A banner displayed during Tamil Genocide Remembrance Day commemorations in Mullivaikkal yesterday honoured Tamil Canadians and Patrick Brown Mayor of Brampton, following the recent inauguration of a Tamil Genocide Monument in the Canadian city.

Marking the 16th anniversary of the Mullivaikkal massacre, Tamil organisations in the Netherlands held a memorial event at Dam Square in Amsterdam, on 18 May 2025, in remembrance of the tens of thousands of Tamil killed during the 2009 genocide.

The 16th annual commemoration of Tamil Genocide Day was held on 18 May 2025 at the Fickling Convention Centre in Three Kings, Auckland, where hundreds gathered to honour the memory of those killed in the Mullivaikkal massacre and to reaffirm calls for justice and accountability.

Tamils in Australia commemorated the Tamil Genocide Remembrance Day with a remembrance event in Sydney. 

300 Tamils gathered outside Sydney Town Hall to demand accountability and justice for the massacres at Mullivaikkal. 

"We came together not just to mourn, but to resist, to remember, and to demand justice," the Tamil Refugee Council said. 

The Tamil community in Ottawa gathered on May 18th to commemorate Tamil Genocide Remembrance Day in an event jointly organised by the Ottawa Tamil Association, National Capital Region Tamil Association, Ottawa Tamil Academy of Culture and Technology, Ottawa Tamil Seniors Association, and Tamil Genocide Memorial.

Sri Lankan president Anura Kumara Dissanayake will now attend Sri Lanka’s 16th National War Heroes’ Commemoration Ceremony as the chief guest, the government confirmed on Sunday, following backlash over earlier reports that he would not participate in the state-sponsored event.

As commemorations of the 2009 genocide continue to grow, Colombo’s denialism remains firmly intact. The NPP’s actions, mirroring those of its predecessors, reveal a political establishment still unwilling to confront the truth.

Tamils held events across the UK on May 18 to mark Tamil Genocide Remembrance Day. 

London 

Thousands of Tamils gathered at Parliament Square to remember the victims of the Tamil genocide.

In April 2009, thousands of British Tamils occupied the same square as Sri Lanka intensified its military offensive which led to the massacre of tens of thousands of Tamils in Mullivaikkal.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and politicians across the country have issued statements to mark Tamil Genocide Remembrance Day, commemorating the tens of thousands of Tamils massacred by the Sri Lankan state in May 2009 and renewing calls for accountability, truth and justice.

Newly elected Prime Minister Mark Carney published the following statement this morning: