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UK Parliament debate on Sri Lanka
Right to self determination Recognition of Genocide ICC referral Evidence collection mechanism Prevent cycles of violence Tamil Kingdom Global Human Rights Sanctions Act (Magnitsky act) Arms export & Trade deals In the UK parliament, the Back-Bench Committee Debate on Sri Lanka took place on 18/03/2021 organised by Siobhain McDonagh MP and co-sponsored by Rt Hon Sir Ed Davey MP
Tamils Globally boycott Sri Lanka’s Independence Day on 4 February Stage peaceful protests from 3-6 Feb 2021 from Pottuvil to Polykandy calling for UN intervention and sanctions to end the continuing Genocide
The Tamil speaking people in Sri Lanka are conducting peaceful protests against the ongoing structural genocide being committed by Sri Lanka. Under the leadership of civil society organisations and with the support of political parties, a rolling 4 Day protest is being conducted from towns in the eastern to the northern parts of Sri Lanka from 3-6 Feb 2021. Coincidentally,
Tamil Diaspora Calls on UNHRC Member States to Pass New Resolution on Sri Lanka Victim Community Endorses strong recommendations of High Commissioner Bachelet
GENEVA – February 02, 2021: We, members of the Tamil diaspora spread across the world call on the states gathered to deliberate at the 46th Human Rights Council session to pass a new resolution on Sri Lanka following the recommendations laid out in the January 2021 report by the High Commissioner for Human Rights. The report clearly confirms that, in
Sri Lanka on alarming path towards recurrence of grave human rights violations – UN report
GENEVA (27 January 2021) – A new UN report published on Wednesday warns that the failure of Sri Lanka to address past violations has significantly heightened the risk of human rights violations being repeated. It highlights worrying trends over the past year, such as deepening impunity, increasing militarization of governmental functions, ethno-nationalist rhetoric, and intimidation of civil society. Nearly 12
Thai Pongal 2021: Self-Reliance in Tamil Heritage Event
Thai Pongal is a Tamil harvest festival to thank the sun for agricultural abundance. On 14th January 2021, British Tamils Forum (BTF) hosted Thai Pongal 2021: Self-Reliance in Tamil Heritage online via Zoom webinar with a live feed to Facebook and YouTube. Due to COVID-19, we were not able to hold this event at the Houses of Parliament, Westminster, as
Tamils’ right to remember and mourn denied again
Tamil Diaspora organizations condemn the removal of the Mullivaikaal Monument in the University of Jaffna on 8 Jan 2021 Geneva, January 10, 2021: A monument that was erected at the University of Jaffna in the north of Sri Lanka to commemorate the tens of thousands of Tamils, including several university students, massacred by the Sri Lankan state at #Mullivaikaal in
Apply Global Human Rights Sanctions Regime against Sri Lankan Perpetrators
The United Kingdom recently brought forward its Global Human Rights Sanctions Regime Act into practice, to terminate the continued impunity enjoyed by perpetrators of serious human rights abuses and violations. However, the Tamil Community has thus far been disappointed with the Act due to the exclusions of the perpetrators of the mass violations and inhuman atrocities of the Government of
Let the Spirit of Thileepan unite Tamils globally
For Immediate Release September 25, 2020 On 15th September 1987, Thileepan began his hunger strike, demanding that the Indian government honour the pledges it had made to the Tamil people as part of the Indo-Lanka Accord. We honour Thiagi Thileepan’s sacrifice for the political aspirations of the Tamil people. Thileepan’s fast lasted 12 days, during which he was surrounded by over
BLACK JULY 1983 REMEBRANCE PANEL DISCUSSION “THEM” Vs “US”
I am not worried about the opinion of the Jaffna (Tamil) people now. Now we cannot think of ‘THEM’. Not about their lives or their opinion on ‘Us’. This was said to have been quoted in an interview to the Daily Telegraph dated 11 July 1983, just two weeks before the Black July 1983 Sinhala mob attack by then President
Apply Global Human Rights sanctions regime on Sri Lanka
Apply Global Human Rights sanctions regime on Sri Lanka The British Tamils Forum today welcomes the United Kingdom for imposing a Global Human Rights sanctions regime targeting those involved in some of the most serious human rights violations around the world. BTF declared, “This new legal authority will help prevent human rights violations and will preclude those who have committed