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The All-Party Parliamentary Group for Tamils (APPG for Tamils) held a candle vigil and prayers for the victims of Easter Sunday attack on 21stApril 2019. MPs from all political parties and the leader from faith groups attended the event to remember those killed in the attacks. Please follow and like us:

Candle vigil was held at St Paul’s Cathedral today at 5pm to remember the victims killed in Sri Lanka’s bomb attacked on Easter Sunday. This vigil was organised by the British Tamils Forum. Please follow and like us:

The British Tamils Forum (BTF) strongly condemns this evil act in Churches and Hotels across Sri Lanka on a holy day of Easter Sunday. We are deeply shocked and saddened to hear that over 190 people were killed and many more injured at this terrible premeditated attack today. We call on the Sri Lanka Government to establish an investigation with

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வரும் 25-02-2019 தாயகத்தில் நடைபெறும் வலிந்து காணாமல் ஆக்கப்பட்டவர்களின் தாய்மார்கள் மற்றும் உறவினர்கள் பொதுமக்களால் நடத்தப்படும் கவனயீர்ப்பு போராட்டத்திற்கு பிரித்தானிய தமிழர் பேரவை முழு ஆதரவு வழங்குவதோடு மேலும் இப்போராட்டத்திற்கு தாயகத்திலும் புலம்பெயர் நாட்டிலும் பொதுமக்கள் அனைவரையும் மிக எழுச்சியுடன் கலந்து கொள்ளுமாறு தாழ்மையுடன் கேட்டுக் கொள்கின்றோம். நாள்: 25.2.2019 திங்கட்கிழமை நேரம்: முற்பகல் 10மணி -மதியம்12மணி இடம்: 10 Downing Street, London, SW1 அருகிலுள்ள தொடருந்து நிலையம்: Westminster நாளைய தினம் பிரித்தானிய பிரதம மந்திரியின் வாசஸ்தலத்தில் நடைபெறும் கவனயீர்ப்பு போராட்டத்தில்

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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

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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

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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

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

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.