Presidential Adviser Rear Admiral Sarath Weerasekara slams the commemoration of war dead by #Tamils throughout the north and east, as one for 'Tiger Terrorists'

"If your son was a terrorist, if he was a rapist, a killer, there's no prohibition to lighting a lamp inside a house" pic.twitter.com/YikDIMZ0Wl

Senior members of the Ilankai Tamil Arasu Kadchi (ITAK), the largest constituent party of the Tamil National Alliance (TNA), marked Maaveerar Naal at the party's Jaffna headquarters on Sunday.

A Secretary of the Sri Lankan Embassy in Oman was arrested last week for his suspected involvement in a human trafficking racket. 

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin wrote to the Minister of external affairs, S. Jaishankar, to intervene in the arrest of 24 Indian fishermen by the Sri Lankan navy. 

In his letter, Minister Stalin urged Mr Jaishankar to request that the Sri Lankan navy refrain from arresting the fishermen. 

Sri Lanka's police and military brutally assaulted a Tamil youth in Manipay, Jaffna.

He was not taken to the hospital and was detained at Manipai police station.

Last Sunday, Tamils in Mullaitivu gathered to remember the 12 civilians slaughtered in an Sri Lankan government air strike.

Former Jaffna University Students’ Union President M. Thivakaran and Secretary S. Babilaraj have been acquitted after being detained under Sri Lanka’s draconian Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA).

On Sunday, the University of Nottingham’s Tamil Society held an event to commemorate Maveerar Naal and pay respects to the sacrifices of those who fought.

Australian Tamils marked the 33^rd Maaveerar Naal by holding a large memorial in Sydney for those who sacrificed their lives during the freedom struggle.

Tamils in Neduntheevu (Delft Island) defied threats from Sri Lankan security forces to commemorate Maaveerar Naal on Sunday.

Neduntheevu police and navy photographed and threatened individuals gathered together to light lamps for Maaveerar Naal.

Several Tamil parties met last week (25) at the residence of TNA leader R Sampanthan to discuss critical issues to achieve a political solution on the island.

The TNA hierarchy invited all Tamil political parties representing the North and East to participate in a discussion scheduled at the residence of its Leader MP R. Sampanthan in Colombo.

All photographs courtesy of Sharmilan Sivakumaran

Hundreds of Tamils marked Maaveerar Naal in Queens, New York yesterday. 

All photographs courtesy of Thaarakam 

Tamils in Auckland, New Zealand joined Tamils in the homeland and the diaspora to mark Maaveerar Naal. 

Candles were lit and flowers laid by photographs of fallen cadres. 

Thousands of British Tamils gathered at London ExCel yesterday to mark Maaveerar Naal.