May Day marked with rallies across the Tamil homeland

by Rukshana
May 1, 2024

Vavuniya

The Tamil National People’s Front (TNPF) held a march in Vavuniya today reiterating the party’s stance in calling for justice, accountability, and an international mechanism to investigate allegations of human rights violations perpetrated by Sri Lanka. 

The rally was led by members of the TNPF including Selvarajah Kajendren, Kanagaratnam Sugash and several others. The public participated in the rally by holding placards calling on the Sri Lankan government to return lands presently occupied by various Sri Lankan government institutions and an international mechanism for truth and justice.

 

Another rally, organised by the New Democratic Marxist-Leninist Party, started in front of the Tamil Maha Vidyalayam and reached Vavuniya City through Bazaar street where a meeting was held. 

 

Kilinochchi

The Ilankai Tamil Arasu Katchi (ITAK) and trade unions from the Kilinochchi district demonstrated from Kilinochchi Nagar Pilliyar Temple to Kilinochchi Central College where a public meeting was held.

ITAK leader S Shritharan and former ITAK leader Mavai Senathirajah were amongst those present at the rally. 

Jaffna

The May Day rally organized by the Ceylon Teachers' Association was held in Jaffna this morning. The rally started from the Nallur temple and ended at the Kittu Park where a public meeting was held. The General Secretary of the Ceylon Teachers Union, Joseph Stalin, and representatives of the academic unions were also represented. 

The National People’s Power (NPP) also held its May Day rally in Jaffna. The event was organized by Jaffna District Organizer Ramalingam Chandrasekar and was held at the Thanthai Chelva Memorial Square and later at the Central College. 

The party called on people to gather together to find solutions to the issues in the country. NPP members Vijitha Herath, Saroja Savitri Paulraj, the head of the NPP women’s organizations, and the affiliated unions took part in the event.

 

 

 

 

Add new comment

About text formats

Plain text

  • No HTML tags allowed.
  • Lines and paragraphs break automatically.
  • Web page addresses and email addresses turn into links automatically.
  • Global and entity tokens are replaced with their values. Browse available tokens.

Restricted HTML

  • You can align images (data-align="center"), but also videos, blockquotes, and so on.
  • You can caption images (data-caption="Text"), but also videos, blockquotes, and so on.
  • Global and entity tokens are replaced with their values. Browse available tokens.
  • You can embed media items (using the <drupal-media> tag).

We need your support

Sri Lanka is one of the most dangerous places in the world to be a journalist. Tamil journalists are particularly at threat, with at least 41 media workers known to have been killed by the Sri Lankan state or its paramilitaries during and after the armed conflict.

Despite the risks, our team on the ground remain committed to providing detailed and accurate reporting of developments in the Tamil homeland, across the island and around the world, as well as providing expert analysis and insight from the Tamil point of view

We need your support in keeping our journalism going. Support our work today.

link button