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Tamils in Sri Lanka mark 15th anniversary of civil war’s end in Mullivaikkal 

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Tamils in Sri Lanka mark 15th anniversary of civil war’s end in Mullivaikkal 

Mullivaikkal remembrance event held on May 18, 2024, in Mullaitivu, in Sri Lanka’s Northern Province. Tamil families gathered to pay tribute to their loved ones killed in war.  | Photo Credit: Meera Srinivasan Thousands of Tamils on May 18 converged in Mullaivaikkal, along Sri Lanka’s north-eastern coast, to pay homage to their relatives killed in…

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Sri Lanka’s Tamils face arrest as they remember the dead

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Sri Lanka’s Tamils face arrest as they remember the dead

Commemorating Tamil victims of Sri Lanka’s civil war has remained a sensitive issue. A solidarity remembrance event held in May 2023 in Colombo was disrupted by a Sinhala nationalist group.  | Photo Credit: File Photo The recent arrest of four Tamils in Sri Lanka’s Eastern Province — when they commemorated their loved ones killed in…

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