Marina Beach candlelight vigil held for Mullivaikal

by admin
May 20, 2012

Thousands of people gathered on Marina Beach in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, to remember those that perished in Mullivaikal, shouting slogans of grievance and calling in international independent investigation into war crimes.

Organised by the Periyar Dravidar Kazhagam and the May 17th Movement, the crowd also called for a referendum in establishing a separate state and were heard to shout slogans such as, “We will never forget India’s betrayal” and “We will never condone”.

An organisation called Youth Against War Crimes and Genocide also took part in the event, collecting signatures for their campaign.

See below for more photos.

Photos courtesy of TamilWin.

Also see our previous post:

Events across Tamil Nadu mark Mullivaikkal massacre (19 May 2012)

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