TGM submitted the report on destruction of the Tamil Heroes Cemeteries to the recent UN General Assembly’s Universal Periodic Review

November 26, 2023 — TGM submitted the following report on the destruction of the Tamil Heroes Cemeteries to the recent UN General Assembly’s Universal Periodic Review on July 13, 2022. The full report is below.

https://tamilgenocide.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/26055007/Tamil-Heroes-cemeteries-in-Tamil-Eelam_July13_2022.pdf

TGM raised concern about the destruction of the Tamil Heroes Cemeteries at the recent UN General Assembly’s Universal Periodic Review stakeholder report in February 2023. The UPR stakeholder report (A/HRC/WG.6/42/LKA/3) Item 55 stated that “Tamil Genocide Memorial (TGM) expressed concern that the destruction of Tamil combatants cemeteries were intentional and planned actions by the Sri Lankan Government, noting that those cemeteries were resting places of over 40 thousand Tamil combatants, as remembrances of the dead.”

The following press release was made April 11, 2023.

https://www.einpresswire.com/article/627111071/destruction-of-tamil-heroes-cemeteries-in-tamil-eelam-and-the-denial-of-the-right-to-remembrance