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RM2B019DY–Sri Lanka: Senior LTTE Cadre K. V. Balakumaran addressing a Tamil Tiger meeting, c. 2008. V. Balakumaran used to be one of the two senior leaders of the Eelam Revolutionary Organisation of Students (EROS). In 1990 he and a large portion of EROS members left the organisation and joined the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). He was active in LTTE's political division. On January 29, 2009, during the last phase of the Sri Lanka Civil War, Balakumaran was seriously wounded in an assault by soldiers of the Sri Lanka army. He was captured during the last hours of the civil war.
RM2KCW29M–Hindu temple in Mullaitivu, Sri Lanka. This temple was known to have been frequented by Velupillai Prabhakaran, the deceased leader of the LTTE (Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam) fighters. The temple was damaged during bombing by the Sri Lankan army during the civil war and is now being rebuilt. (Photo by Creative Touch Imaging Ltd./NurPhoto)
RMM5W81G–A protest took place in Whitehall, London against the actions of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam LTTE in Sri Lanka
RMBA27M4–Sri Lankans protest in Parliament Square demonstrating against their government s actions in Sri Lanka
RMGBNJ3N–A Tamil Tiger flag flies in front of the Houses of Parliament as Tamil supporters demonstrate on Parliament Square, following news that the leader of Sri Lanka's rebel Tamil Tigers was killed by army troops today, crushing their final resistance.
RMBA62HB–A Tamil man dressed in traditional costume in London
RMD9W2FH–Flag of Tamil Eelam waved in protest outside Downing Street
RMBA2DH2–Sri Lankan old woman protests in Parliament Square demonstrating against their government s actions in Sri Lanka
RMD4KRR4–Flags of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) are waved at a protest of the Tamil Tigers in Frankfurt Main, Germany, 01 May 2009. The Tamils demonstrate for an own state and independence from Sri Lanka. However, the LTTE is a militant organisation and is alo proscribed as a terrorist organisations due to suicide bombings. Photo: Wolfram Steinberg
RM2A4JP45–Stuttgart, Germany. 15th Oct, 2019. At the beginning of the trial, the accused is brought before the Stuttgart Higher Regional Court for aiding and abetting the murder. As a member of the rebel group Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), the man is said to have been involved in the deadly attack on Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Lakshman Kathirkamar in his home country in 2005. Credit: Sebastian Gollnow/dpa/Alamy Live News
RFKW68TC–Victory monument for the Sri Lankan army erected after the cival war with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam ended
RMGBN3HC–British Tamil students hold a protest on the streets of central London for an immediate and permanent ceasefire in Sri Lanka.
RM2RK9RX2–Bildnummer: 54227713 Datum: 14.07.2010 Copyright: imago/Xinhua (100714) -- KILINOCHCHI, July 14, 2010 (Xinhua) -- Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa talks with residents in the north district of Kilinochchi, Sri Lanka, July 14, 2010. Rajapaksa visited some areas of the district on Wednesday after chairing the first ever meeting of the cabinet of ministers held at Kilinochchi, the former administrative capital of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). The government said the Kilinochchi cabinet meeting demonstrated the government s readiness to take the development to former battle
RM2GEG3R9–Indian National Congress party leader Rahul Gandhi with other party senior leaders are seen after paying a tribute to the former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi on his 77th birth anniversary as the Congress party observes the day as 'Sadbhavana Diwas' at Veer Bhoomi in New Delhi.Rajiv Gandhi was born on August 20, 1944 and became the youngest Indian Prime Minister during 1984-89 and was assassinated in a terrorist attack by Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) rebel separatists, in the town of Sriperumpudur in the Tamil Nadu state during the electoral campaigning on May 21, 1991. (Photo by Nave
RM2TB543W–The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam LTTE fought to create an independent Tamil state called Tamil Eelam in the northeast of the island, due to the continuous discrimination and violent persecution against Sri Lankan Tamils by the Sinhalese-dominated Sri Lankan Government. Leader Velupillai Prabhakaran cited violent incidents of the 1958 anti-Tamil pogrom during his childhood that led him to militancy. In 1975, he assassinated the Mayor of Jaffna Alfred Duraiappah in revenge for the 1974 Tamil conference incident. The LTTE was founded in 1976 as a reaction to the Sri Lankan Constitution 1972
