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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. 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

  4. 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

  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. 🕊 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

  9. 🕊 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

  10. 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

  11. 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

  12. 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

  13. 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

  14. 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?
  15. 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?
  16. 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-

  17. 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-

  18. 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
  19. 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
  20. 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
  21. 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
  22. 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
  23. 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
  24. Relatives forced out of cemeteries as they attempted to light lamps at graves of loved ones who died in the conflict.
    Sri Lankan troops break up Tamil remembrance of civil war dead
  25. Probe against Admiral Wasantha Karannagoda highlighted extrajudicial killings during the nation's 37-year ethnic war.
    Sri Lanka drops charges against ex-navy chief over 11 killings
  26. Opposition legislator Selvarajah Kajendran arrested for remembering rebel who died campaigning for minority community.
    Sri Lanka arrests Tamil MP for commemorating separatist rebel
  27. At least 29 refugees tried to take their own lives last month to protest their detention at a camp in Tamil Nadu state.
    Why Sri Lankan Tamil refugees in India attempted mass suicide
  28. International Truth and Justice Project report says 15 Tamils were beaten, burned, suffocated and sexually assaulted.
    Sri Lanka’s political detainees tortured in custody: Rights group
  29. President pardons 16 men as island nation faces UN pressure over detentions without charge under an anti-terrorism law. Sri Lanka pardons suspected Tamil Tigers convicted of terrorism
  30. Efforts to ensure justice for victims have failed, Michelle Bachelet says while introducing her report on Sri Lanka.
    Justice has failed Sri Lanka civil war victims: UNHCR
  31. RT @[email protected]

    Happy independence day, #Sinhala people of #SriLanka.
    #Tamils of Sri Lanka: you have been abandoned by both Sri Lanka and #India (with the #CAA). You need to find a country to live in and call your own.

    🐦🔗: twitter.com/RKRadhakrishn/stat

  32. The @[email protected] MP Balasubramoniyan asks govt to include Tamils and Muslims in the #CitizenshipAmendmentBill2019. But, even without that they will support the Bill.
    How spineless! How are they representing #Tamils? #TamilsAreNotHindu