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"This conflict was created not because of discrimination," he said. The Sri Lankan high commissioner in Ottawa, Asoka Girihagama, says Gotabaya Rajapaksa's election should not spark any fear in the Tamil diaspora "We hope that that level of scrutiny, along with the moral persuasion imposed or exerted by the Tamil diaspora, will ensure that even if things don't get better for the Tamils in Sri Lanka, it doesn't get any worse." Sri Lankan high commissioner responds He says the international eye on the Sri Lankan government will play a role in ensuring things move toward reconciliation and equality.
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"With this majority and with the support of the majority community, should make best efforts to craft a solution which is acceptable to the Tamil community." She says Gotabaya Rajapaksa's election is a 'terrifying spectre' for the community. Tasha Manoranjan, executive director of People for Equality and Relief in Lanka, says Maveerar Naal is an extremely significant day for Tamils. "That's kind of blurring the distinction in terms of commemoration on November 27."
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"Particularly towards the final stages of the conflict in 2009, from January to May in 2009, there wasn't really any distinguishing between LTTE combatants and civilians because the entire Tamil community was under attack by the Sri Lankan government," she said. Tasha Manoranjan, executive director of People for Equality and Relief in Lanka (PEARL), says the day of remembrance was initially meant to honour soldiers fighting with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam ( LTTE), but because they became targets towards the end of the war, the tradition now includes honouring civilians as well. (Sue Goodspeed/CBC)Īs the conflict reached its climax in May 2009, members of the Tamil community in Toronto blocked the Gardiner Expressway to raise awareness of the escalating conflict and draw attention to civilians who had been killed or forced to flee. Sarika Navanathan says she was shocked but not surprised by the country's recent election results.
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But on the outset, it definitely doesn't look good for the community," Navanathan said. You would think things may have changed and we might have a better future.
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"It's unfortunate to kind of see the regime come back full circle 10 years later. Rajapaksa's brother Mahinda Rajapaksa, who was president at the height of the war, is now prime minister. " brings back a lot of trauma and fear, I think, in the Tamil community," said Sarika Navanathan, president of the Tamil Student Association at the University of Toronto's St. He was revered by Sri Lanka's Sinhalese majority for his role in ending the bloody civil war in 2009, but Tamils fear him for what they call a "genocide" by the government as it tried to crush their campaign for an independent state. On the 10th Tamil Remembrance Day since the war ended, Tamils can't help but focus on the election of Gotabaya Rajapaksa, Sri Lanka's former defence minister, who won the presidency just 10 days ago. *names have been changed to protect identities and safeguard families in the North-East.Toronto's Sri Lankan Tamil community is pausing Wednesday to remember a civil war that killed tens of thousands of their people - but even though the conflict ended a decade ago, many are worried the recent elections in Sri Lanka will spark more ethnic strife. We promise to continue the struggle until Tamils get justice, peace and permanent security”. “This is our message to our people and to those who sacrificed their lives for our freedom. “We picked this building in London to showcase to the British public the ongoing genocide our people face and to highlight that the UK’s policies continue to have an impact on our freedom struggle.” “In the homeland the Sri Lankan state has been attempting to stifle commemoration and prevent our people from remembering our martyrs,” said Shankar*, another youth organiser. This year, events have been safely held in homes and online, as British Tamils continued to commemorate their fallen fighters despite global pandemic. Usually tens of thousands of Tamils gather across the country in large scale acts of remembrance. “Since we cannot hold mass public gatherings on November 27th due to restrictions in place due to public health crises, we decided to commemorate our heroes in another form,” said Malathy*, a young activist and one of the organisers of the projection tribute. The projection, organised by British Tamil activists, lit up the Houses of Parliament with an image of the flower and the words “We Remember” and "We remember the heroes who fought for freedom from Sri Lankan state genocide". A Karthigaipoo, the national flower of Tamil Eelam, was projected on to Britain's Houses of Parliament in Westminster, Central London tonight, as British Tamils paid tribute to those who gave their lives in the Tamil liberation struggle amidst restrictions due to the coronavirus pandemic.