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Thanks to : Colombo telegraph There is something in the air in the North of Sri Lanka. ‘It’s a ghost of the past,’ shouted the media in the south. The northern media, however, was relentless […]
September 6, 2013 | From: COLOMBO_TELEGRAPH By TU Senan Leave aside the problem of countering the ‘bad publicity’ created by Navi Pillay, the main problem now for the so-called ‘thinkers’ attached to the Sri Lankan government is about […]
Reported by Arthika Addressing a meet-the-public gathering in a school nursery in East Ham, London on 17 August 2013, Sampanthan, seated under a blue wall that featured Nemo and a couple of smiling sharks, implored […]
The British government is granting export licences for military and dual-use items to countries on its own official list of human rights abuses. The declared licences are worth £12.3bn, according to the Committee on Arms […]
The announcement that the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) is due to go ahead in Sri Lanka in November is a kick in the teeth to every Tamil-speaking person in the world. The decision […]
The success of last Saturday’s Solidarity Day has been widely reported, both in Britain and internationally. Organised by Tamil Solidarity and the British Tamils Forum it was a platform to highlight the links being built […]
Still Counting the Dead: Survivors of Sri Lanka’s hidden war By Frances Harrison Published by Portobello Books, 2012, £14.99 Reviewed by Manny Thain This book recounts the horrific experiences of Tamils in the last […]
Development of Bodu Bala Sena must be stopped The recent growth and actions of Bodu Bala Sena (Buddhist Power Force, BBS) in Lanka is very alarming. BBS is an extreme right-wing group headed by chauvinist […]
‘Reverse lobby’ Any organisation that claims to represent the Tamil-speaking people should be accountable to them. The interests of the oppressed people should be the highest priority. And that should be taken into consideration when […]
Since early 2009 Tamil Solidarity has been exposing the horrendous and brutal attacks on the Tamil-speaking people in Sri Lanka and the United Nation’s complicity through its failure to counter the genocidal slaughter in any […]
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