Exercising their right of free expression, 67 registered social welfare organisations of diaspora Tamils in France, took a pioneering democratic step of secret ballot on Saturday, 18 April, and unanimously declared support to the independence war of Eelam Tamils in the island of Sri Lanka, said Ki Pi Aravinthan in Paris to TamilNet.

More than 30,000 supporters of the Tamil community in Sri Lanka gathered Tuesday April 21 for a massive demonstration on Parliament Hill - the continuation of a two-week protest calling for sanctions against Sri Lanka for its handling of a decades-long civil war against Tamil rebels.

Tamil Nadu chief minister and DMK president Muthuvel Karunanidhi said he believed Sri Lankan president Rajapakse would keep his word and not resume combat operations against Tamil Tigers, despite the Sri Lankan military declaring there is no ceasefire in place.

Thousands of Tamils from all over Germany demonstrated in Berlin Friday 24 April in the latest of a series of protests worldwide against the ongoing violence in their home country.

The West wants the Tamils to make it easy and forget the genocide.

Recent statements from international actors are indicating that In the United States there may be a change of policy in the making in relation to the Sri Lankan conflict whilst the other countries continue their policy of support for the state no matter what.

Canada’s Foreign Affairs Minister Lawrence Cannon has called for an immediate ceasefire and wants to "engage the United Nations as fast as possible" to find a peaceful solution to the decades old conflict. The announcement comes amidst continued Tamil protests that have severely disrupted the traffic in downtown Ottawa.

Responding to the spontaneous protests staged by Tamils in Norway demanding an immediate ceasefire in Sri Lanka, Norwegian international development minister Erik Solheim has said that he ‘cannot cause miracles’.

Majority of people in Tamil Nadu want the Indian government to support the LTTE in Sri Lanka, according to an opinion poll.

As India gears up for general elections, the plight of Eelam Tamils is taking center stage in the election scene in Tamil Nadu for the first time in several years with all major political parties, including ruling DMK, main opposition AIADMK, Congress, BJP PMK, MDMK, CPI(M) and CPI, saying that the Eelam Tamils issue will figure prominently during the election campaign.

SLA extensively used chemical weapons on LTTE combatants at Puthukkudiyiruppu (PTK) during the weekend, according to Lawrence, a senior commander of the LTTE, who personally encountered the attack and escaped, LTTE sources told TamilNet Tuesday, April 7.

Sri Lanka's government finances had been busted in 2008 with revenues 95 billion rupees below target, 118 billion rupees being printed by the central bank, while foreign financing turned negative, a local media reported citing the latest official data show.

SLA soldiers forcibly took away 76 Tamils from two detention camps in Jaffna district where civilians fleeing war in Vanni were held, according to local sources.

Tamils across the Diaspora took to the streets in unprecedented numbers calling for an immediate end to the Sri Lankan government’s war efforts that are now targeting the estimated 300,000 civilians in the safe zone. Meanwhile, sit in protests have continued unabated, some since Monday 6 April. Also continuing are hunger strikes by Tamil Diaspora members, concerned about the plight of their relatives in the Sri Lankan government declared safe zone.