• Premier Singh not attending CHOGM – Indian press reports

    Nov 08

    Indian media reports say Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has will not attend the Commonwealth summit in Sri Lanka next week.

    India will be represented by External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid.

  • Isaipriya's fate was previously unknown to her family
    The family of Tamil journalist Isaipriya had known nothing of her capture and execution until video evidence was broadcast on Channel 4.

    Isaipriya's mother and two sisters, had only recently arrived seeking asylum in the UK. Her mother told Channel 4 that she had always thought that Isaipriya had died a victim of shelling.
  • Commonwealth will help Sri Lanka investigate torture

    The Commonwealth Secratariat will help Sri Lanka set up a National Inquiry on Torture, Secretary-General Kamalesh Sharma told the Hindu.
  • Jaffna University will be closed for Tamil Remembrance Day - report

    Students of Jaffna University have been told to go home after notices were posted on the premises, saying that it will be closed until December 2, according to Colombo Gazette.

  • Tamils still face rape and torture in Sri Lanka's 'Unfinished War' - BBC reports

    A new report by the BBC revealed further evidence of the rape and torture of Tamils in Sri Lanka today.

  • ‘They will definitely torture me and kill me’

    Speaking to Channel 4 News, Tamil torture victims recalled their experience at the hands of the Sri Lankan state and warned against sending Tamils back to the island.

    Commenting on British Prime Minister David Cameron’s decision to attend CHOGM, one of the men, who could not be identified for security reasons said,

  • Corrupted Journalism'- Sri Lanka on heightening evidence of crimes against humanity

    As part of an ‘Engage Sri Lanka’ campaign, the Sri Lankan government will hand out a 222 page book to brief journalists attending the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting in Colombo.

  • Channel 4 respond to Sri Lanka's 'Corrupted Journalism' booklet

    The Channel 4 News Editor Ben de Pear,  today provided a detailed response to Sri Lanka’s ‘Corrupted Journalism’ booklet, which looked to discredit the work of Channel 4 News.

  • World will need to provide an independent investigation if Sri Lanka fails to deliver - David Cameron

    In a statement released after watching the documentary No Fire Zone, British Premier, David Cameron reiterated the need for an independent investigation into the killing of Tamil civilians.

  • Hunger striker continues to call for CHOGM boycott


    Tamil protestor Parameswaran, who has been hunger striking outside Number 10 Downing Street, has continued to call on British Prime Minister David Cameron to boycott the upcoming CHOGM, due to be held in Colombo later this month.

    Speaking to the Tamil Guardian Parameswaran said,
    "The main aim is to stop Cameron from participating in the CHOGM and call for him to boycott it."
    Commenting on British Prime Minister David Cameron's decision to remain steadfast in attending CHOGM, Parameswaran said,
    "Even after meeting with Tamil representatives, he has refused to listen to British Tamil voices."
  • David Cameron's explanation is too little too late
    If Number 10 is about to breathe a sigh of relief, they ought to know that their last ditch and very public efforts to engage with British Tamils have fallen far short of their placating intentions. Considering the Tamil community makes up over 100,000 of the British electorate, David Cameron was absolutely right to think he owed us an explanation. It’s just a shame that the explanation was far too little, too late.

  • Engagement legitimises repression
    Writing in the Tamil Guardian on Thursday, British Premier David Cameron set out his government’s rationale for rejecting the growing calls, both at home and abroad, for him to boycott the Commonwealth leaders’ summit in Sri Lanka next week. Whilst noting the Sri Lankan government’s “poor record on human rights and cruel treatment of the Tamils” – an understatement given the steadily mounting evidence – and the grave “allegations” of war crimes and sexual violence, Mr Cameron’s argument, in sum, is that to secure the “change” he wants to see, “the right thing to do is to engage” with Colombo.
     
    We disagree. In fact, it is precisely Britain’s policy of essentially unconditional engagement that has enabled, and emboldened, President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s regime to thumb its nose at international demands for accountability and justice, and to intensify its repression of the Tamil people.
  • TNA welcomes CHOGM boycott calls - Reuters
    The Tamil National Alliance (TNA) welcomed growing calls for a boycott of the Commonwealth leaders’ summit in Sri Lanka next week.
     
    "We have taken a position that Sri Lanka is in breach of fundamental values of the Commonwealth," TNA MP M.A. Sumanthiran told Reuters.
     
  • No British business representation at CHOGM

    Britain’s Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills Michael Fallon has told the House of Commons that there will be no British business representative at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Sri Lanka.

  • Sri Lankan researchers forced to leave Tamil Nadu

    Three researchers from the Tea Board of Sri Lanka were forced to leave Tamil Nadu, after plans for protests by Tamil groups, according to the police.

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