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STATEMENT
Instagram disables Tamil Guardian’s page in act of online censorship
An audience of over 19,000 followers will no longer be able to follow our coverage on Instagram. This is unacceptable.
See our full statement here: tamilguardian.com/content/st…
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Thiyagarajah Jegan was one of those abducted and disappeared by the Sri Lankan navy in 2008.
His mother spoke to @47Roots in 2018 about her struggle for justice.
This week, charges against the commander were dropped.
Read more here: tamilguardian.com/content/re…
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*BREAKING* - L1./Rev. 1 has been passed and adopted.
Final vote on Sri Lanka’s new resolution:
Voted in favour: 22
Voted against: 11
Abstained vote: 14
#HRC46 #SriLanka
LIVE - UN Human Rights Council due to vote on new resolution on Sri Lanka
We will be tweeting live as the UN Human Rights Council is set to vote on a resolution on justice and accountability in Sri Lanka shortly.
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I wrote a magical realist story about enforced disappearances in Sri Lanka, intergenerational trauma and grief. But REALLY, it's about a daughter and her mother. Thank you to #RewriteReads for providing such a good home to my tale.
rewritereads.com/issue-2/cro…
It's finally here! ISSUE 2 of #REWRITEREADS
Stories, poems, essays, photos by Black Women & Women of Colour from across the globe, including @coffeeandpaneer @graceadeyemi_ @imanahmedf @jennreadstuff @MazHedgehog @RamyaAndTheWord @rochellerart @nefernici
rewritereads.com/issue-2/
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The Sri Lankan government's war on the Tamil community saw up to 70,000 civilians killed in 2009, but they weren't acting alone – Britain sold weapons to the regime even as the world read reports of slaughter. tribunemag.co.uk/2021/03/how…
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British police clash against Tamil protestors
@metpoliceuk officers injured at least one demonstrator and arrested another as hundreds came to show their support for a British Tamil woman who has been on hunger strike for 16 days.
tamilguardian.com/content/br…
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How many Tamils were killed in 2009?
@itjpsl examined casualty estimates during the final months of Sri Lanka’s 2009 military offensive that killed tens of thousands of Tamils.
The highest figure could be as large as 169,796 killed.
tamilguardian.com/content/ho… #TamilGenocideDay
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Marking 4 years of continued protests, families of the disappeared march in Kilinochchi today.
#disappearedSL #disappearedTamils #Nojustice
This week, families of the disappeared in #Vavuniya marked 1,460 days of continued roadside protest whilst families marched for justice in #Kilinochchi.
