An advert in The Herald alerted readers that Sri Lankan president Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who stands credibly accused of war crimes, was in Glasgow today for the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP26. 

Sri Lanka’s president said farmers on the island had “grown accustomed to overusing fertilizer as an easy means of increasing yields,” as he doubled down on a policy that has sparked protests amongst Tamil and Sinhala farmers.

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.

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. 

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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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.

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A Tamil man who survived torture by the Sri Lankan security forces before fleeing to Scotland earlier this year, has accused Police Scotland of backing a regime responsible for human rights violations in a piece published in the Sunday Post today.

Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has doubled down on a directive issued to players not to ‘take the knee’ in support of the Black Lives Matter, despite several other sports team routinely making the gesture including in the current T20 Cricket World Cup.