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Month: November 2019

Conservative Party 2019 Manifesto – Two State Solution

30/11/201930/11/2019 Karu

The British Tamils Forum would like to state that we are a politically neutral organisation working with cross parties to promote our values and aspirations, and also would like to impress on the entire community […]

By Karuna

Sri Lankan Critics Fear a Crackdown Is Underway, and Some Flee – The New York Times

30/11/201930/11/2019 Karu

A Swiss Embassy employee is abducted and asked about asylum applications and investigators are banned from leaving just days after Gotabaya Rajapaksa is elected. (Lanka-e-News- 28.Nov.2019, 9.00 PM) Fears of a potential crackdown on critics […]

By Karuna

The extremist policies of the Sinhalese rulers led Tamil leaders to accept the Eelam

30/11/201930/11/2019 Karu

The fear psychosis and suspicion prevailing among Tamil and the Muslim communities can be understood. But the fear among the Sinhala Buddhists cannot be regarded as justified. by Victor IvanEvidently, the Tamils ​​in the north […]

By Karuna

TNA urges Govt. to fulfil UN commitments

30/11/201930/11/2019 Karu

Tamil National Alliance (TNA) Leader R. Sampanthan has urged President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and his government to fulfil the commitments made by Sri Lanka at the UNHRC and warned that if not, Sri Lanka would lose […]

By Karuna

Manohara warns: Solve ‘Swiss mystery’ or face the consequences

30/11/201930/11/2019 Karu

By Shamindra Ferdinando Manohara De Silva, PC, yesterday urged the government to conduct a ‘no-holds-barred’ inquiry into high profile accusation that its agents abducted a local employee of the Switzerland mission in Colombo, and questioned […]

By Karuna

President Gotabaya and the fears of the West

30/11/201930/11/2019 Karu

We want to remain neutral in our foreign relations and stay out of any conflicts among the world powers With ceremonies redolent with symbolism, followed by administrative moves that sent clear messages to the public, […]

By Karuna

Swiss Embassy says its employee in ‘deteriorating health’

30/11/201930/11/2019 Karu

Embassy breaks silence, issues statement to clarify false info circulating on incident Says employee was detained on street, forced into car, and threatened at length Says Embassy fully cooperating with authorities Due to deteriorating health […]

By Karuna

Implement The 13th Amendment: Modi Tells Gota

30/11/201930/11/2019 Karu

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the joint press conference held yesterday (29) said that India is confident that the reconciliation process under President Gotabaya Rajapaksa will see the implementation of the 13th Amendment. The newly elected President Gotabaya Rajapaksa […]

By Karuna

Maaveerar Naal observed by Tamils across World

29/11/201929/11/2019 Karu

Maaveerar Naal observed by Tamils across Europe Maaveerar Naal was observed by thousands of Tamils across Europe, where they gathered in various cities to pay tribute to the fallen. Oberhausen, Germany Herning, Denmark Oslo, Norway […]

By Karuna

UK party leaders pledge support for British Tamils

29/11/201929/11/2019 Karu

Writing in the Tamil Guardian on November 27th, the leaders of the Labour Party and Liberal Democrats both expressed their support for British Tamils and pledged to work with the community in their struggle for […]

By Karuna

Modi and Gota discuss reconciliation, ethnic harmony in Sri Lanka

29/11/201929/11/2019 Karu

Visiting Sri Lankan President Gotayaba Rajapaksa and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, today discussed wide ranging issues, including reconciliation and ethnic harmony in Sri Lanka. The talks took place as Rajapaksa undertook his first official […]

By Karuna

Sinhalese are themselves an unequal, caste ridden and class based society.

29/11/201929/11/2019 Karu

Tamils need not fear the Rajapaksas and the new president Gotabaya Rajapaksa is weaker than one wants to believe. He does not dare yet what is political. His success rests in deep dark acts of […]

By Karuna

Sri Lankan Employee at Swiss Embassy in Colombo Detained Against Her Will and Threatened at Length by Unidentified Men Trying to Force Information Out of Her About Issuance of Visa to CID Inspector Nishantha Silva

29/11/201929/11/2019 Karu

By Chandani Kirinde Switzerland yesterday demanded an immediate and complete investigation into the circumstances surrounding the incident in which a local employee of the embassy was detained against her will on the street and threatened […]

By Karuna

Alleged abduction: Swiss embassy denies SL access to its employee

29/11/201929/11/2019 Karu

FM asks embassy to follow ‘established procedure’ to allow smooth probe By Shamindra FerdinandoThe Swiss embassy in Colombo has declined to give Sri Lanka, conducting an investigation into an alleged abduction of one of its […]

By Karuna

Tamil politics in crisis need alternate programme

29/11/201929/11/2019 Karu

Sampanthan leading elite Jaffna politics with Mavai and Sumanthiran LLRC recommendations a platform for North-South dialogue  UNP has remained a Sinhala Buddhist party dependent on Southern votes  Reading Northern Tamil politics from Colombo, the presidential […]

By Karuna

Gota Versus The Tamils & Muslims

29/11/201929/11/2019 Karu

By Kumar David – Prof. Kumar David Gotabaya Rajapaksa has won an immense landslide victory among the Sinhalese (72% of Sinhala Buddhist and nearly 60% of other Sinhalese – Catholic/Christian – voted for him). Equally stunning was […]

By Karuna

Tamils have a right to commemorate the dead – Wiggy

29/11/201929/11/2019 Karu

By Dinasena Ratugamage Former Chief Minister of the Northern Provincial Council, C. V. Vigneswaran on Tuesday said that the Tamil people had a right to celebrate the Mahaviru Day peacefully. On Mahaviru Day people of […]

By Karuna

Vaiko detained for protesting against Gotabaya’s India visit

29/11/201929/11/2019 Karu

Rajya Sabha MP Vaiko and his supporters were detained by the Delhi Police on Thursday for protesting against Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s visit to India. “Gun-toting soldiers are roaming in the streets inhabited by […]

By Karuna

TNA warns govt against reviewing Geneva resolution co-sponsored by previous regime

27/11/201927/11/2019 Karu

The Tamil National Alliance (TNA) yesterday said the government’s plan to review United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) Resolution 30/1, ‘for promoting reconciliation, accountability and human rights’ in Sri Lanka would have serious repercussions for […]

By Karuna

UK Labour takes up cudgels for minority rights in Lanka in the wake of Gotabaya triumph

27/11/201927/11/2019 Karu

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa shaking hands with Deputy High Commissioner Tom Burns on Monday. HC Hulton (Centre) and First Secretary Amy O’Brien look on. By Shamindra Ferdinando Mahajana Eksath Peramuna (MEP) leader Dinesh Gunawardena, MP, on […]

By Karuna

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