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Fundraiser: Mullivaikkal Art Exhibition

On the 15th year anniversary of Mullivaikkal, YRS and Tamil Solidarity will be hosting an exhibition in South London on 11th and 12th May. We will be honouring and remembering 150,000+ lives lost in the [...]
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Resolution on Sri Lankan presidential election -Agreed at the Tamil Solidarity AGM 2024

Resolution on Sri Lankan presidential election -AGM 2024 No support for any racist or right-wing parties. Neither the democratic demands of the Tamils nor the broader interests of the working class of all ethnicities are [...]
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Tamil Solidarity protests against 76 years of repression

The Sri Lankan government celebrated its ‘Independence Day’ in its usual manner – by repressing peaceful protesters and infringing upon the rights of the Tamil-speaking people. Tamil Solidarity has been organising protests outside the Sri [...]
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YRS hosts educational session at SOAS in collaboration with SOAS Palestine Society and SOAS Tamil Society

YRS hosts educational session at SOAS in collaboration with SOAS Palestine Society and SOAS Tamil Society From Eelam to Palestine: united by struggle, bound by solidarity. Report by Rithiga (YRS) On 23 November 2023, Young [...]
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Tamil Solidarity sends its solidarity with the plight of the Palestinians.

We condemn the war by the Israel state on Gaza and demand an immediate ceasefire. Our members took part in the mass demonstration on the 21st October in London. Hundreds of thousands of people poured [...]

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Solidarity Day 30th September London

September 7, 2023 admin
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End profiteering in the asylum system

July 26, 2023 admin

“Lawyers charging up to £10,000 to make fake asylum claims”, was the Daily Mail headline on 25 July. Has the newspaper that cheerleads the Tories’ racist attacks on people’s right to claim asylum, imprison innocent people on a barge, and [...]
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Sri Lankan government organise police attack on remembrance of 1983 pogroms

July 25, 2023 senan

A remembrance event for the July 1983 pogroms, which was organized in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on Sunday, July 23, was attacked and forcibly stopped by the police. The 1983 pogrom against Tamils are regarded as a significant turning point in [...]
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Rwanda Plan was unlawful – Ruled by Court.

July 4, 2023 Lawanya Chandra Ramayejam

On the 29th of June, Court of Appeal judges ruled that it is unlawful to send asylum seekers to Rwanda, and Rwanda cannot be treated as a safe third country. The scheme of sending refugees to Rwanda was announced by [...]
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Unleashing Her Radical Potential: A Compelling Read

June 20, 2023 senan

Radicalizing Her: WHY WOMEN CHOOSE VIOLENCE by Nimmi Gowrinathan, published in 2021 by Beacon Press. Reviewed by: TU Senan To deny history is to effectively destroy people, commented George Orwell once. In the aftermath of 2009 in Sri Lanka, [...]

Resolution on Sri Lankan presidential election -Agreed at the Tamil Solidarity AGM 2024

April 12, 2024

Resolution on Sri Lankan presidential election -AGM 2024 No support for any racist or right-wing parties. Neither the democratic demands of the Tamils nor the broader interests of the working class of all ethnicities are […]

YRS hosts educational session at SOAS in collaboration with SOAS Palestine Society and SOAS Tamil Society

December 12, 2023

YRS hosts educational session at SOAS in collaboration with SOAS Palestine Society and SOAS Tamil Society From Eelam to Palestine: united by struggle, bound by solidarity. Report by Rithiga (YRS) On 23 November 2023, Young […]

Stop the Israel-Gaza war!

October 10, 2023

Author: Judy Beishon, International Secretariat-CWI The images from Israel and the Gaza Strip are horrific. Many hundreds of civilians are dead on both sides. The unprecedented attacks by Hamas inside Israel followed the escalation policy […]

Solidarity Day 2023

October 4, 2023

Solidarity Day 2023, an annual event organised by Tamil Solidarity took place on 30th September in London. The event consisted of two sessions, and everyone actively engaged in these discussions. The first session was about […]

Tamil refugees on Diego Garcia win fight against forcible return to Sri Lanka

September 26, 2023

British territory’s commissioner withdraws decision after supreme court challenge A group of Tamil asylum seekers stranded on a tiny British territory in the Indian Ocean have won their fight against being forcibly returned to Sri Lanka after […]

Tamil Solidarity calls for an immediate end to all racist attacks. Protest Wednesday 20th September 3.00 PM

September 18, 2023

Tamil Solidarity strongly condemns the racist attack on the remembrance march and a Tamil MP. A small march from the east to the north was organized in memory of Thileepan, who died on September 26th, […]

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