What is Mullivaikal issue?
The Mullivaikkal Memorial or Mullivaikkal Muttram is a memorial dedicated to the Mullivaikkal massacre, the killings of Tamil civilians during the final phase of the war between Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and Sri Lankan armed forces at Mullivaikkal in 2009.
Where is mullivaikal?
Sri Lanka
Mullivaikkal(Mu’l’livaaykkaal) is a village located in Mullaitivu District, Vanni, Northern Province, Sri Lanka. The Mullivaikkal Massacre took place here in the final days of the Sri Lankan Civil War.
What happened mullivaikkal?
Mullivaikkal massacre was the mass killing of tens of thousands of Sri Lankan Tamils in 2009 during the closing stages of the Sri Lankan Civil War ending in May 2009 in a tiny strip of land in Mullivaikkal, Mullaitivu. The Sri Lankan government designated a no fire zone in Mullivaikkal towards the end of the war.
What happened on May 18 Tamil Nadu?
The civil war ended on 18 May 2009 with the killing of Velupillai Prabhakaran, leader of the LTTE. A United Nations report found that as many as 40,000 civilians may have been killed in the final months of the civil war, mostly as a result of indiscriminate shelling by the Sri Lankan military.
Are Tamils still suffering in Sri Lanka?
Sri Lanka still remains a dangerous place for Tamil people due to the active repression of Tamil citizens. This can be observed through the continued police and military occupation of approximately 3,000 acres, according to the Sinhalese government.
Are there still Tamils in Sri Lanka?
Many still support the idea of Tamil Eelam, a proposed independent state that Sri Lankan Tamils aspired to create in the North-East of Sri Lanka….Sri Lankan Tamils.
| இலங்கை தமிழர் (ஈழத் தமிழர்) | |
|---|---|
| Total population | |
| ~ 3.0 million (estimated; excluding Moors and Indian Tamils) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Sri Lanka | 2,270,924 (2012) |
Why is May 18th in Sri Lanka?
The Sri Lankan government, which has declared 18 May as Victory Day, celebrates the day with military parades. The day is also a commemoration for dead military personnel who are treated as “war heroes”.
What happened 17th May?
Featured Event On this day in 1954, lawyer Thurgood Marshall scored a landmark victory as the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka that racial segregation in public schools was unconstitutional.
What did Tamil Tigers want?
Tamil Tigers, byname of Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), guerrilla organization that sought to establish an independent Tamil state, Eelam, in northern and eastern Sri Lanka.