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One year after being forced to shelve a heavily condemned regulation targeting dissent, the Sri Lankan government has now devised a new plan to legalise its ongoing crackdown. The latest move is to adopt new laws to rehabilitate ‘ex-combatants, members [...]
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On the day of the International Monetary Fund (IMF)-led ‘interim budget’ announcement for Sri Lanka, thousands of protesters were brutally attacked in the streets of the capital, Colombo. Over 22 were arrested and are being held without charge. It was [...]
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Prasad Welikumbura, United Socialist Party (CWI in Sri Lanka) On the 18th of August the newly appointed president of Sri Lanka unleashed a brutal attack on a demonstration in Colombo organised by the Inter-University Students Federation (IUSF). The IUSF played [...]
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We in Tamil Solidarity strongly condemn the arrest of the Aragalaya protestors by the Sri Lankan police on fictitious charges. This is a direct threat to and intimidation of peaceful protestors whose only form of expression is the Aragalaya. The [...]
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The Sri Lankan Parliament has never represented the interests of Tamils. The current president is using Parliament to unleash brutal attacks against the people. The military is being used once again by the Sri Lankan government to attack the people. [...]
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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 […]
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 […]
Stop the Israel-Gaza war!
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
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
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
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, […]