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[FONT=Calibri, Arial]The events of July 1983 are poignant for the entire Tamil population around the world. Between July 24 and 29, Tamils were systematically targeted with violence in Colombo and many other parts of Sri Lanka.
Sri Lankan Governments officials categorized the violence as uncontrollable race riots instigated by the killing of 13 Sinhala soldiers on the night of July 23. However, history and the course of events during Black July illustrate the Sri Lankan Government’s undeniable involvement in the genocidal acts against Tamils.[/FONT]
[FONT=Calibri, Arial]July 24 (Day 1):[/FONT][FONT=Calibri, Arial] At 1 o’clock in the morning of July 24, the army rounded up hundreds of Tamils in Trincomalee, Mannar, and Vavuniya in the Northeast who had fled the anti-Tamil riots of 1977 and 1981. These Tamils were forcibly taken and left without possessions in the central hills. [/FONT]
[FONT=Calibri, Arial]Before the riots broke out in Colombo, the army in Jaffna went on rampage killing 51 innocent Tamil civilians. In Trincomalee, similar violence broke out as members of the Navy randomly shot at civilians and burnt down Tamil property.[/FONT]
[FONT=Calibri, Arial]In the evening in Colombo, the state funeral was being organized for the soldiers. Thousands of people arrived at the cemetery but the bodies failed to appear. After waiting several hours, much of the crowd objecting the burial in Kanatte and demanded the bodies to be returned to the next of kin. As the large crowd began to leave the grave, a new group of people (identified as government gangs) entered the Borella junction and raised anti–Tamil cries. As the anti-government cry subsided and anti-Tamil cries became dominant, arson and murdering of Tamils broke out. [/FONT]
[FONT=Calibri, Arial]July 25 (Day 2): After the midnight lull, mobs were led by people with voter registration lists in hand torched Tamil homes, looted and destroyed Tamil businesses. All traffic was searched, and any Tamils found were killed, maimed, or burned alive. Cyril Matthew, Minister of Industries, was witnessed directly pinpointing shops to be burned down.[/FONT]
[FONT=Calibri, Arial]Many policemen were deployed throughout the city; however, they tacitly stood and watched on. Witnesses recall lorry loads of armed troops leisurely waving to looters who waved greetings back. Curfew was only declared by the President late in afternoon after the worst was over. However, the violence continued unabated. Tens of thousands of Tamils who were homeless, sought refugee in schools and places of worship.[/FONT]
[FONT=Calibri, Arial]In Welikade prison, 35 Tamil political prisoners who were awaiting trail under the Prevention of Terrorism Act, were massacred by Sinhalese prisoners with the complicity of jail guards using spikes, clubs and iron rods. [/FONT]
[FONT=Calibri, Arial]The violence spread rapidly throughout the country, engulfing towns like Gampaha, Kalutara, Kandy, Matale, Nuwara Eliya and Trincomalee. One town was completely wiped out - the Indian Tamil town of Kandapola, near Nuwara Eliya.[/FONT]
[FONT=Calibri, Arial]July 26 (Day 3): Government imposed a strict censorship of media reporting on the anti-Tamil violence. Word spread of Sri Lanka’s state of disorder as eye witness accounts and photographs taken by returning tourists illustrated the scale of violence. They described how Tamil motorists were dragged out of their vehicles and hacked to pieces while others were drenched with petrol and set alight in full view of the security forces. The International Airport in Colombo was closed. [/FONT]
[FONT=Calibri, Arial]July 27 (Day 4): 17 more prisoners at Welikade Prison were hacked to death just two days after the prison massacre. The surviving 36 prisoners are transferred to other prisons. Rioting continued and the curfew is extended. Witnesses of the violence reported that charred corpses of Tamil victims lined the streets of Colombo, some mutilated with X’s. [/FONT]
[FONT=Calibri, Arial]July 28 (Day 5): President J.R. Jayewardene addressed the nation for the first time since the anti-Tamil pogroms, only to fan the flames of anti-Tamil sentiments by stating that anyone who advocated for separatism would lose all their “civic rights”. He states, He states, “….the time has now come to accede to the clamour and natural request of the Sinhala people to prevent the country from being divided.” Vigilantes set up make-shift roadblocks in villages across the island, searched cars and buses for Tamil passengers. In one incident, a Sinhalese mob burnt to death about 20 Tamils on a minibus as European tourists look on in horror. [/FONT]
[FONT=Calibri, Arial]July 29 (Day 6): Tamils in Colombo began evacuating by cargo ship to the Northern city of Jaffna. Hundreds more internally displaced persons waited anxiously for the next cargo ship to transport them to Jaffna. [/FONT]
[FONT=Calibri, Arial]July 30 (Day 7): Violence began to dissipate. There was an extreme food shortage in Colombo and across the island as a result of the week long violence. [/FONT]
[FONT=Calibri, Arial]Post-Riots: Tamils fearing persecution, flea their homeland for Western countries. Tamil began to seek refugee in places such as Canada, Europe, Australia and the U.S. Canada introduces a “Special Measures” program for Sri Lanka allowing family members of those affected by the Anti-Tamil pogroms to join relatives already in Canada.[/FONT]
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thopita thawa tika dawasakin wenneth oyatikama thami, prabakaran now is in a rat hole while sending all his child soliders to war front. if you want to be ltte be one of them not living like a refugee.tamilan18 said:these government sponsored riots also the reason for the war right now
ya 4 u if any one shows the prove for the state terrorism of srilanka that one is ltte so then i am happy to be ltte
Santa said:
Everybody have their own share for the war we're having today, our government and the Tamil extremists. plus i don't see any way he tried to promote LTTE in this one. I think you should read the information, not just the name of the one who posted this.marayaka said:thopita thawa tika dawasakin wenneth oyatikama thami, prabakaran now is in a rat hole while sending all his child soliders to war front. if you want to be ltte be one of them not living like a refugee.
