As political parties gear up for the general election, and with thousands of local council seats also up for grabs, the Tamil community has suddenly become very popular with politicians. Is this just a coincidence? […]
A Tamil asylum seeker who was sent back to his home country in 2013 and subsequently arrested has been allowed to return to Switzerland. The man, who was applying for asylum in Switzerland, was sent […]
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the Free Media Movement (FMM) condemn the heavy-handed action of Sri Lankan police in charging a freelance journalist on Wednesday, April 8 in Jaffna. The IFJ said this […]
Oil leaks from the Chunnakum power plant are contaminating water in the Jaffna district, polluting the water supply in the area. Tamil Solidarity organised a public meeting to discuss this issue in more detail. It […]
Despite Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe’s public denial, credible reports have emerged to prove beyond any reasonable doubt that the Sri Lankan military still operates secret camps in the north, where surrendered ex-Tamil Tiger rebels and […]
To: Police Scotland: Sir Stephen House – Chief Constable Ask: Please do not renew Police Scotland’s contract to train Sri Lankan police officers. Why is this important? The Sri Lankan police has a long history […]
Anti-racist march and rally this Saturday, 21st March. Assemble 12 noon central London followed by rally at Trafalgar Square.. Last year, 10,000 people marched in central London amongst them students and trade unionists, people of […]
A Sri Lankan Tamil asylum seeker who claims to have suffered extensive torture before escaping to the UK has won a last minute reprieve just hours before he was due forcibly deported to Sri Lanka. […]
A leading international media watchdog has accused democracies of ‘often taking liberties with their values in the name of national security’. Ranking the performance of 180 countries in their world press freedom index for 2015 […]
The Tamil Solidarity campaign has decided not to support any party in particular but we agreed that we should not stand by but give support to all those candidates who will support the specific demands […]
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