Great campaign by University of Toronto, Scarborough Tamil Student’s Association (UTSC)!
Written By: University of Toronto, Scarborough Tamil Student’s Association (UTSC)
DAY 1: July 24th- The morning of July 24th, 1983 brought upon a sudden wave of horror as the Sri Lankan army (SLA) rounded up innocent Tamil civilians in Trincomalee, Vavuniya, and Mannar, and forced them out of their homes. Immediately following this, the SLA opened fire in Jaffna killing over 50 Tamil civilians and similarly in Trincomalee the Sri Lankan Navy also shot Tamil civilians and burned their property. In the evening of the same day, brutal anti-Tamil riots broke out in Colombo. These particular riots were spearheaded by government gangs for the sole purpose of eliminating Tamil people, language, and culture off of the island.
