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TGTE Urges UN General Assembly to Create an Int'l Independent Mechanism to Bolster Sri Lankan Int'l Crimes Investigation
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September 27, 2018
RESPONSE TO SRI LANKAN PRESIDENT'S REQUEST TO THE UN TO APPROVE HIS "PLAYBOOK FOR IMPUNITY" UNITED NATIONS, NEW YORK, USA, September 27, 2018 /EINPresswire.com/ -- The Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam (TGTE) released today its response...
Hundreds Protest Against Sri Lankan President at UN: Shouting Where are our Babies who surrendered? TGTE
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September 25, 2018
"These Babies Surrendered along with their families at the end of the war in May 2009, when Sri Lankan President was acting as Defense Minister" UNITED NATIONS, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, September 25, 2018 /EINPresswire.com/ --...
Hundreds Protest Against Sri Lankan President at UN: Shouting Where are our Babies who surrendered? TGTE
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September 25, 2018
These Babies Surrendered along with their families at the end of the war in May 2009, when Sri Lankan President was acting as Defense Minister. UNITED NATIONS, NEW YORK, September 25, 2018 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Hundreds demonstrated outside...
Memo to Sri Lanka Office of Missing Persons (OMP) By Tamil Mothers of Disappeared About Why They Lack Confidence In OMP
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July 16, 2018
We search our loved ones- including several babies, girls and children - whom we personally handed over to Sri Lankan forces at the end of war in May 2019 JAFFNA , SRI LANKA, July 16, 2018 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Memorandum to the Office of...
TGTE Applauds Northern Provincial Council’s Resolution on Sri Lanka Referral to the ICC and a Referendum
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September 12, 2018
"Tamils faced atrocities simply because they were born as Tamils" COLOMBO, SRI LANKA, September 12, 2018 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam (TGTE) applauds Sri Lanka’s Northern Provincial Council for passing a...
Sri Lanka: Justice to Tamils Denied again
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March 23, 2017
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND, March 23, 2017 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Tamils world over are dejected, disillusioned and feel betrayed by the acts of denial of justice by The Human Rights Council once again. The new resolution has given a two year time frame...
Plight of Sri Lanka’s Tamil Disappeared Must be Brought Before the UN Committee on Enforced Disappearances: TGTE
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August 27, 2018
According to the UN, Sri Lanka ranked the second highest number of disappeared in the world. This include several Babies, Children and Girls. UNITED NATIONS, NEW YORK, USA, August 27, 2018 /EINPresswire.com/ -- As the world remembers the...
Sri Lankan Government Fails on Promises of Resettlement, Demilitarization, and Reconciliation
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March 20, 2017
OAKLAND, CA, USA, March 19, 2017 /EINPresswire.com/ -- As the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) meets to discuss transitional justice and human rights in post-war Sri Lanka, a new report from the Oakland Institute, Justice Denied,...
Sri Lanka’s “Midnight Justice” Reinforces the Need for International Judges : TGTE
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January 5, 2017
Urged to Refer Sri Lanka to the UN General Assembly similar to the Referral of North Korea CHENNAI, INDIA, January 5, 2017 /EINPresswire.com/ -- On 24 December 2016, a Sri Lankan court acquitted all of the defendants charged with the assassination...
VitalHub Announces Rebranding and Launch of Sri Lanka Innovations Lab
GlobeNewswire, Inc.
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October 10, 2018
TORONTO, Oct. 10, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- VitalHub Corp. (the “Company”) (TSXV: VHI) is pleased to announce the rebranding and launch of its innovation lab in Sri Lanka, “VitalHub Innovations Lab.” (www.vitalhub.lk) VitalHub Innovations Lab...
South and Central Asia: Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Alice Wells Travels to Maldives and Sri Lanka
U.S. Department of State
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October 7, 2018
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs Alice Wells will travel to Malé, Maldives and Colombo, Sri Lanka from October 9-11. Ambassador Wells will reiterate the strong U.S. commitment to our...
In Sri Lanka, Bosnian-style Ethnic Separation is Way Forward for Peace; Need Help from US, EU and India:Tamils for Trump
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August 8, 2018
If Sri Lanka declines to acknowledge compromise for Bosnian-style ethnic separation, partition will be the defaulted answer for Tamils. NEW YORK, NEW YORK, USA, August 8, 2018 /EINPresswire.com/ -- In Sri Lanka, Bosnian-style Ethnic Separation...
Sri Lanka’s Mangala Samaraweera is a Scammer. The UNHRC and High Commissioner Hussein Should Not Trust Him.
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February 14, 2017
"The world is watching the credibility of the UNHRC. If the UNHRC fails to give justice, everyone in the grieved world, search for justice by taking arms" NEW YORK, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES, February 14, 2017 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Current Sri...
President of Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, H.E. Mr. Maithripala Sirisena on Official Visit to Seychelles next week
African Press Organization
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October 2, 2018
Download logo The President of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, H.E Mr. Maithripala Sirisena will be arriving in Seychelles next week (8th to 10th October, 2018) on his first State Visit. He will be accompanied by his wife and a...
PRESIDENT OF CONVENTION ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS, SRI LANKA, MUST COME CLEAN ON PAST USE
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September 27, 2018
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA, September 27, 2018 /EINPresswire.com/ -- As the new President of the Convention on Cluster Munitions, Sri Lanka must explain why de-miners have repeatedly found cluster remnants in the 2009 war zone, given the ongoing...
Sri Lanka’s Accountability: Justice or Show Trials? UK Parliament event by TGTE
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November 30, 2016
Discussion on UNHRC Resolution 30/1 and Permanent Solution for Tamils in Sri Lanka” Sri Lanka’s Accountability CHENNAI, INDIA, December 1, 2016 /EINPresswire.com/ -- “Discussion on UN Human Rights Council Resolution 30/1 and Permanent Solution for...
Diplomats from 53 Nations Unite at U.S. Congress for High-Level Briefing on Diplomacy, Global Security and Cooperation
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May 19, 2025
Global leaders reunite at Annual Congressional Briefing on “Diplomacy and Global Leadership: Strengthening Security and Cooperation in a Changing World." WASHINGTON, DC, UNITED STATES, May 19, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- In a rare and powerful...
Sri Lanka continues to sting the International Community on Human Rights: TGTE
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November 19, 2016
Former head of a notorious Unit involved in torture was part of the Sri Lankan delegation to the UN Committee Against Torture (UNCAT) GENEVA, SWITZERLAND, November 18, 2016 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Former head of a notorious Unit involved in torture...
UN urged to Ensure the Safety of Tamil Mothers of the Disappeared after they Return to Sri Lanka from UNHRC: TGTE
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July 5, 2018
Several Sri Lankan security force officers and Military Intelligence threatened and abused the Mothers. One mother fainted and admitted to Geneva Hospital GENEVA, SWITZERLAND, July 6, 2018 /EINPresswire.com/ -- An urgent appeal was made to the...
UN Human Rights Council Urged to Remove Sri Lankan Ambassador from Leading Social Forum: TGTE
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June 26, 2018
Choosing Sri Lankan Ambassador to lead the 2018 Social Forum is an affront to the Human Rights Council and a snub to the Human Rights norms in general GENEVA, SWITZERLAND, June 26, 2018 /EINPresswire.com/ -- In an urgent appeal to the President...