RMW0F06A–Hundreds of demonstrators call for the end of 'genocide' against the Tamil people in Sri Lanka near the White House in Washington on May 18, 2009. (UPI Photo/Roger L. Wollenberg)
RMBB5219–people holding placards at a 'Stop state terrorism in Sri Lanka' political protest outside the Christiansborg Palace, Copenhagen
RMA48JCF–tamil tiger fighters many of whom are 12 to14 years old Jaffna Peninsula
RM2B019E4–Sri Lanka: LTTE Comander Velupillai Prabhakaran (26 November 1954 - 18 May 2009) posing with a machine gun somewhere in the Wanni, northern Sri Lanka, c. 1985. Velupillai Prabhakaran was the founder and leader of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (the LTTE or the Tamil Tigers), a militant organization that sought to create an independent Tamil state in the north and east of Sri Lanka. For over 25 years, the LTTE waged a violent secessionist campaign in Sri Lanka that led to it being designated a terrorist organisation by 32 countries.
RM2KCW29G–Hindu temple in Mullaitivu, Sri Lanka. This temple was known to have been frequented by Velupillai Prabhakaran, the deceased leader of the LTTE (Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam) fighters. The temple was damaged during bombing by the Sri Lankan army during the civil war and is now being rebuilt. (Photo by Creative Touch Imaging Ltd./NurPhoto)
RMM5M7EJ–A protest took place in Whitehall, London against the actions of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam LTTE in Sri Lanka
RM2KCWPC2–Shrine with images of the dead seen during the Tamil Eelam Maaveerar Naal (Heroes Day) in Markham, Ontario, Canada, on November 27, 2021. Heroes Day celebrates members of the LTTE (Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam) who were killed while fighting during the Sri Lanka civil war. (Photo by Creative Touch Imaging Ltd./NurPhoto)
RMBGHC3T–100,000+ Tamil march through London protests the killing of civilians and Tamil Tigers in Sri Lanka. Drummer with tiger
RM2KCW29K–Scaffolding seen on a Hindu temple in Mullaitivu, Sri Lanka. This temple was known to have been frequented by Velupillai Prabhakaran, the deceased leader of the LTTE (Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam) fighters. The temple was damaged during bombing by the Sri Lankan army during the civil war and is now being rebuilt. (Photo by Creative Touch Imaging Ltd./NurPhoto)
RF2G68DEY–Mullivaikkal Remembrance Day is a remembrance day observed by Sri Lankan Tamil people to remember those who died in the final stages of the Sri Lankan
RMBA22JM–Sri Lankan old woman
RMD4KRR9–Followers of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) demonstrate at a protest of the Tamil Tigers in Frankfurt Main, Germany, 01 May 2009. The Tamils demonstrate for an own state and independence from Sri Lanka. However, the LTTE is a militant organisation and is alo proscribed as a terrorist organisations due to suicide bombings. Photo: Wolfram Steinberg
RM2A4JP3Y–Stuttgart, Germany. 15th Oct, 2019. At the beginning of the trial, the defendant sits in the courtroom behind a microphone in front of the Stuttgart Higher Regional Court, accused of aiding and abetting the murder. As a member of the rebel group Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), the man is said to have been involved in the deadly attack on Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Lakshman Kathirkamar in his home country in 2005. Credit: Sebastian Gollnow/dpa/Alamy Live News
RFKW6D2R–Victory monument for the Sri Lankan army erected after the cival war with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam ended
RMWBBGDF–26 August 2019, North Rhine-Westphalia, Duesseldorf: The defendant Sivatheeban B. stands behind the dock in the Higher Regional Court. The man from Sri Lanka is accused of war crimes. According to the court, the 37-year-old, as a member of the terrorist organisation 'Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE)', also participated in the execution of soldiers of the Sri Lankan government army. Photo: Marius Becker/dpa - ATTENTION: The pictured person was pixelated for legal reasons
RMGBN3H8–British Tamil students hold a protest on the streets of central London for an immediate and permanent ceasefire in Sri Lanka.
