Global Tamils Call for Accountability from NCFP and the Jeyarajahs.

To Tamil organizations, remembrance committees, advocacy groups, community leaders, and global Tamil institutions:

Tamil Genocide Day is sacred.

 

May 18 is not just another community event. It is the day we remember Mullivaikkal, the tens of thousands of Tamil civilians killed, the families still searching for the disappeared, the survivors still carrying trauma, and the unfinished demand for international justice.

That is why the prominent participation of Mr. Elias Jeyarajah and Mrs. Shanthini Jeyarajah in the May 18, 2026 Tamil Genocide Day remembrance organized through NCFP — North Carolinians For Peace — has raised serious concern among Tamil Americans and global Tamils.

For many years, Mr. Elias Jeyarajah and Mrs. Shanthini Jeyarajah have been associated with Tamil advocacy, remembrance, and accountability work. That public role is exactly why their participation in this year’s Tamil Genocide Day event cannot be ignored.

In December 2023, Mr. Elias Jeyarajah and Mrs. Shanthini Jeyarajah were part of a Global Tamil Forum delegation that visited Colombo and met Sri Lankan political leaders, including then-President Ranil Wickremesinghe and former President Mahinda Rajapaksa.

For Tamil survivors and families of Mullivaikkal, this was not a minor political disagreement.

Mahinda Rajapaksa is widely viewed by Tamils as the political leader who presided over the final phase of the war in 2009. He has also been sanctioned by Canada for gross human rights violations. For Tamil families, any courtesy meeting with him is deeply painful and politically damaging.

Yet in 2026, Mr. Elias Jeyarajah and Mrs. Shanthini Jeyarajah were again given visible space at a Tamil Genocide Day event connected to NCFP.

This raises a serious question:

How can individuals who participated in a delegation that met Mahinda Rajapaksa continue to hold prominent roles in Tamil Genocide remembrance spaces without first giving a full public explanation to the Tamil community?

This Is Not Personal. This Is About Moral Standards.
We are not calling for hatred.

We are not calling for harassment.

We are not calling for personal attacks.

We are calling for accountability.

If Tamil organizations demand accountability from Sri Lanka, the United Nations, international governments, and global institutions, then Tamil organizations must also apply basic standards within our own community.

Tamil Genocide Day must not become a platform where serious political concerns are ignored, minimized, or quietly moved past.

Our Concern with NCFP
NCFP — North Carolinians For Peace — has played a role in Tamil community advocacy in North Carolina. Because of that public role, NCFP has a responsibility to address the concerns of the community openly.

The issue is not simply that Mr. Elias Jeyarajah and Mrs. Shanthini Jeyarajah attended a private meeting in Colombo.

The issue is that after their participation in the December 2023 delegation, including engagement with Mahinda Rajapaksa, they were still given visible participation in the May 18, 2026 Tamil Genocide Day remembrance.

That is why NCFP owes the Tamil community a clear statement.

The community deserves to know:

Were NCFP members informed of the concerns surrounding the December 2023 delegation?

Did NCFP discuss whether the Jeyarajahs should continue to have visible leadership roles in Tamil Genocide Day events?

Does NCFP believe that meeting Mahinda Rajapaksa is compatible with leading or being prominently featured in Tamil genocide remembrance spaces?

Will NCFP adopt a transparent accountability policy for future events?

These are fair questions. They are not attacks.

What We Are Asking For
We, the undersigned global Tamils and allies, call for the following:

1. A Public Explanation from Mr. Elias Jeyarajah and Mrs. Shanthini Jeyarajah
Mr. Elias Jeyarajah and Mrs. Shanthini Jeyarajah should publicly explain their participation in the December 2023 Global Tamil Forum delegation, including the meeting with Mahinda Rajapaksa.

They should explain how that engagement aligns with the Tamil people’s demand for genocide recognition, international accountability, and justice for Mullivaikkal.

