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  1. FYI #racism #tribalism #conflict #communalism I was there just before - the #discrimination had to be felt to be believed. Noting the #Sinhalese profess to be peace loving #bhuddists. #Tamils are much darker skinned and embrace a multi faith approach to religious practice. (all are welcome) 🙏 🕊️ ⬇️ mastodon.social/@onthisday/114

  2. FYI #racism #tribalism #conflict #communalism I was there just before - the #discrimination had to be felt to be believed. Noting the #Sinhalese profess to be peace loving #bhuddists. #Tamils are much darker skinned and embrace a multi faith approach to religious practice. (all are welcome) 🙏 🕊️ ⬇️ mastodon.social/@onthisday/114

  3. FYI #racism #tribalism #conflict #communalism I was there just before - the #discrimination had to be felt to be believed. Noting the #Sinhalese profess to be peace loving #bhuddists. #Tamils are much darker skinned and embrace a multi faith approach to religious practice. (all are welcome) 🙏 🕊️ ⬇️ mastodon.social/@onthisday/114

  4. FYI I was there just before - the had to be felt to be believed. Noting the profess to be peace loving . are much darker skinned and embrace a multi faith approach to religious practice. (all are welcome) 🙏 🕊️ ⬇️ mastodon.social/@onthisday/114

  5. CW: Asylum, UK, Diego Garcia

    As though the British military occupation of Diego Garcia in the Chagos Islands wasn't shameful enough, since 2021 dozens of Tamil refugees from Sri Lanka who arrived by boat have been detained in a tiny enclosure in tents - and the UK govt says international conventions on asylum don't apply there. Our own Guantanamo Bay.

    bbc.com/news/world-68326365

    #DiegoGarcia #Tamils #AsylumUK #RefugeeLaw #AsylumLaw #InternationalHumanRights #ChagosIslands #SriLanka #BritishArmy #UKpol

  6. CW: Asylum, UK, Diego Garcia

    As though the British military occupation of Diego Garcia in the Chagos Islands wasn't shameful enough, since 2021 dozens of Tamil refugees from Sri Lanka who arrived by boat have been detained in a tiny enclosure in tents - and the UK govt says international conventions on asylum don't apply there. Our own Guantanamo Bay.

    bbc.com/news/world-68326365

    #DiegoGarcia #Tamils #AsylumUK #RefugeeLaw #AsylumLaw #InternationalHumanRights #ChagosIslands #SriLanka #BritishArmy #UKpol

  7. CW: Asylum, UK, Diego Garcia

    As though the British military occupation of Diego Garcia in the Chagos Islands wasn't shameful enough, since 2021 dozens of Tamil refugees from Sri Lanka who arrived by boat have been detained in a tiny enclosure in tents - and the UK govt says international conventions on asylum don't apply there. Our own Guantanamo Bay.

    bbc.com/news/world-68326365

    #DiegoGarcia #Tamils #AsylumUK #RefugeeLaw #AsylumLaw #InternationalHumanRights #ChagosIslands #SriLanka #BritishArmy #UKpol

  8. CW: Asylum, UK, Diego Garcia

    As though the British military occupation of Diego Garcia in the Chagos Islands wasn't shameful enough, since 2021 dozens of Tamil refugees from Sri Lanka who arrived by boat have been detained in a tiny enclosure in tents - and the UK govt says international conventions on asylum don't apply there. Our own Guantanamo Bay.

    bbc.com/news/world-68326365

    #DiegoGarcia #Tamils #AsylumUK #RefugeeLaw #AsylumLaw #InternationalHumanRights #ChagosIslands #SriLanka #BritishArmy #UKpol

  9. CW: Asylum, UK, Diego Garcia

    As though the British military occupation of Diego Garcia in the Chagos Islands wasn't shameful enough, since 2021 dozens of Tamil refugees from Sri Lanka who arrived by boat have been detained in a tiny enclosure in tents - and the UK govt says international conventions on asylum don't apply there. Our own Guantanamo Bay.

    bbc.com/news/world-68326365

    #DiegoGarcia #Tamils #AsylumUK #RefugeeLaw #AsylumLaw #InternationalHumanRights #ChagosIslands #SriLanka #BritishArmy #UKpol

  10. 🕊 Declaration of the #Tamils on the 'Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan' initiative

    The press conference was held at the Chennai Press Club in the capital of the state of Tamil Nadu, Chennai, and many Tamil organizations supported it. The press conference was held in relation to the initiative 'Freedom for Abdullah Ocalan, political solution to the Kurdish problem', which started on October 10 in more than 100 centers.

    justpaste.it/b8vcd

  11. 🕊 Declaration of the #Tamils on the 'Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan' initiative

