Kandeepan mentioned recent protests in which participants declared February 4 a вЂњblack dayвЂќ. Their freedom of speech is restricted.Дespite the repression, Tamils continue to protest. They are denied the right to memorialise their dead. He saidВ Tamils live under вЂњone of the heaviest military occupations in the worldвЂќ. He also spoke about the вЂњstructural genocideвЂќ, which has been the policy of the Sri Lankan state since 1948, and continues today. Kandeepan, a member of the Tamil National PeopleвЂ™s Front.В He spoke about the massacre of Tamils in 2009 which, he said, was comparable to massacres in Rwanda and Srebrenica.

She was told about prisoners being killed and children taken from their parents, and about Tamil refugees being tortured after they were forced to return to Sri Lanka. After being detained in Melbourne and on Christmas Island, the family now lives in Perth under threat of deportation.ДЇormer NSW Green Senator Lee Rhiannon recalled how, during her visit to Sri Lanka in 2013, she observed military bases with Buddhist stupas at their entrances, while displaced people were living in shanty towns. On that date in 1948, she said, power was handed from one oppressor to another.ДЄlong with her husband Nades and two daughters, Priya was seized by police in their home in Biloela in March 2018. She said that Tamils do not regard February 4, the anniversary of Sri LankaвЂ™s independence from Britain, as вЂњindependence dayвЂќ. In a video message, Tamil refugee Priya spoke about the racistВ repression of Tamil culture, language and religion and the occupation of their land. Sri Lanka: Tamil resistance continues despite repression

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