by Rajasingham Jayadevan
(May 14, London, Sri Lanka Guardian) I was privileged to attend a series of meetings of some of the leading Tamil groups campaigning for justice for the Tamil people in the genocidal war against them in Sri Lanka.
It was with humility I witnessed the contributions of the parties coming together from diverse political opinions and internecine conflicts of the past.
There was common sense of feeling that the government of Mahinda Rajapakse has used unlimited force of the state against international humanitarian and human rights laws to perpetrate genocide against the Tamil people in his war efforts to liquidate the LTTE.
The engagements were very transparent and issues critical of the warring parties were discussed and it was strongly felt that diaspora Tamils must come together to engage in the campaign to strengthen the war crimes efforts of the international community against Sri Lanka.
The denial spree Sri Lanka government is all out to hide the truth of the war and it was felt that the government is now waging a war against the diaspora Tamils to brand them as ‘LTTE rumps’ and introducing immigration controls to disconnect the Tamils in Sri Lanka and those evicted from the country during the decades old war.
Wider consensus was reached to declare 12th May 2011 to 19th May 2011 as remembrance week. It was agreed, this week must be declared a ‘Week of Genocide against the Tamils’. There was consensus to annualise this equating to the Jewish Holocaust remembrance.
According to the programme, there will be week long remembrance events and religious services and mass campaign throughout the week and on the 18th and 19th May 2011, there will be public meetings to remember all the Tamils who have died in the state backed anti-Tamil riots since independence from Britain and those killed in the decades old war.
The mass protest organised by the British Tamil Forum (BTF) at the Trafalgar Square on the 18th May 2011 is unanimously backed by all the Tamil groups and it was agreed to give practical support to uplift the spirit of the event.
A steering committee formed to help carryout the awareness campaign will hold a inter religious faith meeting on the 19th May 2011 in Central London to be attended by many religious ministers and leading speakers.
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