Maaveerar Naal commemorations were held at several locations across the Mullaitivu district, including the traditional Thuyilum Illams, as well as those that were later introduced to serve as resting places for those who fell in battle in the final stages of the armed conflict.

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Thousands gather across Mannar at LTTE cemeteries to mark Maaveerar Naal. Remembrance events were also held at the Lady of Victory Church in Pesalai.

Commemorations took place despite a Sri Lankan crackdown this week, which intensified this morning.

Maaveerar Naal is marked on November 27 in memory of the first death of a Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam cadre (LTTE), Lt. Shankar who died in combat on November 27, 1982.

Aadkattiveli Thuyilum Ilam 

Despite state attempts at denying permission to conduct any Maaveerar Naal remembrance events, students expressed their unwavering commitment by gathering in solidarity. During the days leading up to Maaveerar Naal, Officers in Charge at Jaffna police station had filed a petition at Jaffna Magistrate's Court, seeking a ban on Maaveerar Naal commemorations in the peninsula. The petition had specifically sought a ban on commemorations taking place at the University of Jaffna.

Many united to pay tribute to the fallen LTTE cadres at the Mavadi Munmari Thuyilum Illam on Maaveerar Naal. See photographs from the event below.

Hundreds of Tamils gathered in Switzerland on Maaveerar Naal to remember those who sacrificed their lives in the struggle for freedom for Tamils. 

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Sri Lankan’s Terrorism Investigation Division (TID) interrogated the editor of the Uthayan newspaper about an article published three years ago today, on Maaveerar Naal, as Tamils around the world commemorated their war heroes.

Thangarajah Prabhakaran, editor of the Jaffna-based Tamil daily Uthayan, was interrogated for over 4 hours earlier today.

The interrogation was due to the publication of a newspaper article related to the birthday of Velupillai Prabhakaran, leader of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), from 2020.

Thousands of Tamils gathered at LTTE cemeteries in Jaffna today, to pay tribute to the men and women who laid down their lives for the liberation of Tamil Eelam.

See photographs from Thuyilum Illam across Jaffna below.

Thousands of Tamils gathered at the site of a destroyed LTTE cemetery in Kilinochchi to commemorate Maaveerar Naal earlier today.

The scale of the event can be observed in aerial footage below.

Dozens of Sri Lankan police officers stormed Maaveerar Naal commemorations at the Tharavai Thuyilum Illam in Batticaloa and arrested at least four Tamils earlier today.

Cameras captured the moment that Sri Lankan police raided the commemoration.

Thousands of Tamils gathered near Eechankulam Thuyilum Illam to commemorate Maaveerar Naal.

While Eechankulam was the only LTTE cemetery to have been built in the Vavuniya District, the original Thuyilum Illam is under the occupation of the Sri Lankan army.