Speaking at a virtual press conference the convicted extremist monk Galagodaaththe Gnanasara who heads the "Presidential Task Force for One Country, One law" has said it poses as an opportunity to implement Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) proposals and seeks to include them in the draft act.

Gnanasara said  "BBS ... talked about state-patronage, sterilisation, religious conversions and cultural invasions. We need to discuss the same matters according to the mandate of the Task Force."

British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, and UN General Secretary, António Guterres, welcomed Sri Lankan President and war criminal, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, as British Tamil activists continued their protest outside the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP26.

Hundreds of British Tamils gathered in Glasgow today, where world leaders were attending the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP26, to protest against the presence of Sri Lanka's president and accused war criminal Gotabaya Rajapaksa.

“Go back Gotabaya!” chanted the protestors, as they lined the south side of the River Clyde directly across the from COP26 conference venue, waving Tamil Eelam flags and holding placards denouncing the Sri Lankan president.

As the sun rose over the DoubleTree Hilton hotel in Dunblane this morning, Sri Lanka’s war crimes accused president was in for a surprise awakening as dozens of protestors gathered outside, calling for his arrest over his role in war crimes and genocide.

The president, former defence secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa, was visiting Scotland for the UN COP26 climate summit that is currently underway and is scheduled to deliver an address later today.

Tamils from across the UK set off this evening as they head to Glasgow to protest Sri Lankan president Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s appearance at the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP26. 

The UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders expressed concern over Sri Lanka's inaction to respond to threats against human rights defenders. 

In a joint communication with other UN experts, Mary Lawlor, the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders, wrote to the Sri Lankan government, highlighting cases of alleged arbitrary detention, threats and intimidation against human rights defenders, journalists and trade union leaders Sudesh Nandimal Silva, Senaka Perera, Tharindu Jayawardhana and Joseph Stalin. 

Tamil Nadu politicians called on the Tamil diaspora to mobilize against Sri Lankan president Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s appearance in Scotland, heading a high-level delegation to the UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26).

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On Friday, 29 October, protesters gathered in Strasbourg, France, against the Sri Lankan Prime Minister Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s visit to Scotland for the UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26). 

A series of mobile digital adverts were placed across the city of Glasgow earlier today, as part of a campaign by Scottish Tamils as Sri Lanka’s president Gotabaya Rajapaksa visits the city for the UN climate summit COP 26.

The adverts which were placed on vans that roamed the roads surrounding COP26 venues and Glasgow city, warned that Rajapaksa should not be welcomed in Scotland due to his overseeing of war crimes and genocide.

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On Friday, 29 October 2021, protestors gathered in front of the British Embassy in Belgium, condemning Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's visit to Glasglow, Scotland.