2. A Formal Statement from NCFP
NCFP should issue a public statement addressing the concerns raised by the Tamil community regarding the Jeyarajahs’ participation in the May 18, 2026 Tamil Genocide Day event.

NCFP should clarify whether it will adopt standards to protect the integrity of future Tamil remembrance events.

3. No Prominent Platforms Without Accountability
Tamil organizations should not give prominent speaking roles, leadership roles, or symbolic platforms at Tamil Genocide Day, Maaveerar Naal, advocacy conferences, or fundraising events to individuals who have engaged alleged perpetrators or sanctioned human rights violators without first publicly accounting for those actions.

4. A Tamil Community Accountability Standard
Tamil organizations worldwide should adopt a clear principle:

No person should be given a prominent platform at Tamil genocide remembrance or advocacy events after engaging alleged perpetrators of Tamil mass atrocities without first providing a full public explanation to the Tamil community.
This standard should apply to everyone equally — regardless of past service, title, influence, wealth, or organizational position.

5. Victim-Centered Remembrance
Tamil Genocide Day must remain centered on victims, survivors, families of the disappeared, war widows, displaced communities, and the unfinished demand for international justice.

It must not become a space for political rehabilitation, elite diplomacy, or quiet normalization.

Our Message to NCFP
NCFP has an opportunity to do the right thing.

This is not about destroying an organization.

This is about strengthening it.

A credible Tamil advocacy organization must be willing to address legitimate community concerns, especially when those concerns involve Tamil Genocide Day.

Silence will not heal this.

Transparency can.

Accountability can.

A clear policy can.

Our Message to Global Tamils
The Tamil people have carried the pain of Mullivaikkal for 17 years.

We have marched in front of governments.
We have spoken at universities.
We have educated our children.
We have demanded sanctions, investigations, prosecutions, and international justice.

We cannot now allow our own remembrance spaces to become morally confused.

The world will only respect our demand for justice if we respect our own red lines.

The families of Mullivaikkal do not get to forget.

Neither should we.

Petition Demand
We call on NCFP, Tamil organizations in the United States, Canadian Tamil organizations, European Tamil organizations, Australian Tamil organizations, Tamil Nadu-based civil society groups, and global Tamil institutions to adopt a formal accountability standard:

No prominent public platform at Tamil Genocide Day, Maaveerar Naal, or Tamil advocacy events should be given to individuals who have met, normalized, or politically engaged alleged perpetrators of Tamil mass atrocities without first providing a full public explanation to the Tamil community.

 

 

 

 

Mr. Elias Jeyarajah participating at the May 18, 2026 Tamil Genocide Day remembrance organized through NCFP. His visible role has raised community concern because of his publicly reported participation in the December 2023 delegation.

 

 

 

 

Mrs. Shanthini Jeyarajah participating at the May 18, 2026 Tamil Genocide Day remembrance organized through NCFP. Tamil community members are asking NCFP for transparency and a public accountability standard.

 

 

 

 

Publicly circulated image of the December 2023 GTF / CTC delegation meeting former Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa, including Mrs. Shanthini Jeyarajah, a meeting that triggered widespread criticism among Tamils worldwide.

 

Sign This Petition If You Believe:
Tamil Genocide Day must remain sacred.

NCFP must answer legitimate community concerns.

Mr. Elias Jeyarajah and Mrs. Shanthini Jeyarajah should publicly explain their December 2023 delegation and their continued role in Tamil remembrance spaces.

Tamil organizations must protect moral red lines.

Victims and survivors must come before elite diplomacy.

Accountability must begin within our own community.

Call to Action
Sign this petition.
Share it with global Tamils.
Send it to NCFP.
Send it to Tamil organizations worldwide.
Ask every Tamil leader: Where do you stand?

Because Tamil Genocide remembrance is not a stage.

It is a sacred duty.

And the families of Mullivaikkal deserve truth.