    The press conference was held at the Chennai Press Club in the capital of the state of Tamil Nadu, Chennai, and many Tamil organizations supported it. The press conference was held in relation to the initiative 'Freedom for Abdullah Ocalan, political solution to the Kurdish problem', which started on October 10 in more than 100 centers.

    justpaste.it/b8vcd

  12. 🕊 Declaration of the #Tamils on the 'Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan' initiative

    The press conference was held at the Chennai Press Club in the capital of the state of Tamil Nadu, Chennai, and many Tamil organizations supported it. The press conference was held in relation to the initiative 'Freedom for Abdullah Ocalan, political solution to the Kurdish problem', which started on October 10 in more than 100 centers.

    justpaste.it/b8vcd

  13. 🕊 Declaration of the #Tamils on the 'Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan' initiative

    The press conference was held at the Chennai Press Club in the capital of the state of Tamil Nadu, Chennai, and many Tamil organizations supported it. The press conference was held in relation to the initiative 'Freedom for Abdullah Ocalan, political solution to the Kurdish problem', which started on October 10 in more than 100 centers.

    justpaste.it/b8vcd

  14. Tamils in Manipur: How ethnic polarisation has marooned the community again

    The Tamils fleeing Burma built their lives in Manipur, but the Meitei-Kuki conflict has forced them to pick a side or find a new home again.

    scroll.in/article/1055608/mani

    #manipur #moreh #ManipurViolence #tamils #meiteis #kukis myanmar #burma #displacement #history #histodon #india

  15. Tamils in Manipur: How ethnic polarisation has marooned the community again

    The Tamils fleeing Burma built their lives in Manipur, but the Meitei-Kuki conflict has forced them to pick a side or find a new home again.

    scroll.in/article/1055608/mani

    #manipur #moreh #ManipurViolence #tamils #meiteis #kukis myanmar #burma #displacement #history #histodon #india

  16. Tamils in Manipur: How ethnic polarisation has marooned the community again

    The Tamils fleeing Burma built their lives in Manipur, but the Meitei-Kuki conflict has forced them to pick a side or find a new home again.

    scroll.in/article/1055608/mani

    #manipur #moreh #ManipurViolence #tamils #meiteis #kukis myanmar #burma #displacement #history #histodon #india

  17. Tamils in Manipur: How ethnic polarisation has marooned the community again

    The Tamils fleeing Burma built their lives in Manipur, but the Meitei-Kuki conflict has forced them to pick a side or find a new home again.

    scroll.in/article/1055608/mani

    #manipur #moreh #ManipurViolence #tamils #meiteis #kukis myanmar #burma #displacement #history #histodon #india

  18. Tamils in Manipur: How ethnic polarisation has marooned the community again

    The Tamils fleeing Burma built their lives in Manipur, but the Meitei-Kuki conflict has forced them to pick a side or find a new home again.

    scroll.in/article/1055608/mani

    #manipur #moreh #ManipurViolence #tamils #meiteis #kukis myanmar #burma #displacement #history #histodon #india

  19. Mass grave found in North-East Sri Lanka; Tamils demand international investigation

    A shutdown was carried out across the North-East yesterday as Tamils across the homeland demand for an international investigation into the Kokkuthodavai mass grave.

    The mass grave was discovered on June 29th by construction workers from the National Water Supply and Drainage Board prompting excavation efforts.

    #SriLanka #mullaitivu #kokkuthoduvai #SriLankanMassGraves #MassGrave #TamilGenocide #history #SinhalaNationalism #HumanRights #tamils #eelam #india

    tamilguardian.com/content/shut

  20. Mass grave found in North-East Sri Lanka; Tamils demand international investigation

    A shutdown was carried out across the North-East yesterday as Tamils across the homeland demand for an international investigation into the Kokkuthodavai mass grave.

    The mass grave was discovered on June 29th by construction workers from the National Water Supply and Drainage Board prompting excavation efforts.

    #SriLanka #mullaitivu #kokkuthoduvai #SriLankanMassGraves #MassGrave #TamilGenocide #history #SinhalaNationalism #HumanRights #tamils #eelam #india

    tamilguardian.com/content/shut

  21. Mass grave found in North-East Sri Lanka; Tamils demand international investigation

    A shutdown was carried out across the North-East yesterday as Tamils across the homeland demand for an international investigation into the Kokkuthodavai mass grave.

    The mass grave was discovered on June 29th by construction workers from the National Water Supply and Drainage Board prompting excavation efforts.

    #SriLanka #mullaitivu #kokkuthoduvai #SriLankanMassGraves #MassGrave #TamilGenocide #history #SinhalaNationalism #HumanRights #tamils #eelam #india

    tamilguardian.com/content/shut

  22. Mass grave found in North-East Sri Lanka; Tamils demand international investigation

    A shutdown was carried out across the North-East yesterday as Tamils across the homeland demand for an international investigation into the Kokkuthodavai mass grave.

