/evidence/reports/canada/ctc-blackjuly83/testimonials/Recent content in Testimonies on Black JulyHugo -- gohugo.ioenCopyright (c) BlackJuly.comSat, 25 Nov 2023 14:51:08 -0800/evidence/reports/canada/ctc-blackjuly83/testimonials/anton/Sat, 25 Nov 2023 15:23:19 -0800/evidence/reports/canada/ctc-blackjuly83/testimonials/anton/I remember that in 1983 the whole of Colombo was burning. I can remember air. The whole sky was filled with darkness and fire./evidence/reports/canada/ctc-blackjuly83/testimonials/arumaithurai/Sat, 25 Nov 2023 15:25:02 -0800/evidence/reports/canada/ctc-blackjuly83/testimonials/arumaithurai/I can still remember my rather vivid descriptions of our experiences in Sri Lanka. All those sleepless nights, the tranquility of night being broken by the sound of helicopters and the gun fire in the distance./evidence/reports/canada/ctc-blackjuly83/testimonials/bhahirathan/Sat, 25 Nov 2023 15:27:35 -0800/evidence/reports/canada/ctc-blackjuly83/testimonials/bhahirathan/Twenty five years ago, I was a grade five student at the Colombo Hindu College. I was eleven years old. My father was a government servant and hence we - my parents and my younger brother - lived in Dehiwala, a suburb of Colombo./evidence/reports/canada/ctc-blackjuly83/testimonials/bridget/Sat, 25 Nov 2023 15:29:24 -0800/evidence/reports/canada/ctc-blackjuly83/testimonials/bridget/My name is Bridget Anton, and I came to Canada in May 1987. Before that I was living in France from 1984 to 1987./evidence/reports/canada/ctc-blackjuly83/testimonials/chelliah/Sat, 25 Nov 2023 15:49:13 -0800/evidence/reports/canada/ctc-blackjuly83/testimonials/chelliah/My name is Chelliah Paskaran. In 1983, I was 21 years old. I grew up in Jaffna and I moved in 1981 to Colombo in order to study at the National Institute of Business in Colombo./evidence/reports/canada/ctc-blackjuly83/testimonials/devakumar/Sat, 25 Nov 2023 15:59:53 -0800/evidence/reports/canada/ctc-blackjuly83/testimonials/devakumar/During 1983 riots, my family was living in Colombo. I was the eldest of four children. My father was a lecturer at the Medical College./evidence/reports/canada/ctc-blackjuly83/testimonials/dushy/Sat, 25 Nov 2023 16:00:34 -0800/evidence/reports/canada/ctc-blackjuly83/testimonials/dushy/My name is Dushy Nadarajah. I have been living in Canada for over 19 years. I grew up in Nallur, Jaffna./evidence/reports/canada/ctc-blackjuly83/testimonials/ernest/Sat, 25 Nov 2023 15:31:56 -0800/evidence/reports/canada/ctc-blackjuly83/testimonials/ernest/My name is Ernest Thurairajah. I was 10 years old in July 1983 and was studying at St. Benedict’s College Colombo./evidence/reports/canada/ctc-blackjuly83/testimonials/euphrasia/Sat, 25 Nov 2023 16:11:56 -0800/evidence/reports/canada/ctc-blackjuly83/testimonials/euphrasia/One day it was paradise, the next day it was paradise lost, lost forever. July 24, 1983 was a day like any other day./evidence/reports/canada/ctc-blackjuly83/testimonials/harini/Sat, 25 Nov 2023 15:33:01 -0800/evidence/reports/canada/ctc-blackjuly83/testimonials/harini/My story of Black July is different from most. It is not a story of survival from an insider’s perspective, but rather that of escape from an outsider’s perspective.