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Joint New Year Message from Tamil Organizations and Entities World-wide, Supporting Tamils in Sri Lanka
January 01, 2012
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On this New Year’s Day, January 1, 2012, the Tamil organizations around the world pledge their renewed commitment to work together to bring justice and peace to our Tamil people living in the island of Sri Lanka. We also pledge to lend our support and assistance to any organizations or entities that work for the rights of the Tamils living in the island. [READ MORE]
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USTPAC Dismayed at Flawed Domestic Inquiry in Sri Lanka: Urgent International Investigation Need of the Hour
December 18, 2011
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The United States Tamil Political Action Council (USTPAC) finds the report of Sri Lanka's domestic inquiry into alleged war crimes deeply flawed and urges the implementation of UN Panel of Experts’ recommendations by creating an international investigative mechanism. [READ MORE]
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Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) and the UN Secretary-General’s Panel of Experts Report on Accountability in Sri Lanka - [Joint statement by Tamil Diaspora]
28 November 2011
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Your Permanent Mission recently received a letter from the Government of Sri Lanka concerning the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) report, a letter which unfortunately we believe is not fully accurate and requires some clarification. The Government announced that on 20 November 2011 it received the report of the LLRC. The LLRC report, which comes after delays, represents the Government of Sri Lanka’s response to the documented abuses and atrocities committed during the 2009 war, and the period of conflict from 2002-2009. The LLRC is an attempt to fulfill the Government’s obligations under international law and its commitments in the joint communiqué with the UN Secretary-General. [READ MORE]
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USTPAC Appeals to Saudi King to Pardon Sri Lankan Rizana Nafeek from Execution
Washington, DC (PRWEB) July 30, 2011
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USTPAC today sent an urgent request to the King of Saudi Arabia requesting clemency for the Tamil-speaking Sri Lankan maid sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia. In a letter to the King which was sent via the Saudi Embassy in Washington DC, the president of USTPAC, Dr. Elias Jeyarajah urged the king to show compassion for Ms. Nafeek for the alleged crime committed when she was still a minor, an appeal also made by Amnesty International in MDE 23/026/2007 and Human Rights Watch on October 26, 2010, since Saudi Arabia is a signatory to the Convention on the Rights of the Child. [READ MORE]
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USTPAC Commends Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on passage of Historic Resolution by the Tamil Nadu Government
Washington, DC (PRWEB) June 22, 2011
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United States Tamil Political Action Council (USTPAC) welcomes the resolution passed in the Tamil Nadu Assembly calling for the UN to investigate the war crimes and crimes against humanity committed by the Sri Lankan armed forces against Tamils in NorthEast Sri Lanka. The historic resolution also called for economic sanctions to be imposed against Sri Lanka until Tamils receive their due rights.
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