RM2RK9RWK–Bildnummer: 54227712 Datum: 14.07.2010 Copyright: imago/Xinhua (100714) -- KILINOCHCHI, July 14, 2010 (Xinhua) -- Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa talks with residents in the north district of Kilinochchi, Sri Lanka, July 14, 2010. Rajapaksa visited some areas of the district on Wednesday after chairing the first ever meeting of the cabinet of ministers held at Kilinochchi, the former administrative capital of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). The government said the Kilinochchi cabinet meeting demonstrated the government s readiness to take the development to former battle
RM2GEG3NX–Indian National Congress party leader Rahul Gandhi pays a tribute to his father and the former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi on his 77th birth anniversary as the Congress party observes the day as 'Sadbhavana Diwas' at Veer Bhoomi in New Delhi.Rajiv Gandhi was born on August 20, 1944 and became the youngest Indian Prime Minister during 1984-89 and was assassinated in a terrorist attack by Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) rebel separatists, in the town of Sriperumpudur in the Tamil Nadu state during the electoral campaigning on May 21, 1991. (Photo by Naveen Sharma/SOPA Images/Sipa USA)
RM2TB53W2–The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam LTTE fought to create an independent Tamil state called Tamil Eelam in the northeast of the island, due to the continuous discrimination and violent persecution against Sri Lankan Tamils by the Sinhalese-dominated Sri Lankan Government. Leader Velupillai Prabhakaran cited violent incidents of the 1958 anti-Tamil pogrom during his childhood that led him to militancy. In 1975, he assassinated the Mayor of Jaffna Alfred Duraiappah in revenge for the 1974 Tamil conference incident. The LTTE was founded in 1976 as a reaction to the Sri Lankan Constitution 1972
RMW0F06E–Hundreds of demonstrators call for the end of 'genocide' against the Tamil people in Sri Lanka near the White House in Washington on May 18, 2009. (UPI Photo/Roger L. Wollenberg)
RMBB51TW–Man holding placard at a 'Stop state terrorism in Sri Lanka' political protest outside the Christiansborg Palace, Copenhagen
RM2B019E2–Sri Lanka: Memorial to an LTTE female soldier and Tamil Tiger 'martyr', born 23 August 1981, died 2 May 2009, during the last phase of the Sri Lanka Civil War. The Sri Lankan Civil War was a conflict fought on the island of Sri Lanka. Beginning on 23 June, 1983, there was an on-and-off insurgency against the government by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (the LTTE, also known as the Tamil Tigers and other few rebel groups), a separatist militant organization which fought to create an independent Tamil state named Tamil Eelam in the north and the east of the island.
RMA30GA7–14 years old tamil tiger fighter near jaffna sri lanka
RM2B00WG8–Sri Lanka: Colonel Soosai, head of the LTTE Sea Tigers, on a fast attack craft at Mullaitivu, 2003. Thillaiyampalam Sivanesan (October 16, 1963 - May 18, 2009), also known by his nom de guerre, Colonel Soosai, was the head of the Sea Tigers, the naval wing of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam. He was killed by the Sri Lankan Army on May 18, 2009. Image taken by Isak Berntsen and released into the Public Domain.
RMM5W824–A protest took place in Whitehall, London against the actions of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam LTTE in Sri Lanka
RM2B00WFX–Sri Lanka: A Tamil Tiger (LTTE) bicycle platoon near Kilinochchi, May 2004. Photo by Qz10 (CC BY-SA 3.0 License). The Sri Lankan Civil War began on July 23, 1983, and quickly developed into an on-and-off insurgency against the Colombo government by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), commonly known as the Tamil Tigers, and other few rebel groups, which were fighting to create an independent Tamil state named Tamil Eelam in the north and the east of the island. After a 26-year military campaign, the Sri Lankan military defeated the Tamil Tigers in May 2009.
