Voice Of Canadian Tamils

A Voice for the Community By The Community (VOCT)

[LankaFiles தமிழ் @LankaFilesTamil]

ஹெய்ட்டியில் அமைதி காக்கும் நடவடிக்கைக்காக அனுப்பத் தயாராகும் 1,000 பேர் கொண்ட இலங்கை இராணுவம் மற்றும் பொலிஸார், மனித உரிமை மீறல்களுக்காக முறையாக விசாரிக்கப்பட்டார்களா என்பது குறித்து @amnesty, அரசாங்கம், ஐக்கிய நாடுகள் சபை மற்றும் பங்காளி அரசாங்கங்களிடம் கேள்வி எழுப்பியுள்ளது.

[Voice Of Canadian Tamils @VTamils]

Accountability for Navy 11Ex-Navy Commander Wasantha Karannagoda’s arrest is a pivotal step for justice in the enforced disappearance of 11 Tamil youth. Time for international oversight and real accountability.
https://t.co/JbFiVb7PPU #SriLanka #HumanRights @UNHumanRights

[Oakland Institute @oak_institute]

.@CIJ_ICJ case brought by the DRC against Rwanda underscores decades of destabilization, violence, and the systematic looting of the country's mineral wealth.

Despite @realDonaldTrump's brokered "peace" agreement, violence continues while corporations race to secure access to Congo's critical minerals:

@congofriends @Mittaloak @CongoCrisis @congodignity

[Voice Of Canadian Tamils @VTamils]

2019 குண்டுவெடிப்புக்கு உள்நாட்டுக் கைது மட்டும் போதாது. தமிழ் மக்களுக்கு எதிரான பல போர்க்காலக் கொடூரங்களுக்காக சுரேஷ் சல்லே ICC/ICJ-ல் சர்வதேச நீதியை எதிர்கொள்ள வேண்டும்
https://t.co/lgY1MS3Lv4
#SureshSallay #SriLanka #HumanRights #ICC #ICJ #JusticeForTamils #Accountability @UN

[AFN @AFN_Updates]

National Indigenous History Month is drawing to a close, but learning about our shared history so we can understand how to move forward doesn't stop now. The AFN has highlighted First Nations leaders, milestones and movements that have shaped our past and our present. Reconciliation is an ongoing journey that calls on all of us to continue learning, building respectful relationships, and taking meaningful action. There are many excellent resources to inform your journey and we encourage everyone to read, watch, listen and learn. Together, let’s move forward in a good way. #NIHM2026

[Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East @CJPME]

The Canadian Museum for Human Rights continues to face relentless attacks over its important exhibit featuring the stories of Palestinian dispossession.

It is therefore profoundly regrettable to see Minister @MarcMillerVM join the Israel lobby in undermining the work of the Museum. Although he initially declined to interfere with the Museum’s programming, Miller has recently made comments disparaging the exhibit, alleging that it has “errors” and “failures” that “must be rectified.”

This is an alarming threat to the independence of the Museum and its ability to tell human rights stories without political interference, and gives fuel to the extremist voices who want to silence Palestinians.

Join nearly 10,000 Canadians in emailing Minister Miller in support of the @CMHR_News exhibit: https://t.co/VIVpMMSIn4

[CIJ_ICJ @CIJ_ICJ]

PRESS RELEASE: #Poland, invoking Article 63 of the #ICJ Statute, filed a declaration of intervention in the case #Lithuania v. #Belarus

Link to the press release: https://t.co/a7ELmDQtmc

[LankaFiles @lankafiles]

Sri Lanka president urged to withdraw government's 'deeply troubling differential treatment' of appointing an exclusive committee and special police unit to 'Protect Lands in the Eastern Province'.

