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Transitional Justice in Sri Lanka – Senthil Kumar from the British Tamils Forum at the 39th UNHRC in Geneva.
Friday, Sept. 14th 2018 ID with SR on Transitional Justice “Pasumai Thaayagam extent our welcome to Special Rapporteur Mr Fabio Salvioli and express our confidence that his wealth of experience will greatly benefit the Human Rights Council and transitional justice processes around the world. We also welcome and thank Mr Adam Dieng undersecretary and special advisor to the secretary general
Mr Senthil Kumar Subramaniam, British Tamils Forum at the 39th session of UNHRC
Monday, Sept. 10 ITEM 2 – Oral update by the HC Pasumai Thaayagam would like to congratulate High Commissioner Bachelet and express our confidence that her depth of experience will greatly benefit the Human Rights Council and human rights around the world. We hope High Commissioner Bachelet continues to take a strong stance on human rights and transitional justice in
Situation Brief No.2 – Adayaalam Centre for Policy Research (ACPR)
Surveillance, Harassment and Intimidation of Disappearances’ Activists in the North-East August 30, 2018 I. Background Over the last two years, the issue of enforced disappearances has become an increasingly central topic in the conversation around human rights and transitional justice in Sri Lanka, largely due to the efforts of families of the disappeared from the North-East who have taken to
Tamil people demonstrated in Mullaitivu against land grab and colonisation.
Tamil people demonstrated in Mullaitivu yesterday against land grab and colonisation by the Sri Lankan government in the region. Please follow and like us:
Sri Lanka mass grave: Dozens of skeletons found in Mannar says BBC
Reported by BBC By Anbarasan Ethirajan – https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-45296871 Experts in northern Sri Lanka are trying to identify the remains of dozens of bodies in a mass grave in the country’s former war zone. So far the skeletal remains of more than 90 people have been unearthed in the north-western town of Mannar. The mass grave is the second biggest found
ஜெனீவாவை எதிர்கொள்ளப்போகும் புலம்பெயர் அமைப்புகள் – பிரித்தானிய தமிழர் பேரவையின் செயற்பாடுகள் – in Tamil
ஜெனீவாவை எதிர்கொள்ளப்போகும் புலம்பெயர் அமைப்புகள் – பிரித்தானிய தமிழர் பேரவையின் செயற்பாடுகள் பற்றி அமைப்பு சார்பாக வசியும் சுதாவும் கலந்து கொண்டு உரையாடிய காணொளி. Please follow and like us:
Continuing military occupation of the North and East of Sri Lanka.
Latest figures released by an investigative journalist Logathayalan, from Sri Lanka, reveals the extent and the intensity of military occupation in Jaffna district by the Sri Lankan military, Naval, Airforce and Police personnel. He provides the following statistics: CAMPS NUMBER NAVY 93 ARMY 54 AIRFORCE 1 POLICE STATION 30 TOTAL 178 The number of Secret camps established throughout the north
Black July 1983 – Remembrance Day Panel Discussion
Venue: Room C, No 1, Parliament Street, Westminster SW1A 0AA (Building at the junction of Great George street & Parliament Street, Behind St Stephens Tavern) Date: 23 July 2018 Time: 6 PM – 8 PM Cycle of violence repeats (Pogroms 1958, 1977, 1983, Massacre 2008 – 09); Several commissions set up in the past, but no one held accountable. This culture
ATC, BTF and USTPAC Call for Strong Action to End Anti-Muslim Attacks in Sri Lanka
March 09, 2018 London, Washington DC, Canberra: The US Tamil Political Action Council (USTPAC), the British Tamils Forum (BTF) and the Australian Tamil Congress (ATC) express our deepest sympathies to the victims of the recent anti-Muslim pogrom in the Kandy and Amparai districts in Sri Lanka. We are deeply frustrated that ethnic violence
British Tamil Orgs write to the Home Secretary and the Secretary of State for Foreign & Commonwealth Affairs
A joint letter to the Home Secretary and the Secretary of State for Foreign & Commonwealth Affairs as this matter is directly relevant to both of those offices. As you may be aware, organisations supporting this request were formed in response to the worsening humanitarian crisis