RM2KCW2A0–Scaffolding seen on a Hindu temple in Mullaitivu, Sri Lanka. This temple was known to have been frequented by Velupillai Prabhakaran, the deceased leader of the LTTE (Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam) fighters. The temple was damaged during bombing by the Sri Lankan army during the civil war and is now being rebuilt. (Photo by Creative Touch Imaging Ltd./NurPhoto)
RM2B00WH4–Sri Lanka: Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) leader Velupillai Prabhakaran before a flaming urn at a ceremony with female LTTE troops, c. 2006. The Sri Lankan Civil War began on July 23, 1983, and quickly developed into an on-and-off insurgency against the Colombo government by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), commonly known as the Tamil Tigers, and other few rebel groups, which were fighting to create an independent Tamil state named Tamil Eelam in the north and the east of the island. After a 26-year military campaign, the Sri Lankan military defeated the LTTE in May 2009.
RMBGHBP6–Women students among100,000 Tamils protesting in London against the killing of civilians and Tamil Tigers in Sri Lanka
RM2B00WGN–Sri Lanka: Armed Tamil Tiger (LTTE) troops in the back of a camouflaged pickup truck somewhere in the Wanni region, c. 2006. The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, commonly known as the LTTE or the Tamil Tigers, was a separatist organisation formerly based in northern Sri Lanka. Founded in May 1976 by Velupillai Prabhakaran, it waged a violent secessionist campaign that sought to create Tamil Eelam, an independent state in the north and east of Sri Lanka. This campaign evolved into the Sri Lankan Civil War, which was one of the longest running armed conflicts in Asia until its end in 2008.
RMBA25C4–young Sri Lankan girl in London
RM2B019E3–Sri Lanka: Senior LTTE Cadre Commander Colonel Ramesh addressing a Tamil Tiger gathering, c. 2008. Colonel Ramesh was the LTTE commander for Batticaloa and Ampara districts during the 2002 ceasefire era. It is believed he was killed in May 2009 during the last phase of the Sri Lanka Civil War.
RMBA62PH–Tamils march through the streets of London demanding an end to war in Sri Lanka
RM2B019E1–Sri Lanka: Heavily armed Sri Lanka Army soldiers preparing to advance on LTTE positions, c. 2008. Photo from the Sri Lanka Ministry of Defence (CC By-SA 3.0 License). The Sri Lankan Civil War was a conflict fought on the island of Sri Lanka. Beginning on 23 June, 1983, there was an on-and-off insurgency against the government by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (the LTTE, also known as the Tamil Tigers and other few rebel groups), a separatist militant organization which fought to create an independent Tamil state named Tamil Eelam in the north and the east of the island.
RMD4KRR8–Followers of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) demonstrate at a protest of the Tamil Tigers in Frankfurt Main, Germany, 01 May 2009. The Tamils demonstrate for an own state and independence from Sri Lanka. However, the LTTE is a militant organisation and is alo proscribed as a terrorist organisations due to suicide bombings. Photo: Wolfram Steinberg
RM2B02634–The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, commonly known as the LTTE or the Tamil Tigers, is a separatist organization formerly based in northern Sri Lanka. Founded in May 1976 by Velupillai Prabhakaran, it waged a violent secessionist campaign that sought to create Tamil Eelam, an independent state in the north and east of Sri Lanka. This campaign evolved into the Sri Lankan Civil War, which was one of the longest running armed conflicts in Asia until the LTTE was defeated by the Sri Lankan Armed Forces in May 2009.
