Anti-Terror Laws used against Tamils
News about the Tamil community
In Dublin on the 16th January 2010, the Peoples' Tribunal gave its preliminary findings on the war in Sri Lanka and its aftermath.
6.30pm Wednesday 28 October 2009, Committee Room 12, House of Commons, Westminster, SW1 (St Stephens entrance)
Hosted by Siobhain McDonagh MP & Joan Ryan MP
Speakers include: Matt Foot, solicitor; Gareth Peirce, human rights lawyer, Jan Jananayagam, spokesperson for “Tamils Against Genocide”; Les Levidow, CAMPACC; Hyrbyair Marri, Baloch leader; Kazim Aqpak, Kurdish Federation UK
"We wish to place before your esteemed honours our report on the violations of human rights and denial of fundamental freedoms perpetrated on innocent Tamil civilians in the North and East due to long years of war and military occupation. The human rights situation has been deteriorating there for many decades. Cultural and mandated genocide, multiple displacements and impunity are all very serious problems."
Background to the current Tamil protests against the actions of the Sri Lankan government that have led to the deaths of many thousands.
Reports and speeches from a public meeting in Parliament on the purpose and continuing effects of the Terrorism Act 2000 in proscribing 'terrorist organisations'.
The following CAMPACC paper analyses the effect of the ban on the conflict:
Anti-Terror Laws in the War Against Tamils
from the seminar on ‘Ethnic Conflict in Sri Lanka’ held on 22-23 March 2008 in London organised by Global Peace Support Group, UK.
New CAMPACC briefing on The Tamils of Sri Lanka - oppressed at home and persecuted in the UK (Dec 2010)