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Eelam Tamils 'will resist subjugation' - BTF

The British Tamil Forum condemned the continued oppression of the Tamil nation in their speech at London's Mullivaikal remembrance event on Saturday.

BTF asserted that the Tamil people will never accept 'servitude in their own land' and 'subjugation' will be 'resisted'.

For full BTF speech see here. See below for extracts:

"[We are gathered here] to remind ourselves; to remind the world, that we will not forget what was done to our people. We will not abandon our people. We will not let the international community abandon our people.

"The Tamils, the ancient people of that island, will not accept servitude in their own land. They will resist subjugation. The Sinhalese will respond with violence and murder. It won’t be long before another “Black July 1983” revisits the Tamil people. The Sinhala state will use the opportunity to rid the island, of more Tamils.

"We are facing an existential threat in our own land. We need to focus all our energies to deal with this threat. We cannot let our people be massacred on the streets and in their houses again. We have no time to lose in squabbling between us when our land is being gobbled up and our people are being trampled upon by the Sinhala state."

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