RMWBBK2X–Duesseldorf, Germany. 26th Aug, 2019. The defendant Sivatheeban B. (l) stands in the Higher Regional Court behind the dock. The man from Sri Lanka is accused of war crimes. According to the court, the 37-year-old, as a member of the terrorist organisation 'Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE)', also participated in the execution of soldiers of the Sri Lankan government army. Credit: Marius Becker/dpa - ATTENTION: The pictured person was pixelated for legal reasons/dpa/Alamy Live News
RM2B02637–The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, commonly known as the LTTE or the Tamil Tigers, is a separatist organization formerly based in northern Sri Lanka. Founded in May 1976 by Velupillai Prabhakaran, it waged a violent secessionist campaign that sought to create Tamil Eelam, an independent state in the north and east of Sri Lanka. This campaign evolved into the Sri Lankan Civil War, which was one of the longest running armed conflicts in Asia until the LTTE was defeated by the Sri Lankan Armed Forces in May 2009.
RFKW6D30–Victory monument for the Sri Lankan army erected after the cival war with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam ended
RM2B02633–The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, commonly known as the LTTE or the Tamil Tigers, is a separatist organization formerly based in northern Sri Lanka. Founded in May 1976 by Velupillai Prabhakaran, it waged a violent secessionist campaign that sought to create Tamil Eelam, an independent state in the north and east of Sri Lanka. This campaign evolved into the Sri Lankan Civil War, which was one of the longest running armed conflicts in Asia until the LTTE was defeated by the Sri Lankan Armed Forces in May 2009.
RMGBN3HD–British Tamil students hold a protest on the streets of central London for an immediate and permanent ceasefire in Sri Lanka.
RM2B019E0–Sri Lanka: Sri Lanka Army T55 tanks during a victory parade in Colombo, 2009. Photo from the Sri Lanka Ministry of Defence (CC BY-SA 3.0 License). The Sri Lankan Civil War was a conflict fought on the island of Sri Lanka. Beginning on 23 June, 1983, there was an on-and-off insurgency against the government by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (the LTTE, also known as the Tamil Tigers and other few rebel groups), a separatist militant organization which fought to create an independent Tamil state named Tamil Eelam in the north and the east of the island.
RM2RK9RWX–Bildnummer: 54227706 Datum: 14.07.2010 Copyright: imago/Xinhua (100714) -- KILINOCHCHI, July 14, 2010 (Xinhua) -- Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa talks with residents in the north district of Kilinochchi, Sri Lanka, July 14, 2010. Rajapaksa visited some areas of the district on Wednesday after chairing the first ever meeting of the cabinet of ministers held at Kilinochchi, the former administrative capital of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). The government said the Kilinochchi cabinet meeting demonstrated the government s readiness to take the development to former battle
RMM5TMY9–A protest took place in Whitehall, London against the actions of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam LTTE in Sri Lanka
RM2B00TEW–Sri Lanka: LTTE map showing the notional frontiers of 'Tamil Eelam'. The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, commonly known as the LTTE or the Tamil Tigers, is a separatist organization formerly based in northern Sri Lanka. Founded in May 1976 by Velupillai Prabhakaran, it waged a violent secessionist campaign that sought to create Tamil Eelam, an independent state in the north and east of Sri Lanka. This campaign evolved into the Sri Lankan Civil War, which was one of the longest running armed conflicts in Asia until the LTTE was defeated by the Sri Lankan Armed Forces in May 2009.
