The Global Tamil Forum views the parliamentary election in Sri Lanka conducted on April 8, as an election that was imposed on the Tamil speaking people of the island. The Tamils living in a highly militarized oppressive condition continue to undergo many forms of immense suffering, depravation of the basic necessities of life, denial of freedom, fear and intimidation. There are still about 100,000 Tamils housed in military run internment camps and their rights have been denied. Thousands of Tamils have been denied their rights to vote in this election.
First-in-History Balloting to Select Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam Set for May 2
An electronic voting system will be used to elect members of the Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam. (There will also be a few physical voting places in areas in the U.S. with high Tamil populations.) The voting system, which is not currently active, will be activated for the Sunday, May 2 election.
Tamils for Obama Says 'We should all Vote in the TGTE Election' and Tells Why
The Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam is holding an election on May 2. Tamils for Obama urges all diaspora Tamils to vote, and to support the TGTE financially.
Tamils to President: Urge Indonesia to Let the Tamil Refugees Proceed
254 Tamil asylum seekers are being held in deplorable conditions in the Javan port city of Merak. Tamils for Obama urges the president in this letter to ask the Indonesian government to let them go on to their intended destination of Australia.
Tamil Group highlights the plight of Tamil Women in North-East Sri Lanka on International Women's Day
USTPAC joined the world community in celebrating the International Women's Day on March 8th, but on a sad note, wishes to highlight the continued suffering of Tamil women in North-East Sri Lanka.
Tamils for Obama: Senate Report Hides the Most Important Fact About Sri Lanka
The report titled "Sri Lanka: Recharting U.S. Strategy After the War" says that the U.S. must address the root issues that led to the civil war, if the U.S. is to repair relations with the strategically important island. The authors of the report, however, conceal Colombo's abuses of Sri Lankan Tamils that brought about the civil war that started in 1983, and so hides the most important fact of modern history in Sri Lanka.
USTPAC Calls for Action based on Department of State's Report on Sri Lanka
The United States Tamil Political Action Council (USTPAC) welcomes the US Department of State's "Report to Congress on Incidents During the Recent Conflict in Sri Lanka", and calls the US Congress and our Government to act on the findings by creating an international investigation mechanism, and instituting trade sanctions against Sri Lanka until full compliance is acceded by the regime in Sri Lanka.
Sri Lankan Terrorism Victims Charge Wall Street Hedge Fund Manager, Rajaratnam, With Financing Tamil Tigers
More than 30 Sri Lankan Terrorism victims and survivors charge Wall Street Hedge Fund Manager, Raj Rajaratnam, and his father J.M. Fajaratnam, with knowing financing the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Elam (LTTE) in a civil complaint filed today in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey. The seven-count complaint, the result of a year-long investigation, was filed under the Alien Tort Claims Act which grants non U.S. citizens access to the U.S. Courts to seek justice for crimes against humanity and terrorism. The case, Krishanthi et al. v. Rajaratnam et al was filed on behalf of the plaintiffs by complex civil litigation firms Motley Rice LLC and Lite DePalma Greenberg & Rivas, LLC. For more information contact attorney M...
USTPAC Supports Secretary Clinton's Efforts to End Rape as a Weapon of War
USTPAC, a grass roots advocacy organization, welcomes Secretary Clinton's speech at the UN Security Council, describing Resolution 1888 as necessary to control the abuse of Tamil women and young girls in Sri Lanka by the country's armed forces.
Tamils for Obama Poll: What Now for the Tamils? Transitional Government?
Tamils for Obama, an organization of politically active Tamils in the U.S., will conduct a poll from October 14, 2009 to November 4. The poll is titled "What now for the Tamils? Transitional Government?" The poll asks Tamils how to prepare for an eventual Tamil government in their homeland in northeastern Sri Lanka. The poll includes a text defining the terms "government in exile" and "transitional (or provisional) government."
Rally Held in Front of the UN: 'Unlock the Concentration Camps in Sri Lanka'
Tamil Americans rallied in front of the UN last Tuesday (September 22, 2009) to protest the UN's inaction over the killings of more than 20,000 Tamil civilians by Sri Lankan forces in the last few weeks of the civil war and UN's impotence on the forcible confinement of nearly 300,000 Tamil civilians in internment camps.
USTPAC Welcomes the Protests Against Clothing 'Made in Sri Lanka'
US Tamil Political Action Council (USTPAC) welcomes protests staged in front of GAP and Victoria's Secret stores. Tamil Americans and Tamil Canadians are protesting Sri Lanka's continuing efforts to suppress its Tamil population. Garment manufacturing is Sri Lanka's principal foreign exchange earner, without which Sri Lanka can not maintain its heavily militarized government. USTPAC hopes and expects that shaming major importers of Sri Lanka garments like GAP and Victoria's Secret will eventually result in diminished funds to the Sri Lankan military accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
Tamil Dvd Rental Online For Hours Of Movie Entertainment
Many online movie rental companies are targeted to the majority of the population: Americans. These companies are leaving out the people with Hindi, Filipino, Hispanic, and many more heritages. People across the world are noticing this and are acting upon it. If you have ever searched the internet you must have noticed that there are many new companies coming out of the wood-works to bring the people what they need. Tamil DVD rental is just one of the many new companies that are here to bring the Hindi people what they want in movies.
Tamils Seek Link and Common Cause with Jews
Tamils for Obama sent a letter to major international Jewish organizations in which the Tamil American organization cited ancient and modern connections between Jews and Tamils and suggested that they make common cause against problems and enemies they both face.
Tamils for Obama: Tamil Tigers Defunct, Should be Taken Off Terrorist List
In a letter sent to Secretary Clinton, President Obama, and appropriate elected officials on Friday, June 5 by Tamils for Obama that since the Tamil Tigers are no longer a functioning organization (their leaders are all dead, according to the Sri Lankan government) they should be taken off lists kept by the U.S. and other governments of terrorist organizations and their supporters. The aid organizations' presence on such lists keeps them from conveying funds and humanitarian help to Tamil war victims.