KishanW said:Everybody have their own share for the war we're having today, our government and the Tamil extremists. plus i don't see any way he tried to promote LTTE in this one. I think you should read the information, not just the name of the one who posted this.
Well said KishanW,
These are the things that actually took place back in 1983, just by uttering filth you cant deny this truth (Marayaka & the other guy), This killing of innoncent Tamils who live in colombo & suburbs were spearheaded by then President JRJ, we are (Tamils ,Sinhalese & others alike) suffering & will suffer for generations to come, thanx to that bastard of JRJ & his thugs,
Tamilan Bro, I understand your pain & where yu coming from (personally), yet, my opinion is, LTTE is not the answer to Tamil problems, they robbed & wrecked the Tamil cause, now goals of the tamil nation are more far fetched than they were few years back..........................
I'm Sorry Tamilan Bro.......these things shouldnt have happened
mama Tamil & English danne naha...eth sinhalen kiyannam..oya ova daaala Black july athi karanna heenekinvath hitanna epa..
a mongal yugaya naha...sinhala tamil api athara tiyena dan tiyena badeema kadanna uba vage ponnayekutath baha ...ltte ekatath baha....ubalata tiyenne blood pipasaya..eka ubalagen nivenne..thopith marunu data thama... thopi vage ponnayo sinhalath neme tamiluth neme...ataramada ponna jathiya..ltte eken bihivechcha
VASSA said:
mama Tamil & English danne naha...eth sinhalen kiyannam..oya ova daaala Black july athi karanna heenekinvath hitanna epa..
jayanthah said:Well said KishanW,
These are the things that actually took place back in 1983, just by uttering filth you cant deny this truth (Marayaka & the other guy), This killing of innoncent Tamils who live in colombo & suburbs were spearheaded by then President JRJ, we are (Tamils ,Sinhalese & others alike) suffering & will suffer for generations to come, thanx to that bastard of JRJ & his thugs,
Tamilan Bro, I understand your pain & where yu coming from (personally), yet, my opinion is, LTTE is not the answer to Tamil problems, they robbed & wrecked the Tamil cause, now goals of the tamil nation are more far fetched than they were few years back..........................
KishanW said:
I thought every Sinhalese people like blood of Tamils but i changed my mind after seeing you two.some few Sinhalese people have good mind also
Thanks for ur understandings
I didnt write any thing about ltte on this post i wrote only the facts so i dont need to get abused like some people doing here.
Personally I believe this was the biggest mistake our sinhala people did in the history. (Tamil people also should get an equal stake of it though.)
But as 'good' sinhalese people, our older generation should have acted more intelligently.
This black July is the event which created an immense amount of hatred in Tamil people's hearts about Singhalese people. Otherewise there might be no war today.
But Tamils now know who real Sinhalese people are.
And many Tamils now know they have been betrayed by Prabhakaran, but they don't have a way to survive from it...
Anyway Tamilan bro... You're also another brother here.. So enjoy and have fun
Welcome to ElaKiri - The equal cyber community!
But as 'good' sinhalese people, our older generation should have acted more intelligently.
This black July is the event which created an immense amount of hatred in Tamil people's hearts about Singhalese people. Otherewise there might be no war today.
But Tamils now know who real Sinhalese people are.
And many Tamils now know they have been betrayed by Prabhakaran, but they don't have a way to survive from it...
Anyway Tamilan bro... You're also another brother here.. So enjoy and have fun
Welcome to ElaKiri - The equal cyber community!
That's the same mindsettamilan18 said:I thought every Sinhalese people like blood of Tamils but i changed my mind after seeing you two.some few Sinhalese people have good mind also
Thanks for ur understandings
I didnt write any thing about ltte on this post i wrote only the facts so i dont need to get abused like some people doing here.
You think all Sinhalese are blood thirsty basterds.. And we think every Tamil person who speaks about LTTE are blood thirsty basterds...
tamilan18 said:I thought every Sinhalese people like blood of Tamils but i changed my mind after seeing you two.some few Sinhalese people have good mind also
Thanks for ur understandings
I didnt write any thing about ltte on this post i wrote only the facts so i dont need to get abused like some people doing here.
You have not seeing many Sinhalese bro, that's y
The other thing, most of the people in Ek are young, in experienced, born after the war has started, dont take what they have to say personally,
Bro, lets stop this hatred, lets try & find a way out of this Bloody mess together.....................
jayanthah said:You have not seeing many Sinhalese bro, that's y
The other thing, most of the people in Ek are young, in experienced, born after the war has started, dont take what they have to say personally,
Bro, lets stop this hatred, lets try & find a way out of this Bloody mess together.....................
You wan't to stop. I want it too. And I guess Tamilan wants to stop this war too.
But the people responsible don't want to stop it!
Let's hope atleast by the next generation this curse will get over
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