RM2KCW29R–Scaffolding seen on a Hindu temple in Mullaitivu, Sri Lanka. This temple was known to have been frequented by Velupillai Prabhakaran, the deceased leader of the LTTE (Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam) fighters. The temple was damaged during bombing by the Sri Lankan army during the civil war and is now being rebuilt. (Photo by Creative Touch Imaging Ltd./NurPhoto)
RM2GEG3T5–Indian National Congress party workers pay a tribute to the former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi on his 77th birth anniversary as the Congress party observes the day as 'Sadbhavana Diwas' at Veer Bhoomi in New Delhi.Rajiv Gandhi was born on August 20, 1944 and became the youngest Indian Prime Minister during 1984-89 and was assassinated in a terrorist attack by Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) rebel separatists, in the town of Sriperumpudur in the Tamil Nadu state during the electoral campaigning on May 21, 1991. (Photo by Naveen Sharma/SOPA Images/Sipa USA)
RM2TB51AW–The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam LTTE fought to create an independent Tamil state called Tamil Eelam in the northeast of the island, due to the continuous discrimination and violent persecution against Sri Lankan Tamils by the Sinhalese-dominated Sri Lankan Government. Leader Velupillai Prabhakaran cited violent incidents of the 1958 anti-Tamil pogrom during his childhood that led him to militancy. In 1975, he assassinated the Mayor of Jaffna Alfred Duraiappah in revenge for the 1974 Tamil conference incident. The LTTE was founded in 1976 as a reaction to the Sri Lankan Constitution 1972
RMW0F06D–Hundreds of demonstrators call for the end of 'genocide' against the Tamil people in Sri Lanka near the White House in Washington on May 18, 2009. (UPI Photo/Roger L. Wollenberg)
RMA48JD3–A child tamil tiger soldier in the jungle near Jaffna Sri Lanka
RMBGHBYW–100,000+ Tamil march through London in protest against the killing of civilians and Tamil Tigers in Sri Lanka. Skeleton
RMBA6304–Tamils march through the streets of London demanding an end to war in Sri Lanka
RMENP5KJ–Statue of MG Ramachandran, backer of Tamil rebels between 1983 and 1987, in Jaffna, Sril Lanka
RMBA21T7–Police stand ready in parliament square as Sri Lankans demonstrate
RMD4KRR7–Followers of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) demonstrate at a protest of the Tamil Tigers in Frankfurt Main, Germany, 01 May 2009. The Tamils demonstrate for an own state and independence from Sri Lanka. However, the LTTE is a militant organisation and is alo proscribed as a terrorist organisations due to suicide bombings. Photo: Wolfram Steinberg
RMWBBK2D–Duesseldorf, Germany. 26th Aug, 2019. The defendant Sivatheeban B. stands behind the dock in the Higher Regional Court. The man from Sri Lanka is accused of war crimes. According to the court, the 37-year-old, as a member of the terrorist organisation 'Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE)', also participated in the execution of soldiers of the Sri Lankan government army. Credit: Marius Becker/dpa - ATTENTION: The pictured person was pixelated for legal reasons/dpa/Alamy Live News
RFKW6D2Y–Victory monument for the Sri Lankan army erected after the cival war with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam ended
RMGBN3HA–British Tamil students hold a protest on the streets of central London for an immediate and permanent ceasefire in Sri Lanka.
RM2RK9RX6–Bildnummer: 54227711 Datum: 14.07.2010 Copyright: imago/Xinhua (100714) -- KILINOCHCHI, July 14, 2010 (Xinhua) -- Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa talks with residents in the north district of Kilinochchi, Sri Lanka, July 14, 2010. Rajapaksa visited some areas of the district on Wednesday after chairing the first ever meeting of the cabinet of ministers held at Kilinochchi, the former administrative capital of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). The government said the Kilinochchi cabinet meeting demonstrated the government s readiness to take the development to former battle
RMM5W82E–A protest took place in Whitehall, London against the actions of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam LTTE in Sri Lanka
RM2B00WH0–Sri Lanka: Female LTTE (Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam) soldier posing for LTTE publicity photograph with a heavy machine gun, c. 2008. The Sri Lankan Civil War began on July 23, 1983, and quickly developed into an on-and-off insurgency against the Colombo government by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), commonly known as the Tamil Tigers, and other few rebel groups, which were fighting to create an independent Tamil state named Tamil Eelam in the north and the east of the island. After a 26-year military campaign, the Sri Lankan military defeated the Tamil Tigers in May 2009.
