The head of a leading Tamil diaspora group says he had talks with Foreign Secretary Prasad Kariyawasam and other Foreign Ministry officials in Colombo.
Five years after the release of the Report of the Secretary General’s Panel of Experts (PoE) on Accountability in Sri Lanka, in March 2011.
Geneva-based United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) could revisit resolution 30/1 titled ‘Promoting reconciliation, accountability and human rights in Sri Lanka’ top UN official said on Wednesday.
Former Royal Air Force (RAF) pilot Michael Wolfgang Laurence Morris, or Lord Naseby, has severely rattled the UN, relentlessly pursuing a war crimes investigation, in Sri Lanka, in accordance with Geneva Resolution 30/1, adopted on Oct. 1, 2015.
There is currently a debate about the drafting of a ‘New Constitution’ for the country among the academic community and the general public in Sri Lanka.
Fr. S.J. Emmanuel, leader of the UK based Global Tamil Forum (GTF), arrived in Sri Lanka last week on what his organisation officials describe as a “low profile” visit.
A top leader of the Tamil diaspora is in Sri Lanka for the first time since a ban on him and his organisation was lifted. Global Tamil Forum (GTF) President, Father S. J. Emmanuel had talks in Colombo and Jaffna during his visit.
The Global Tamil Forum welcomes the formation of the UN Advisory Panel that has been created by the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon to advise him on the issue of accountability related to the violation of the international human-right and humanitarian laws during the war between the government forces and the Tamil Tigers in Sri Lanka.
1. First Anniversary: Unforgettable Memories and Unanswered Challenges My dear Sisters and Brothers! It is one year after the horrendous crimes were committed against the Tamil people and their leadership in Wanni. We Tamils, still surviving within Sri Lanka and those living across the globe are filled with the horrific memories, which neither time nor any power on earth can erase from our history.
The Global Tamil Forum views the parliamentary election in Sri Lanka conducted on April 8, as an election that was imposed on the Tamil speaking people of the island.
Global Tamil Forum welcomes the recent announcement by the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon on setting up the Advisory Panel on Sri Lanka on the accountability issues on the violations of the international laws during the war between the government forces and the Tamil Tigers last year.
Global Tamil Women Forum (GTWF) joins worldwide calls for end to violence against women to mark International Women’s Day.