Global Tamil Forum

GTF - an influential Tamil diaspora organisation absolutely committed to non-violence and seeks peace based on justice & through negotiated political solution.

[Global Tamil Forum @GTFonline]

#HimalayaDeclaration - This week's public meetings #Coexistence #Harmony #Pluralism #JustSolution Please join us in Killinochchi Monday 16 Dec 3:00PM & in Jaffna Tuesday 17 Dec 3:00PM. https://t.co/nDTHFteLSs https://t.co/3dEEJCl3EM https://t.co/jaXBN5YyGz

[Global Tamil Forum @GTFonline]

#May18 #Mullivaikkal

[Shritharan Sivagnanam @ImShritharan]

41ஆவது குமுதினிப் படுகொலை நினைவுநாள்! - 15 மே 1985

நீதி சாகாது என்று நம்பும் எங்களுக்கு,
நீதி மறுக்கப்பட்ட/ வழங்கப்படாத ஒரு துயரம் !

சிறிலங்கா கடற்படையால் குமுதினிப் படகில் நெடுந்தீவிலிருந்து பயணம் செய்த 36 தமிழர்கள் வெட்டிப் படுகொலை செய்யப்பட்டு இன்றுடன் 41 ஆண்டுகள்…
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[EliasJey @EliasJey]

#Tamils forcibly displaced for 36 Years in #Mayiliddi & #Palaly in N #SriLanka continue 3rd week of campaign demanding release of their lands: "Allow us at least to Die in our Land".
@anuradisanayake @Dr_HariniA @UN_HRC @MAFrancheUN

[LankaFiles @lankafiles]

The number of skeletons discovered at the Chemmani mass grave in northern Sri Lanka goes up to 260 with three more bodies found on Friday (8) - the 11th day of excavations in the third stage. 256 bodies have been removed from the site so far. Excavations continue.

[Prabhakaran Dilakshan @Prabhakaranlk]

செம்மணி தகவல்கள் ஒரே பார்வையில்

#செம்மணி #செம்மணிபுதைகுழி #chemmani #chemmanimassgrave #Jaffna #chemmani_massgrave_news

[ITJP @itjpsl]

Chemmani is one of dozens of mass grave sites in Sri Lanka, with many still undiscovered and many only partially investigated. Tens of thousands are believed to be buried across the island.

[Tamil Guardian @TamilGuardian]

🚨 Burnt bones and infant remains uncovered at Chemmani mass grave

Excavation activities at the Chemmani mass grave site in Jaffna continued this week, with further human remains, burnt bones and artefacts uncovered during ongoing judicially supervised operations.

According to officials at the site, four additional skeletal remains were identified during the latest phase of excavations, bringing the total number of identified skeletons at the burial ground to 259.

With the excavation of two more sets of remains, the total number of fully exhumed skeletons has now risen to 254.

[Sri Lanka Campaign @SLcampaign]

Read our joint statement with @tamilsforum raising alarm over plans to deploy Sri Lankan troops to Haiti under a UN-backed force. We are deeply concerned and urge the UN and Member States to act now before deployment is finalised.
https://t.co/40awhpV8k8

[EliasJey @EliasJey]

#BlackJuly83 #WeRemember 20y old Mahendran #Ravindra, killed 42yrs ago TODAY, near his family home in Udappola Estates by Sinhalese villager known to the family. #NoJustice in #SriLanka. Father S.Mahendran,90, mourns from Bern #Switzerland. @anuradisanayake @sulorammohan @UN_HRC

[Global Tamil Forum @GTFonline]

The passing of Venerable Wadduwe Dhammawansa Thero, who worked very closely and lovingly with Global Tamil Forum (GTF), is an unbearable loss. May he rest in peace.

[Global Tamil Forum @GTFonline]

අප සමග ඉතා සමීපව සහ ලැදිව කටයුතු කළ වාද්දුවේ ධම්මවංශ නාහිමි පාණන් වහන්සේ ගේ අපවත්වීම දරාගත නොහැකි පාඩුවකි.උන්වහන්සේ ට නිවන් සුව ලැබේවා.

[Global Tamil Forum @GTFonline]

உலகத் தமிழர் பேரவையுடன் மிகவும் நெருக்கமாகவும் அன்பாகவும் பணியாற்றிய வணக்கத்திற்குரிய வட்டுவே தம்மவன்ச தேரரின் மறைவு தாங்க முடியாத இழப்பு. அவர் ஆத்மா சாந்தியடையட்டும்.

[Maatram @MaatramSL]

தெற்காசியாவின் அறிவுக் களஞ்சியமாக போற்றப்பட்ட யாழ். பொது நூலகம் எரிக்கப்பட்டு இன்றுடன் 44 ஆண்டுகள்:

தமிழ் மக்களின் அடையாளம், அறிவு மற்றும் பண்பாடு போன்றவற்றை இல்லாதொழிக்கும் தமிழ் இன அழிப்பின் ஒரு அடையாளமே இது.

#lka #srilanka #JaffnaLibrary #JaffnaLibraryBurning

[Sri Lanka Campaign @SLcampaign]

📚 On 1 June 1981, the Jaffna Public Library was burned by a state-backed mob- 97,000+ Tamil books and manuscripts were destroyed. 44 years on, we remember this act of cultural violence and call for accountability, justice, and preservation of memory. #JaffnaLibrary #SriLanka #TamilHistory

[LankaFiles தமிழ் @LankaFilesTamil]

யாழ். நூலக ஊழியர்கள் உள்ளிட்ட பலர் இணைந்து நூலகத்தை உருவாக்குவதில் முன்னோடியான கே. சி. செல்லப்பா, 44 வருடங்களுக்கு முன் UNP அரசியல்வாதிகள் தலைமையிலான சிங்கள குழு, விலைமதிப்பற்ற நூல்கள் தீக்கிரையாக்கிய அதிர்ச்சியில் இறந்த அருட்தந்தை எச். எஸ். டேவிட் ஆகியோருக்கு அஞ்சலி செலுத்தினர்.

[Sampath Samarakoon @sampathslk]

2009 මුල්ලිවෛක්කාල් සංහාරයට මානුෂීය අර්ථකතන දීමට තටමන අය හිතන්න, මීට වසර 44කට පෙර හෙට උදාවන විට යාපනයේ රාජ්‍ය අනුග්‍රහයෙන් සිදුකළ දේ…
#srilanka #May18sl #jaffna

[M A Sumanthiran @MASumanthiran]

I am making this information public after obtaining the permission from my client:
A 75 yr old returning refugee from a camp in India after obtaining all necessary clearance from all relevant agencies and certified as a “refugee” by UNHCR and assisted by them to return, was… 1/2

[M A Sumanthiran @MASumanthiran]

The travel document issued to him was by the Dept. Of Immigration and Emigration and given to him by the SL Mission in India. Why couldn’t the immigration official who arrested him check on this then and there? Rather than hand him over to the CID and charge him in court?

[Melani Gunathilaka @melanirgk]

44 years ago the Jaffna Library was burned by mobs backed by state forces. Over 97,000 Tamil texts destroyed in this attack on Tamil identity. J.R. Jayewardene was president. Premadasa was PM. Cyril Mathew & Gamini Dissanayake were in power. #JaffnaLibrary #SriLanka #Impunity