RM2KCW29W–Figure of Lord Murugan adorns a Hindu temple in Mullaitivu, Sri Lanka. This temple was known to have been frequented by Velupillai Prabhakaran, the deceased leader of the LTTE (Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam) fighters. The temple was damaged during bombing by the Sri Lankan army during the civil war and is now being rebuilt. (Photo by Creative Touch Imaging Ltd./NurPhoto)
RM2RK4CB8–Bildnummer: 53612605 Datum: 15.11.2009 Copyright: imago/Xinhua (091120) -- Colombo, Nov. 20, 2009 (Xinhua) -- Boys iron their clothes in the dormitory at the Colombo Hindu College Ratmalana on Nov. 15, 2009. All of the 154 boys and 119 girls studying here used to be child soldiers of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). They were transferred to this school after Sri Lanka s government troops defeated the LTTE earlier this year. (Xinhua/Chen Zhanjie) (nxl) (UNIVERSAL CHILDREN S DAY)(12)SRI LANKA-COLOMBO-TAMIL TIGERS-CHILD SOLDIERS-EDUCATION PUBLICATIONxNOTxINxCHN Gesellschaft Kind Kin
RMGBNHNN–Tamil Tiger protesters outside Parliament in London as the Sri Lankan army completes its clean-up operation against the last remaining Tamil Tiger rebels fighting against state forces.
RM2GEG3RN–Indian National Congress party leader Rahul Gandhi pays a tribute to his father and the former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi on his 77th birth anniversary as the Congress party observes the day as 'Sadbhavana Diwas' at Veer Bhoomi in New Delhi.Rajiv Gandhi was born on August 20, 1944 and became the youngest Indian Prime Minister during 1984-89 and was assassinated in a terrorist attack by Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) rebel separatists, in the town of Sriperumpudur in the Tamil Nadu state during the electoral campaigning on May 21, 1991. (Photo by Naveen Sharma/SOPA Images/Sipa USA)
RM2TB52C4–The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam LTTE fought to create an independent Tamil state called Tamil Eelam in the northeast of the island, due to the continuous discrimination and violent persecution against Sri Lankan Tamils by the Sinhalese-dominated Sri Lankan Government. Leader Velupillai Prabhakaran cited violent incidents of the 1958 anti-Tamil pogrom during his childhood that led him to militancy. In 1975, he assassinated the Mayor of Jaffna Alfred Duraiappah in revenge for the 1974 Tamil conference incident. The LTTE was founded in 1976 as a reaction to the Sri Lankan Constitution 1972
RMW0F06K–Hundreds of demonstrators call for the end of 'genocide' against the Tamil people in Sri Lanka near the White House in Washington on May 18, 2009. (UPI Photo/Roger L. Wollenberg)
RMA48G0B–14 year old tamil tiger fighter in jungle near Jaffna Peninsula
RMBGHBRA–Placards in 100,000+ Tamil march through London in protest against the killing of civilians and Tamil Tigers in Sri Lanka
RMBA27X8–Sri Lankans protest in Parliament Square demonstrating against their government s actions in Sri Lanka
RMD4KRRA–Followers of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) demonstrate at a protest of the Tamil Tigers in Frankfurt Main, Germany, 01 May 2009. The Tamils demonstrate for an own state and independence from Sri Lanka. However, the LTTE is a militant organisation and is alo proscribed as a terrorist organisations due to suicide bombings. Photo: Wolfram Steinberg
RMWBBK2R–Duesseldorf, Germany. 26th Aug, 2019. The defendant Sivatheeban B. (l) stands in the Higher Regional Court behind the dock. The man from Sri Lanka is accused of war crimes. According to the court, the 37-year-old, as a member of the terrorist organisation 'Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE)', also participated in the execution of soldiers of the Sri Lankan government army. Credit: Marius Becker/dpa - ATTENTION: The pictured person was pixelated for legal reasons/dpa/Alamy Live News
RMENP5KT–Statue damaged during Sri Lankan Civil War
