Tamil genocide

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Eelam Tamil Genocide
Part of Sri Lankan Civil War
Members of the Tamil diaspora community gathered opposite 10 Downing Street in Whitehall, central London, to commemorate the genocide
Members of the Tamil diaspora community gathered opposite 10 Downing Street in Whitehall, central London, to commemorate the genocide
LocationSri Lanka
Date2009
Attack type
Genocide, ethnic cleansing, mass murder, mass shooting, hate crime Shelling, Hostage taking, Forced disappearance, Denial of humanitarian aid, Summary execution, Rape
Deaths
PerpetratorsSri Lanka Armed Forces
MotiveAnti-Tamil sentiment, Sinhalese Buddhist nationalism

Tamil Genocide, also known as the Sri Lankan Tamil Genocide, occurred during the final months of the Sri Lankan Civil War in 2009[11] with 40,000 to 169,769 Tamil civilians deaths by Sri Lankan military. The war crimes include attacks on civilians and civilian buildings; executions of combatants and prisoners; enforced disappearances by the Sri Lankan military and paramilitary groups backed by them; sexual violence by the Sri Lankan military; the systematic denial of food, medicine, and clean water by the government to civilians trapped in the war zone; child recruitment, hostage taking, Denial of humanitarian aid, Summary execution, Rape, Internment, Mass shootings by Sri Lankan Sri Lanka Armed Forces.[12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][excessive citations]

International reactions

In 2022, The Parliament of Canada made May 18 as the Tamil Genocide Remembrance Day.[23][24] On an official letter addressing the Tamils who have suffered through the genocide, Prime minister Justin Trudeau, along with other supportive statements, wrote

“In October 2022, we joined our international partners in adopting an United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) resolution that calls on the Sri Lankan government to address the human rights, economic, and political crises in the country. Canada has been a global leader in the adoption of other UNHRC resolutions calling for freedom of religion, belief, and pluralism in Sri Lanka – essential elements to secure peace and reconciliation in the years to come – and we will continue our work to safeguard human rights across the world. And in January 2023, our government imposed sanctions against four Sri Lankan government officials in response to human rights violations on the island."[25]

The letter was titled: Statement by the Prime Minister on the first Tamil Genocide Remembrance Day. It was written on May 18th 2023 as the day Tamils across the world acknowledge as Mullivaikkal Remembrance Day. It is a remembrance day observed by Sri Lankan Tamil people to remember those who died in the final stages of the Sri Lankan Civil War.[26][24]

A Tamil Genocide Memorial to be built in Chinguacousy Park, in Brampton, Canada by 2025, the design was finalised in February 2024, after 3 years of delay.[27][28]

