{"id":108229,"date":"2013-09-30T22:06:21","date_gmt":"2013-09-30T16:36:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=108229"},"modified":"2013-10-04T21:01:26","modified_gmt":"2013-10-04T15:31:26","slug":"tgte-london-genocide-conference-wants-diaspora-to-perform-peaceful-resistance-against-sri-lanka-in-the-spirit-of-gandhi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/tgte-london-genocide-conference-wants-diaspora-to-perform-peaceful-resistance-against-sri-lanka-in-the-spirit-of-gandhi\/","title":{"rendered":"TGTE London ‘Genocide’ Conference Wants Diaspora To Perform Peaceful Resistance Against Sri Lanka In The Spirit Of Gandhi"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam (TGTE<\/a><\/span>) organised a two day International Conference aimed at ensuring accountability for those responsible for the \u201cgenocide\u201d of Tamils in Sri Lanka and an effective deterrence be provided for such genocide not only in Sri Lanka but for the rest of the world.<\/p>\n

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Visuvanathan Rudrakumaran - Prime Minister TGTE<\/p><\/div>\n

The conference was held under the chairmanship by Prof Sornarajah, currently a visiting Professor at the London School of Economics.<\/p>\n

The conference sought to prevent atrocities against numerical minority communities are targets of ethnic persecution and is used to construct a firm line of precedents that punishment of the offenders,\u00a0 however exalted in office, will follow their gross crimes.<\/p>\n

The TGTE Prime Minister Visuvanathan Rudrakumaran<\/a><\/span>, in his opening conference\u00a0(live from New York via Skype) welcomed Special Guest Panel Speakers, which\u00a0included Geoffrey Robertson QC, Prof Francis Boyle, Prof Sornarajah, Dr David\u00a0Matas, Emeritus Prof Dr Peter Schalk, Attorney Ali Beydou, and Ron Ridenour.<\/p>\n

A number of youths presented a series of evidences, including history of Tamils,\u00a0killings, mental and physical harm, on rape, sterilisation and birth control forced\u00a0upon the Tamils.<\/p>\n

The assembly of persons at the conference, concerned with the genocide on the\u00a0\u201cTamils in Eelam\u201d, unanimously supported and endorsed a resolution prepared by the\u00a0panel of experts. It resolved to follow a series of a plan of action, including\u00a0establishment of an accountability mechanism for persecution, for UNSG to establish\u00a0a commission of inquiry, withdrawal of army occupation and return lands to their\u00a0owners, compensation for dispossession, liability for illegal possession of private\u00a0lands, protection of women from gender based violence, explore legal technique\u00a0available to secure redress for the people in the North East of Sri Lanka, request UN<\/p>\n

Security Council to refer the high level political and military leaders of Sri Lanka to\u00a0the ICC for prosecution.\u00a0It calls upon the Tamil Diaspora and the people of good will all over the world to\u00a0engage in acts of peaceful resistance against Sri Lanka in the spirit of Mahatma\u00a0Gandhi\u2019s satyagraha<\/p>\n

Professor Francis Boyle in London for Stop the Tamil Genocide in Sri Lanka Conference.<\/p>\n

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Geoffrey Robertson QC<\/p><\/div>\n