Following reports of protests in London and Manchester London Manny Thain, Tamil Solidarity national secretary A constant stream of Tamils flowed into Parliament Square on Tuesday 18 May. Many thousands assembled to mark the first […]
Audio: Refugee advocates claim deported Sri Lankans bashed and jailed (AM) By Michael Vincent, ABC News Updated Wed May 19, 2010 10:22am AEST Refugee advocates say at least nine asylum seekers returned to Sri Lanka […]
War crimes in Sri Lanka – exposing the truth Manny Thain, Tamil Solidarity national secretary Little by little the truth is coming out, confirming what we already knew: that the Sri Lankan army and regime […]
India Today. Mumbai, May 11, 2010. The raging protest by Tamil groups has cast a shadow over Amitabh Bachchan’s participation the in the India International Film Awards (IIFA) function in Colombo. Big B has been […]
CANBERRA, Australia — Police are investigating reports that five Sri Lankan asylum seekers were lost at sea after leaving their stricken boat to board a makeshift raft in an attempt to reach Australian islands in […]
Almost a year ago today the 30-year long brutal war in Sri Lanka ended with a surge in the brutal repression against the Tamil-speaking minorities. The Sri Lankan military surrounded the rebel-held areas and waged […]
After much delay and the re-running of the election in a couple of districts because of election violence, the final result of the Sri Lanklan general election was announced on Wednesday, 21 April. Siritunga Jayasuriya (United […]
Sri Lanka’s first post-war parliament must get rid of draconian emergency laws that have allowed for decades of widespread human rights abuses, Amnesty International said today. Ahead of the first sitting of Sri Lanka’s […]
More than 100 refugees, who have been held in a tiny boat near Merak port in Indonesia for over seven months, have been moved to the Tanjung Pinang detention centre. They now face very bad […]
CANBERRA, Australia, April 20 (UNHCR) – The UN refugee agency has expressed disappointment at the Australian government’s failure to look at alternatives to detention for asylum-seekers arriving by boat who pose no health or security […]
Rights © | Tamil Solidarity