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Press release : Refugee Survivors and Ex-detainees (RISE) Today, just past midnight RISE received the news that an asylum seeker at Villawood detention centre died after hanging himself. The ambulance arrived 45 minutes after he […]

Joe Higgins MEP from Tamil solidarity has written a letter to both German Ambassador in Ireland and Federal Ministry of the Interior showing his disapproval for the appointment of Jagath Dias as the deputy ambassador […]

Tamil refugees, fleeing the brutal horror of the war and repression of the Rajapakse regime, have met a further denial of democratic rights and lack of assistance from the Australian government. Over the last year […]

A number of people, representing various groups from six countries, visited Sri Lanka. Charles Antonidas, one of the visitors, has produced a statement on the purpose of the visit for Tamil Solidarity. Here we publish Charles […]

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 […]

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 […]

Referendum on Vaddukoddai resolution (VKR): The case for a ‘Socialist Tamil Eelam’ and conflicting interests among the Tamil elite.  Recently a referendum was held among the Tamil Diaspora in a number of western countries. This […]

More than 200 political prisoners who were detained under the notorious Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) are on hunger strike throughout Sri Lanka. In Trincomalee, Batticaloa, Jaffna and many other parts of the country, a […]