On the occasion of the remembrance day, Sri Lankan Tamils light oil lamps and hold public gatherings. Shankar (the first LTTE cadre to have died in combat) is said to have been killed in 1982. Their memory is honored on November 27, the date on which Lt. Sri Lankan Tamils, however, regard the LTTE militants who died in combat as heroes. Over 30 countries currently list the Tamil Tigers as a terrorist organization. Rising tensions led to the formation of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), a militant organization that advocated the creation of an independent state of Tamil Eelam.Īn insurgency led by the LTTE led to a full-fledged civil war that lasted for almost 26 years, from 1983 to 2009, and resulted in the defeat of the Tamil Tigers. Relations between the majority Sinhalese and minority Tamil communities of Sri Lanka have been strained ever since the country proclaimed its independence from the British Empire in 1948. Members of the Tamil ethnic group native to Sri Lanka are known as Sri Lankan Tamils, Ceylon Tamils, or Eelam Tamils. Regions with significant Tamil populations include India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Singapore, and Indonesia. The Tamil people are a South Asian ethnic group who speak Tamil as their mother tongue. It honors the memory of militants who fought for the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam during the Sri Lankan Civil War. In other words, the Courts' prohibition is based on “the identity of the participants their relationship with the authorities.” The misuse of powers by the Police and Magistrates amounts to a "discriminatory abuse and attack." Since Sri Lanka "must ensure that laws and their interpretation and application do not result in discrimination in the enjoyment of the right of peaceful assembly, for example on the basis of race, colour, ethnicity [.)”, Sri Lanka is in clear violation of its duty to “respect and ensure” the rights to peaceful assembly and freedom of expression with respect to the commemoration of Maaveerar Naal.Great Heroes Day (Maaveerar Naal) Date in the current year: NovemOn November 27, Sri Lankan Tamil people observe Great Heroes Day (Maaveerar Naal). The only reasonable interpretation of the facts is that the Magistrates' decisions to ban the commemoration was rooted in racial or ethnic oppression and discrimination against Tamils. Indeed, as highlighted in our previous letter, the misuse of the COVID-19 pandemic to restrict basic rights is already well-documented. COVID-19 cannot serve as a justification to ban outright the commemorative events on the basis of public health. In the Addendum it is also pointed out that the risk of spreading COVID-19 justifies the total ban of the event ignores the myriad alternative methods in which the commemorations can still be performed in a COVID-safe manner, such as through social distancing or mask wearing. It was also pointed out that the respect for the war dead and their graves is protected under human rights law, in particular the right to human dignity. It is also stated the fact that the LTTE is placed in the terrorist list by the Sri Lankan State cannot serve as a justification to prohibit people paying respect to the dead, unless the acts of commemoration fall within one of the exceptions which allow for restriction under Article 21. It is stated in the Addendum, the ban and harassment experienced by the Tamil People in their attempt to commemorate Maaveerar Naal is a violation of their right to Peaceful Assembly and their freedom of speech guaranteed in Article 21 and Article 19 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights respectfully. Maaveerar Naal is held to commemorate those who died fighting such repression with events being held on the annual date in which the first cadre from the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam Lt. The Addendum states: “Tamil People in Sri Lanka have been engaged in decades of struggle - both armed and peaceful - for liberation from the oppression meted out by the Sinhalese majority government in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Col Thileepan’s Passing filed with their office previously.
On behalf of the Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam (TGTE), Global Diligence LLP filed an addendum yesterday with the United Nation Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Peaceful Assembly and Association and the United Nation Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Opinion and Expression about the bans on public gathering and assembly in commemoration of Maaveerar Naal - a day of remembrance of those who fought on behalf of the Tamil Liberation Movement - to its original complaint pertaining to the prohibition of the 33rd Commemoration of Lt. In 2008, Velupillai Prabhakaran, the leader of the LTTE, delivered what. Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam (TGTE)NEW YORK, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Novem/ / - The date 27 November is designated by the LTTE as Maaveerar Naal (Great Heroes Day).
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