    The mass grave was discovered on June 29th by construction workers from the National Water Supply and Drainage Board prompting excavation efforts.

    #SriLanka #mullaitivu #kokkuthoduvai #SriLankanMassGraves #MassGrave #TamilGenocide #history #SinhalaNationalism #HumanRights #tamils #eelam #india

    tamilguardian.com/content/shut

  23. Ethnic tensions between the mainly Buddhist Sinhalese and the largely Hindu and Christian Tamil minority led to the war.
    What are Black July massacres that triggered Sri Lanka’s 26-year civil war?
  24. Ethnic tensions between the mainly Buddhist Sinhalese and the largely Hindu and Christian Tamil minority led to the war.
    What are Black July massacres that triggered Sri Lanka’s 26-year civil war?
  25. Ethnic tensions between the mainly Buddhist Sinhalese and the largely Hindu and Christian Tamil minority led to the war.
    What are Black July massacres that triggered Sri Lanka’s 26-year civil war?
  26. Ethnic tensions between the mainly Buddhist Sinhalese and the largely Hindu and Christian Tamil minority led to the war.
    What are Black July massacres that triggered Sri Lanka’s 26-year civil war?
  27. Sri Lankan government should 'stop stalling' and investigate human rights violations

    Human Rights Watch (HRW) told the Sri Lankan government to "stop stalling and fulfill its obligation to investigate and prosecute the grave violations for which many people still suffer" in a statement marking 14 years since the Tamil genocide.

    #SriLanka #eelam #TamilGenocide #genocide #majoritarianism #history #SinhalaRacism #tamils #HumanRights #HRW

    tamilguardian.com/content/sri-

  28. Sri Lankan government should 'stop stalling' and investigate human

    Human Rights Watch (HRW) told the Sri Lankan government to "stop stalling and fulfill its obligation to investigate and prosecute the grave violations for which many people still suffer" in a statement marking 14 years since the Tamil genocide.

    #SriLanka #eelam #TamilGenocide #genocide #majoritarianism #history #SinhalaRacism #tamils #HumanRights #HRW

    tamilguardian.com/content/sri-

  29. Sri Lankan government should 'stop stalling' and investigate human rights violations

    Human Rights Watch (HRW) told the Sri Lankan government to "stop stalling and fulfill its obligation to investigate and prosecute the grave violations for which many people still suffer" in a statement marking 14 years since the Tamil genocide.

    #SriLanka #eelam #TamilGenocide #genocide #majoritarianism #history #SinhalaRacism #tamils #HumanRights #HRW

    tamilguardian.com/content/sri-

  30. Sri Lankan government should 'stop stalling' and investigate human rights violations

    Human Rights Watch (HRW) told the Sri Lankan government to "stop stalling and fulfill its obligation to investigate and prosecute the grave violations for which many people still suffer" in a statement marking 14 years since the Tamil genocide.

    #SriLanka #eelam #TamilGenocide #genocide #majoritarianism #history #SinhalaRacism #tamils #HumanRights #HRW

    tamilguardian.com/content/sri-

  31. The bankrupt country says it will reduce army personnel to 135,000 by next year and 100,000 by 2030.
    Sri Lanka to slash military by a third to cut costs
  32. The bankrupt country says it will reduce army personnel to 135,000 by next year and 100,000 by 2030.
    Sri Lanka to slash military by a third to cut costs
  33. The bankrupt country says it will reduce army personnel to 135,000 by next year and 100,000 by 2030.
    Sri Lanka to slash military by a third to cut costs
  34. The bankrupt country says it will reduce army personnel to 135,000 by next year and 100,000 by 2030.
    Sri Lanka to slash military by a third to cut costs
  35. The current crisis is a second blow to the Tamil population, already ravaged by the civil war's final offensive.
    Photos: War-ravaged Sri Lankan Tamils suffer amid economic crisis
  36. It was the first-ever public event on the island where mostly majority ethnic Sinhalese memorialised the minority group.
    Sri Lankans honour Tamil victims of civil war after 13 years
  37. It was the first-ever public event on the island where mostly majority ethnic Sinhalese memorialised the minority group.
    Sri Lankans honour Tamil victims of civil war after 13 years
  38. Sri Lanka amends Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) but opposition says the changes will not stop abuses under the law.
    US asks Sri Lanka to stop terror law detentions, improve rights
  39. Sri Lanka amends Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) but opposition says the changes will not stop abuses under the law.
    US asks Sri Lanka to stop terror law detentions, improve rights
  40. President promises rights reforms and 'justice' for missing people after years of resisting calls for such measures.
    Sri Lanka leader vows to fix ‘misconceptions’ over rights record
  41. President promises rights reforms and 'justice' for missing people after years of resisting calls for such measures.
    Sri Lanka leader vows to fix ‘misconceptions’ over rights record