"What is needed is the political will to apply the law that already exists" CFJ

[Voice Of Canadian Tamils @VTamils]

Eelamtamil self-determination deserves the same recognition as the Inuit-Crown partnership. Lessons from Arctic sovereignty to demand Indigenous status and rights for Eelamtamils.https://t.co/bYmAwBFK0d
#SelfDetermination #IndigenousRights #tamil #CanadaFP @gary_srp @volker_turk

[Int'l Criminal Court @IntlCrimCourt]

Lawyers from around the world joined an @ICCBA_ABCPI training on 'The Role of Rule 74 Counsel' focusing on training lawyers to be duty counsel in ICC proceedings, with the participation of #ICC President Judge Tomoko Akane and ICC Judges Nicolas Guillou and Miatta Maria Samba.

[Mark Carney @MarkJCarney]

Because AI should be used safely, responsibly, and to the benefit of all Canadians.

[Voice Of Canadian Tamils @VTamils]

'அழித்தொழிப்பின் கட்டமைப்பு: அரசின் விலக்கும் தமிழீழத்திற்கான சட்டபூர்வ நியாயங்களும்' இலங்கையின் புதிய 'சங்க நீதிமன்றங்கள்', திட்டமிட்ட நில ஆக்கிரமிப்புகள் மற்றும் சைவ-தமிழ் வரலாற்று அழிப்பு🔗https://t.co/j3d11t0kTO
#Tamileelam #HumanRights #SriLanka #Decolonization #UNHRC @UN

[ITJP @itjpsl]

International rights groups call to suspend Sri Lanka military deployment to Haiti

https://t.co/y38UDaGJWA

[Voice Of Canadian Tamils @VTamils]

Beneath the Soil of Jaffna: The 30-Year Fight for the Disappeared of Chemmani.With over 405 skeletal remains now recovered, the Chemmani mass graves stand as a devastating indictment of Sri Lanka’s flawed transitional justice. @volker_turk @UNHumanRights
https://t.co/I7z8viYgIc

[Gary Anandasangaree @gary_srp]

Today in Ireland, I joined families, community members, first responders, and dignitaries to commemorate the anniversary of the Air India Flight 182 tragedy.

We remember the 329 innocent lives lost in the deadliest act of terrorism in Canadian history and honour the memory of those who never returned home.

[World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) @omctorg]

🚨 In less than 48 hours, OMCT and its local partners will present the 2026 edition of the #GlobalTortureIndex. Have you registered yet?

📊 12 new countries.
📈 A unique data-driven tool designed to assess annually the risk of torture and other ill-treatment.
🗺️ The interactive map presents scores for 39 countries, based on seven thematic pillars, and highlights systemic issues and progress to support advocacy strategies and accountability.

🎤 The event will be moderated by @DooleClaire, former BBC correspondent.
🗣️ Interpretation will be available in English, French, Spanish, Arabic, and Russian.
🗓️ Thursday, June 25, 2026.
⏰ 15:00–16:30 CEST.
💻 Online webinar.

🔗 Register now: https://t.co/PYvzQR8879

[Mark Carney @MarkJCarney]

Forty-one years ago today, the bombing of Air India Flight 182 claimed 329 innocent lives, including 268 Canadians. It remains the deadliest terrorist attack in Canada’s history.

My statement on the National Day of Remembrance for Victims of Terrorism:
https://t.co/VCZnejMUk1

[United Nations Geneva @UNGeneva]

The Independent Int'l Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory presents new report to the UN Human Rights Council.

"The evidence shows that Palestinian children have been deliberately targeted & killed by the Israeli security forces."

https://t.co/vMARqOLxpC

[ITJP @itjpsl]

In the mid-2000s, Sri Lankan peacekeepers stationed in Haiti were implicated in multiple cases of abuse, including the sexual exploitation and abuse of minors.

While individual cases vary, the broader concern raised by human rights organisations is not only about what happened, but about the systems that allowed it to occur, and the lack of meaningful criminal accountability that followed.

[United Nations @UN]

Women played a vital role in the drafting and adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

On Wednesday’s #WomenInDiplomacy Day, discover some of their stories and join us in honouring their legacy in advancing human rights and gender equality: https://t.co/O1XYGW6QlA