With the 2024 UK General Election set to take place on July 4, more British Tamils than ever before have been named as candidates with a range of Britain’s political parties. The Tamil Guardian interviewed the candidates who are hoping to become one of the UK’s first-ever British Tamil parliamentarians.

A group of masked individuals carrying weapons were seen circling Ilankai Tamil Arasu Katchi (ITAK) leader Sivagnanam Shritharan's residence in Jaffna yesterday. 

CCTV footage from Shritharan's home shows the group on four motorbikes with their number plates covered riding outside Shritharan's home in a suspicious manner.  

Shritharan who was elected as ITAK's leader earlier this year has been a vocal critic of the Sri Lankan government and has highlighted the ongoing issues faced by Tamils in the North-East. 

With the 2024 UK General Election set to take place on July 4, more British Tamils than ever before have been named as candidates with a range of Britain’s political parties. The Tamil Guardian interviewed the candidates who are hoping to become one of the UK’s first-ever British Tamil parliamentarians.

With the 2024 UK General Election set to take place on July 4, more British Tamils than ever before have been named as candidates with a range of Britain’s political parties. The Tamil Guardian interviewed the candidates who are hoping to become one of the UK’s first-ever British Tamil parliamentarians.

Ahead of Sri Lanka’s upcoming elections, the island’s former President Mahinda Rajapaksa has embarked on a four-day tour of China and met with the country’s Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sun Weidong.

Tamil Eelam flags at a protest in Geneva, 2019

The UK Proscribed Organisation Appeals Commission (POAC) rejected an appeal by the Transitional Government of Tamil Eelam (TGTE) to lift the ban on the Liberational Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), yet details several errors made by the British Home Secretary, James Cleverly. 

With the 2024 UK General Election set to take place on July 4, more British Tamils than ever before have been named as candidates with a range of Britain’s political parties. The Tamil Guardian interviewed the candidates who are hoping to become one of the UK’s first-ever British Tamil parliamentarians.

With the 2024 UK General Election set to take place on July 4, more British Tamils than ever before have been named as candidates with a range of Britain’s political parties. The Tamil Guardian interviewed the candidates who are hoping to become one of the UK’s first-ever British Tamil parliamentarians.

With the 2024 UK General Election set to take place on July 4, more British Tamils than ever before have been named as candidates with a range of Britain’s political parties.

The Tamil Guardian caught up with the candidates this month, as they vie to become one of the UK’s first-ever British Tamil parliamentarians.