Jaffna Library Burning Anniversary
Commemoration of the 45th anniversary of the Jaffna Public Library burning in 1981. Social media posts reflect on historical significance and ongoing discussions about accountability and collective memory.
Wow, burning a library is peak real mature way to win an Most--threatened-" By-award.980s censorship must've been been when they realized knowledge is more dangerous than actual fire.
1981. June 1st. 97,000 books. Gone in one night. Government-sponsored thugs. From my 2008 documentary on the Jaffna Library burning. We don’t forget. #JaffnaLibrary #NeverForget #Documentary #SriLanka My documentary film ink : https://t.co/BtjLMyvWZG https://t.co/mYqDtrGDqn
45 years after the burning of the Jaffna Library, #Eelam continues to ask what lessons #LKA has truly learned from that tragedy. The civil war that ended in 2009 is seen not as an isolated conflict, but as a reaction to decades of discrimination, violence, state actions. 1/n https://t.co/QT5bTDArUp
45th year anniversary of Jaffna Public Library burning marked https://t.co/SbFX07K9Aj #JaffnaPublicLibrary #WeRemember #History #lka #Accountability