RM2A4JP3R–Stuttgart, Germany. 15th Oct, 2019. The defendant (l) comes to the courtroom at the beginning of the trial for aiding and abetting the murder before the Stuttgart Higher Regional Court. As a member of the rebel group Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), the man is said to have been involved in the deadly attack on Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Lakshman Kathirkamar in his home country in 2005. Credit: Sebastian Gollnow/dpa - ATTENTION: The accused was made unrecognizable on personal rights grounds/dpa/Alamy Live News
RFKW6D2N–Victory monument for the Sri Lankan army erected after the cival war with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam ended
RMWBBK37–Duesseldorf, Germany. 26th Aug, 2019. During the proceedings against Sivatheeban B. in the Higher Regional Court, a textbook on international criminal law is on the table of the Federal Prosecutor's Office. The man from Sri Lanka is accused of war crimes. According to the court, the 37-year-old, as a member of the terrorist organisation 'Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE)', also participated in the execution of soldiers of the Sri Lankan government army. Credit: Marius Becker/dpa/Alamy Live News
RM2E3NYPD–Duesseldorf, Germany. 20th Jan, 2021. The defendant holds a file folder in front of his face in the courtroom of the Higher Regional Court. Next to him sits his lawyer, Christoph Wingerter. The man is charged with murder and is alleged to have remotely detonated a bomb in front of a Sri Lankan army convoy when he was 15 years old in Sri Lanka. Six people are said to have been killed and many others injured in the attack a good twelve years ago. Credit: Federico Gambarini/dpa/Alamy Live News
RMM5M7D2–A protest took place in Whitehall, London against the actions of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam LTTE in Sri Lanka
RM2B00WH2–Sri Lanka: Female LTTE (Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam) soldier posing for LTTE publicity photograph with a heavy machine gun, c. 2008. The Sri Lankan Civil War began on July 23, 1983, and quickly developed into an on-and-off insurgency against the Colombo government by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), commonly known as the Tamil Tigers, and other few rebel groups, which were fighting to create an independent Tamil state named Tamil Eelam in the north and the east of the island. After a 26-year military campaign, the Sri Lankan military defeated the Tamil Tigers in May 2009.
RM2KCW29P–Figures of Hindu deities adorn a Hindu temple in Mullaitivu, Sri Lanka. This temple was known to have been frequented by Velupillai Prabhakaran, the deceased leader of the LTTE (Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam) fighters. The temple was damaged during bombing by the Sri Lankan army during the civil war and is now being rebuilt. (Photo by Creative Touch Imaging Ltd./NurPhoto)
RM2RK4CD3–Bildnummer: 53612612 Datum: 15.11.2009 Copyright: imago/Xinhua (091120) -- Colombo, Nov. 20, 2009 (Xinhua) -- The main building of the Colombo Hindu College Ratmalana pictured on Nov. 15, 2009. All of the 154 boys and 119 girls studying here used to be child soldiers of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). They were transferred to this school after Sri Lanka s government troops defeated the LTTE earlier this year. (Xinhua/liu Yongqiu) (nxl) (UNIVERSAL CHILDREN S DAY)(20)SRI LANKA-COLOMBO-TAMIL TIGERS-CHILD SOLDIERS-EDUCATION PUBLICATIONxNOTxINxCHN Gesellschaft Kind Kinder Fotostory H
RMGBNHP4–Tamil Tiger protesters outside Parliament in London as the Sri Lankan army completes its clean-up operation against the last remaining Tamil Tiger rebels fighting against state forces.
RM2GEG3RC–Indian National Congress party leader Rahul Gandhi with other party senior leaders arrives to pay a tribute to his father and the former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi on his 77th birth anniversary as the Congress party observes the day as 'Sadbhavana Diwas' at Veer Bhoomi in New Delhi.Rajiv Gandhi was born on August 20, 1944 and became the youngest Indian Prime Minister during 1984-89 and was assassinated in a terrorist attack by Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) rebel separatists, in the town of Sriperumpudur in the Tamil Nadu state during the electoral campaigning on May 21, 1991. (Photo
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