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எதிர்வரும் வெள்ளிக்கிழமை அன்று 09-02-2018 லண்டனில் மாபெரும் போராட்ட பேரணி ஒன்று ஏற்பாடு செய்யப்பட்டுள்ளது. இப் பேரணி ஆனது பிரித்தானியாவைத் தளமாக கொண்டு இயங்கும் பல அமைப்புகள் ஒன்றிணைந்து இலங்கை அரசின் பயங்கரவாத செயல்பாட்டை பிரித்தானிய அரசிற்கும் மற்றும் சர்வதேச நாடுகளுக்கும் எடுத்துரைக்கும் வண்ணம் நடாத்த உள்ளனர்.

The British Tamils Forum sincerely thank the members of APPG for Tamils, Rt. Hon Joan Ryan MP, Siobhain Mcdonald MP, Paul Scully MP and Sir Ed Davey MP for writing to the Foreign Secretary Rt Hon Boris Johnson MP calling to withdraw diplomatic papers and remove Sri Lanka’s Defence Attaché Brigadier Priyanka Fernando from the UK. We are yet to see any action by our government for that call.

On February 4 Sri Lanka marks its 70th year of independence from Britain. Historically, this day has been a painful one for the Tamils both who live in Sri Lanka and those who have been forced into exile by discrimination and anti-Tamil violence. Tamil dignitaries and politicians did not attend the ceremonies celebrating the event from 1972 to 2014 in protest for the exclusion of the Tamil population from the political, economic, and cultural life of the country and the elimination of protections for non-Sinhalese Buddhist communities left embedded in the constitution at independence.

For the first time in the history of the British parliament, Tamil Thai Pongal day was celebrated at the Jubilee Room, House of Parliament, Westminster, London, SW1A 0AA on the 17th of January 2018.This celebration was jointly hosted by the All Party Parliamentary Group for Tamils (APPG T) and the British Tamils Forum (BTF).

Theresa May wishes everyone a happy Thai Pongal and an auspicious year ahead. As Thai Pongal begins, Tamil families here in the UK and around the world are coming together to celebrate. It’s a time to cast out the old and embrace opportunities to come. A time to give thanks not just for the harvest, but also for friends, family

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A few thousand Tamils across Sutton will be getting ready to celebrate their harvest festival along with millions of Tamils in Sri Lanka, South India and across the world. As chairman of the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Tamils, I will continue to shine a light on the ongoing issues in Sri Lanka. In the meantime, I wish you all a very happy Thai Pongal.