Peace for the World

Peace for the World
First democratic leader of Justice the Godfather of the Sri Lankan Tamil Struggle: Honourable Samuel James Veluppillai Chelvanayakam

Wednesday, July 25, 2012

Remembering Black July 1983
Tamil Guardian 22 July 2012


Twenty-nine years on, the massacre of Black July 1983 is remembered by Tamils the world over.
On 23rd July 1983, an anti-Tamil pogram, that is believed to have claimed the lives of 3000 Tamils, displaced 100,000 Tamils and exiled hundreds of thousands more, began.
Reliving '83 (23 Jul 2012) - Black July 1983 through extracts from international newspapers published at the time, and news from today.