Eelam Tamil people as phoenixes rising from the ashes

Photo 1: Survivors of the May 2009 genocide in Mullivaikkal crossing the Mullaitivu Vattuvaikkal bridge into the Sri Lankan army’s detention camps in a state of despair.

Photo 2: Scene of Tamil people chanting slogans like phoenixes in February 2021 across the same Vattuvakal bridge against the ongoing repression against them.