They were seeking to protect themselves from discrimination at the hands of the ethnic Sinhalese majority. All Rights Reserved.Sri Lankan activists are meeting senior British politicians in London at the start of a new campaign for an ethnic group crushed in the country's bitter civil war.įoreign Secretary David Miliband and his shadow counterpart William Hague are among the MPs in what is a cross-party sign of support for Tamil attempts for recognition following the bloody end to the conflict last year.įor decades, the Tamil Tigers fought a separatist war in Sri Lanka in the hope of creating an independent homeland for Tamils. Representing the aspirations and hopes of the Tamil people.Ĭopyright © 1997 Eelam House. Today, the LTTE has evolved into a military and political organisation Resistance of the Tamil people to Sri Lankan rule is lawful and just. International Law recognises that the armed With all democratic ways to achieve equality having failed repeatedly,Īn armed struggle for self-determination began, led by the Liberation Tigers Oath that they would not seek a separate state. The Sri Lankan government forced all elected MPs to take an The Tamil call for independence was met by island wide anti-Tamil Referendum the Tamil speaking people voted overwhelmingly in favour of The Tamil people to launch a national campaign to establish the Independence on the basis of the Tamil nation's right to self-Īt the general elections of 1977, the TULF demanded a clear mandate from In 1977, the Tamil United Liberationįront resolved in its Vaddukoddai Resolution to campaign for political Thousands moreĪs the Tamil people sense of helplessness deepened, Tamil politiciansĪdvocated a separate Tamil state. Security forces, has claimed thousands of Tamil lives. Wiping out Tamil villages and replacing them with Sinhala settlements.Īnti-Tamil rioting, with the active participation of the Sri Lankan Sinhala colonisation of traditional Tamil areas was started in theįifties, and was intensified in the eighties with the security forces The securityįorces have been responsible for and continue to carry out human rightsĪbuses and atrocities against Tamil civilians on a genocidal scale. Lankan security forces are almost exclusively Sinhalese. Recruitment of Tamils into the security forces was restricted. The educational structures were altered to restrict These included making Sinhala, instead of English, the only official
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The Sinhala state's oppression of the Tamil people began in variousįorms almost immediately, attacking everything that defined the TamilsĪ series of laws that discriminated against Tamils were implemented. Island to a Sinhalese government, based in Colombo, which renamed the Gave Ceylon independence in 1948, handing over control of the entire Nations into a single entity with its capital in Colombo.
The island, the Tamil Kingdom in the north and the Sinhala kingdom inįor ease of administration, the British amalgamated the two distinct Of sovereignty and the concept of effectiveness.īefore a succession of western nations (including the Portuguese, DutchĪnd the British) ruled the island, there were two distinct kingdoms on Justified in terms of international law under the concept of reversion Right of a people to political independence.Īpart from the right to self determination, the Tamil Eelam may also be Universal principle enshrined in the U.N. The Tamil people call their nation 'Tamil Eelam'.Īs a nation, Tamils have the inalienable right to self-determination, a They form a socialĮntity, with their own history, traditions, culture, language and The Tamil people of the island of Ceylon (now called Sri Lanka)Ĭonstitute a distinct nation. In addition if he is a Member of parliament, he loses the seat. the right to engage in any trade or profession. 'No person shall directly or indirectly, in or outside Sri Lanka, support, espouse, promote, finance, encourage or advocate the establishment of a separate State withinĪnyone who contravenes that provision becomes liable to the imposition of civic disability for upto 7 years, the forfeiture of his movable and immovable property.
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