Mentions:
1: Anne McLaughlin (SNP - Glasgow North East) But all these years on, they are still at large, unlike the nearly 18,000 Tamils who went missing and - Speech Link
2: Elliot Colburn (Con - Carshalton and Wallington) As chair of the all-party parliamentary group for Tamils, may I ask my right hon. - Speech Link
3: Catherine West (Lab - Hornsey and Wood Green) Will the Minister outline what steps she is taking to support the Tamils’ calls for justice, including - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Martyn Day (SNP - Linlithgow and East Falkirk) I am also grateful to the British Tamils Forum, which plays a key role in supporting the APPG and has - Speech Link
2: Martyn Day (SNP - Linlithgow and East Falkirk) Ultimately, there must be a right to self-determination for the Tamils. - Speech Link
3: Maria Miller (Con - Basingstoke) The first step must be to end all discrimination against Tamils in Sri Lanka. - Speech Link
4: Siobhain McDonagh (Lab - Mitcham and Morden) Let us show Sri Lankans and Tamils something different. - Speech Link
Found: Sri Lankan Tamils and human rights
Mentions:
1: John McDonnell (Lab - Hayes and Harlington) I have campaigned with others across the House with regard to Sri Lanka and the persecution of the Tamils - Speech Link
Asked by: Andrew Rosindell (Conservative - Romford)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the purported persecution of the Tamil population in northern Sri Lanka.
Answered by Anne-Marie Trevelyan - Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
Sri Lanka is a UK human rights priority country. The UK has led, with the Core Group on Sri Lanka, international efforts to promote human rights for all communities, including through UNHRC resolution 51/1. We recommended addressing issues around the expropriation of land in the North and East during Sri Lanka's Universal Periodic Review. The UK encourages establishment of a meaningful Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Whilst visiting Sri Lanka from 10-13 October I raised issues over progress on human rights and accountability mechanisms with the government of Sri Lanka (GoSL). We welcome the GoSL commitment to address longstanding grievances of minority communities through the implementation of the 13th Amendment to the Constitution.
Jul. 13 2023
Source Page: Human Rights and Democracy Report 2022Found: disrupt Tamil commemorative events for victims of Sri Lanka’s armed conflict, and arbitrarily accused Tamils
Mentions:
1: Lisa Nandy (LAB - Wigan) For the Rohingya in Myanmar, for the Tamils in Sri Lanka and for countless others, the concern is that - Speech Link
2: John McDonnell (LAB - Hayes and Harlington) inside.I have campaigned against the Sri Lankan Administration owing to their genocidal attack on the Tamils - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Andrew Mitchell (CON - Sutton Coldfield) Member for Richmond Park spoke about the North Koreans, Tamils and Iranians in her constituency and underlined - Speech Link