Tamils in Denmark commemorated Maaveerar Naal on November 27, paying homage to those who gave their lives in the struggle for liberation. 

The event took place in Herning where Tamils lit candles and laid flowers as they paid their respects to the fallen. The event also included a series of performances. 

Responding to a question on Maaveerar Naal, Jaffna MP C V Wigneswaran accused Sri Lanka of committing "state terrorism" and maintained that "our youth were compelled to take up arms for the self-defense of our people".

Sri Lankan police arrested a Jaffna University student for lighting a lamp for the Tamil Hindu festival of Karthika Vilakkeedu amidst a crackdown of the festival by police and the Sri Lankan military for its proximity to Maaveerar Naal.

Police said they arrested the student based on information they received that he was trying to pay tribute to fallen LTTE fighters, and had brought the student to the police station to obtain a confession.

The Tamil vote in the North-East has fractured after the ‘slump’ of the Tamil National Alliance (TNA), said The Economist this week, however noted that there were areas of unity and said Tamil parliamentarians will have more areas of co-operation to come as the Sri Lankan govenrment embraces Sinhala chauvinist policies.

A Tamil journalist has been arrested by the Sri Lankan Terrorism Investigation Division (TID) this morning, over allegations that he had he published pictures of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) on Facebook.

Across the United States of America, several Maveerar Naal commemoration events were held on November 27^th.

See photographs form the various events below.

The Office on Missing Persons (OMP) published a list of complaints and information regarding missing and disappeared persons to its Head and Regional Offices last week.

CCTV footage from outside a home in Chavakachcheri in Jaffna, showed armed Sri Lankan police and army personnel surrounded it, as part of a crackdown across the North-East on Maaveerar Naal.

Tamil National Alliance (TNA) parliamentarian, M A Sumanthiran highlighted the discrimination faced by Tamils in their right to remember those who gave their lives in the struggle for liberation, in a fiery exchange in the Sri Lankan parliament.

Tamils in cities and homes across Germany marked Maaveerar Naal on November 27, 2020.

See photographs from events below.

With Maaveerar Naal this week, British Tamil organisations spoke on the importance of the day and why it is commemorated.