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Friday, December 2, 2022
Tamil Genocide (Part 1)
As the beginning of May is a celebratory month for many around the globe, for many Tamils, it's the month of mourning and incapacitation. Sri Lankan extremist state ended the war by killing over 150,000 Tamils within days.
May 1st:
As the Sri Lankan state tried its best to hide its human rights violation and continue to massacre Tamils, Foreign Secretary Palitha Kohona admitted to @AlJazeera that they did indeed bomb no-fire zones.
War against Tamils was building momentum from January of 2009 and the month of May saw the most horrifying crime against humanity committed in this century - we can call it the 'Tamil holocaust'. On this day, this genocidal state also targeted and bombed the ONLY remaining makeshift hospital twice, killing patients, attending relatives, and causing injuries to many. @ICRC was on the field & communicated this area as a hospital, later this place was bombed.
May 2
Doctor Varatharajah was working & witnessed this horrendous crime. To date, he continues to be a voice to bring justice for #TamilGenocide.
May 1, President
@BarackObama's administration released a statement for 'World Press Freedom Day', acknowledging lack of press freedom. As the diaspora protested around the world to save our loved ones, no international community intervened to stop the war.
Today, in 2009, as hospitals were bombed, shells were landing in No Fire Zone, 1000s of Tamils continued to be injured and dying. Tamil Tigers once again urges the international community to implement a ceasefire.
May 3rd 2009
Many forms of protests around the world to stop the genocide against Tamils, activists from the pro-Tamil nationalist Periyar Dravidar Kazhagam (PDK) & MDMK attacked military trucks of the Indian Army allegedly transporting weapons to LK.
May 3rd 2009
As the State continued to commit genocide, it also prevented the flow of food and medicine. As Tamils were dying from non-stop shell attacks, the ones who are able to escape are dying due to a lack of medical care for the wounded and starvation.
May 4th 2009
According to reports, Government officials responsible for food distribution claimed they only received 60 MT food supplies after 02 April. 2,475 MT supplies are needed for a month for 165,000 civilians according to World Food Programme (WFP) specifications.
May 4th 2009
ICRC who was on the ground was asking and waiting for State's support from Colombo to send a supply ship. According to some ICRC officials, a ship with 1500 MT supplies was diverted to Jaffna, as the government purposely starved people.
Tamil Tiger's political wing leader B. Nadesan continued to reach out to the world, asking them to stop the genocide against Tamils. Pictures below are his communication earlier in 2009 with @KanimozhiDMK
requesting her assistance to stop the horror against Tamils.
May 4th, 2009:
- shelling & bombing of the No Fire Zone continued
-100s of Tamils were dying hourly
-lack of medical care as the hospital was bombed numerous times
-lack of food & medicine was further aiding in the death of many
- Kanji was the only meal for all tere
Tamil diaspora organization called 'Tamils Against Genocide' urged @IntlCrimCourt to open an investigation for war crimes and crimes against humanity. After 13 years, there is still no prosecution and no accountability for #TamilGenocide.
May 5th, 2009:
▪️ Colombo’s starvation weapon continues
▪️ French & British governments claimed this genocide was a war against terror, while China dismissed it as an internal matter
▪️ World watched as the humanitarian crisis unfolded
May 6th, 2009:
▪️ Rising death toll due to continuous shelling, starvation, & lack of medical supply for the wounded
▪️ every time, hospital locations were informed to the SL army so it won't shelled, those areas were targeted purposefully
May 7, 2009:
▪️ No Fire Zone continuously attacked, incl. usage of cluster munitions
Though some indicated Tamil Tigers have not guaranteed safe passage to the ICRC to bring in humanitarian relief, political head B. Nadesan gave assurance that they reiterate full commitment & support to @ICRC in its humanitarian & mandated activities
@ICRC managed to evacuate 495 sick & wounded by ferry. "Heavy fighting is taking place near the medical assembly point at Mullavaikkal, which puts the lives of patients, medical workers & ICRC staff at great risk," said Jacques de Maio
▪️ Due to continuous shelling, airstrike, & cluster bombs, Tamils were continuously pushed into a smaller area & Sri Lankan army declared a final No Fire Zone.
▪️LK Army was on 1 side of a lagoon, Tamils on the other
▪️ LK army attacks towards Tamil Tigers usually landed in the No Fire Zone & civilians were hurt
▪️ people fled when family members were killed – they had no time to mourn or bury the dead
▪️ No food, no medicine
▪️ According to the US government, a supply ship reached the shores but LK Navy prevented supplies to be offloaded
▪️ Life-saving medications & food supplies were continuously denied & many died due to this
According to an eyewitness:
Mothers were crying at the hospital and asking for milk powder. They had not eaten and were unable to feed their children, but the hospital did not have milk powder in stock. Internment camps, the last influx of captured civilians of Vanni were held in temporary tents, in Vavuniya were flooded by heavy rains. But, as 'war prisoners' they didn't have the freedom to move to dryer places.
▪️ Carnage on civilians continues:
"Each time a hospital was established in a new location, GPS coordinates of the facility were transmitted & on many occasions, attacks occurred on the day after the coordinates had been transmitted.”
May 9. 2009
three Channel4 journalists, @npwcnn, producer Bessie Du and cameraman Matt Jasper, were arrested as they compiled a report on the conditions of war refugees and alleged sexual abuse in camps for those who fled the northern war zone.
lack of basic nutrients available to lactating mothers caused severe cases of jaundice & hepatitis-A in the newborns & babies inside NFZ where ~120,000-165,000 Tamils were struggling to stay alive. As the @ICRC ship left Mullaitheevu with the wounded, the Sri Lankan army increased the shelling in all directions into the No Fire Zone (NFZ). The shelling caused heavy civilian casualties, despite the LK state assuring the international community that civilians were not targets.
May 10, 2009:
▪️Another day of large-scale slaughter by the LK army
▪️Air strikes were directly directed at No Fire Zone
▪️Sri Lankan state terrorism was continuously being overlooked by the international community
Soniya Gandhi sharing a platform with MKK indicated that "Our government had done everything possible to bring an end to the hostilities and it was due to our resolute efforts that Sri Lanka announced the conclusion of combat operations and people moved to safer places"
This is an outright lie as NFZ was continuously under attack the LK army. This is confirmed by Father Francis Joseph who wrote to the Pope asking the Church to break its silence on the massacre of Tamils. Father is also 1 of the disappeared after surrendering.
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