References

  1. ^ "Report of the Secretary-General's Panel of Experts on Accountability in Sri Lanka". Refworld/United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. United Nations. 31 March 2011. p. 41. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
  2. ^ "Sri Lanka Marks 10 Years Since Civil War's End". Voice of America. Washington, D.C., U.S.A. Agence France-Presse. 18 May 2019. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
  3. ^ "Sri Lanka starts count of civil war dead". Al Jazeera. Doha, Qatar. Associated Press. 28 November 2013. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
  4. ^ Haviland, Charles (11 January 2011). "Sri Lanka's war panel arouses strong emotions". BBC News. London, U.K. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
  5. ^ "Tamils remember war dead in Sri Lanka". Deutsche Welle. Bonn, Germany. 18 May 2019. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
  6. ^ "Sri Lanka's dead and missing: the need for an accounting". Crisis Group. 2012-02-27. Retrieved 2020-06-09.
  7. ^ Death Toll In Sri Lanka's 2009 War https://itjpsl.com/assets/ITJP_death_toll_A4_v6.pdf
  8. ^ "Report of the Secretary-General's Internal Review Panel on United Nations Action in Sri Lanka". United Nations. November 2012. p. 14. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
  9. ^ Macrae, Callum (3 September 2013). "Sri Lanka: Slaughter in the no fire zone". The Guardian. London, U.K. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
  10. ^ Charbonneau, Louis (15 November 2012). "U.N. failed gravely in Sri Lanka – internal review panel". Reuters. London, U.K. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
  11. ^ "UN to collect evidence of alleged Sri Lanka war crimes". BBC. 23 March 2021. Retrieved 3 December 2023.
  12. ^ "Sri Lanka: US War Crimes Report Details Extensive Abuses". Human Rights Watch. 22 October 2009. Retrieved 17 January 2010.
  13. ^ "Govt.: LTTE Executed Soldiers". The Sunday Leader. 8 December 2010. Archived from the original on 2010-12-12. Retrieved 17 January 2010.
  14. ^ International Crimes Evidence Project (ICEP) Sri Lanka, Island of impunity? Investigation into international crimes in the final stages of the Sri Lankan civil war. (2014) https://piac.asn.au/2014/02/12/island-of-impunity/ p153-175
  15. ^ Report of the Secretary-General's Panel of Experts on Accountability in Sri Lanka (2011), https://www.securitycouncilreport.org/un-documents/document/poc-rep-on-account-in-sri-lanka.php p65
  16. ^ Rudhramoorthy, Cheran; Aiken, Sharry (2019-05-16). "Rwanda and Sri Lanka: A tale of two genocides". The Conversation. Retrieved 2024-03-14.
  17. ^ Ravichandradeva, Ambihai Akilan,Archana. "For Sri Lankan Tamils, the Black July pogroms live on, 40 years later". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 2024-03-14.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  18. ^ Massacres of Tamils, 1956-2008. Manitham Publishers. 2009. ISBN 978-81-909737-0-0.
  19. ^ Krishnan, M. G.; history), Paul Newman (Professor of; Nathan, G. K. (2013). Unfettered Genocide in Tamil Eelam: North East Sri Lanka, the Historical Homeland of Tamils. Karnataka State Open University. ISBN 978-81-928519-0-7.
  20. ^ Orjuela, Camilla (2020-05-03). "Remembering genocide in the diaspora: Place and materiality in the commemoration of atrocities in Rwanda and Sri Lanka". International Journal of Heritage Studies. 26 (5): 439–453. doi:10.1080/13527258.2019.1644529. ISSN 1352-7258.
  21. ^ Ponnambalam, Satchi; Ont.), Tamil Eelam International Research and Documentation Centre (Ottawa; Rights, United Nations Commission on Human (1984). Racial Discrimination, Violence, Torture, Genocide and Other Human Rights Violations of the Tamil People by the Government of Sri Lanka: Memorandum of the Assistant Secretary-General, United Nations Commission on Human Rights. Tamil Eelam International Research and Documentation Centre. ISBN 978-0-9691664-0-5.
  22. ^ Grant, Trevor (2014-08-01). Sri Lanka's Secrets: How the Rajapaksa Regime Gets Away with Murder. Monash University Publishing. ISBN 978-1-922235-53-4.
  23. ^ "Statement by the Prime Minister to mark 40 years since Black July". Prime Minister of Canada. 2023-07-20. Retrieved 2024-03-14.
  24. ^ a b "Canada committed to building future free of hate: Justin Trudeau on Sri Lanka Black July". EconomyNext. 2023-07-24. Retrieved 2024-03-16.
  25. ^ "Statement by the Prime Minister on the first Tamil Genocide Remembrance Day". Prime Minister of Canada. 2023-05-17. Retrieved 2024-03-16.
  26. ^ Trudeau, Justin. "Statement by the Prime Minister on the first Tamil Genocide Remembrance Day". pm.gc.ca. The government of Canada. Retrieved March 16, 2024.
  27. ^ Bhugra, Saloni (Feb 28, 2024). "After 3-year delay, Brampton finalizes design for Tamil monument to honour lives lost in Sri Lankan civil war Tamil Genocide Memorial to be built in Chinguacousy Park by 2025". CBC.
  28. ^ Jabakhanji, Sara (Jan 24, 2021). "Brampton mayor vows to build Tamil monument". CBC.
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