil genocide. Senator

@DavidShoebridge

from Australia also called for justice for the massacres at Mullivaikkal. Secretary General of Amnesty International,

@AgnesCallamard

, paid tribute at the Tamil Genocide Commemoration by visiting Mullivaikkal in person. 15 years of Tamils' ongoing battle towards #JusticeForTamilGenocide is finally making its wave.