{"id":74387,"date":"2013-02-20T16:09:52","date_gmt":"2013-02-20T16:09:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=74387"},"modified":"2013-03-21T09:15:54","modified_gmt":"2013-03-21T09:15:54","slug":"tgte-to-gather-freedom-demands-from-tamils-all-over-the-globe-for-the-tamil-eelam-freedom-charter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/tgte-to-gather-freedom-demands-from-tamils-all-over-the-globe-for-the-tamil-eelam-freedom-charter\/","title":{"rendered":"TGTE To Gather \u2018Freedom Demands\u2019 From Tamils All Over The Globe For The Tamil Eelam Freedom Charter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/\">Colombo Telegraph<\/a><\/span> &#8211;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">Prime Minister of the Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam speaking to the Press last Sunday announced the promulgation of the Tamil Eelam Freedom Charter in May as a major undertaking of the TGTE: \u201cAs Tamils envision the future and look forward to the fruition of the dream of Tamil Eelam, the Freedom Charter containing the \u2018Freedom Demands\u2019 of Tamils across the globe would be a cornerstone of Tamil Freedom,\u201d the Prime minister said.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_61344\" style=\"width: 180px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/un-internal-review-reinforces-the-need-for-an-intl-commission-of-investigation-tgte\/visuvanathan-rudrakumaran\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-61344\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-61344\" class=\"size-full wp-image-61344\" title=\"Visuvanathan Rudrakumaran\" src=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Visuvanathan-Rudrakumaran.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"170\" height=\"181\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-61344\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Visuvanathan Rudrakumaran - Prime Minister TGTE<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Aspiring to take the Vaddukoddai Resolution forward as the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Transnational+Government+of+Tamil+Eelam&amp;x=5&amp;y=6\">TGTE<\/a><\/span> moves towards realizing its goal, and taking inspiration from Britain\u2019s Ma\u2019gna Car\u2019ta, the Freedom Charter of the African National Congress (ANC) as well as the Palestinian National Charter, the Tamil Eelam Freedom Charter the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Visuvanathan+Rudrakumaran&amp;x=5&amp;y=2\">Prime Ministe<\/a><\/span>r said, \u201cwill enshrine the \u2018Freedom Demands\u2019 of the people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The TGTE would be releasing a booklet explaining the Freedom Charter, its purpose and significance on February 24<sup>th <\/sup>in Buffalo. Most importantly, the booklet would contain a questionnaire that seeks the people\u2019s input with a view to determining the people\u2019s \u2018Freedom Demands\u2019 that would ultimately form the basis for the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Tamil+Eelam&amp;x=9&amp;y=7\">Tamil Eelam<\/a><\/span> Freedom Charter. \u2018Town Hall\u2019 style meetings and the electronic medium would be used to secure the people\u2019s input.<\/p>\n<p>The promulgation of the Tamil Eelam Freedom Charter would be made on 18<sup>th<\/sup> May during the TGTE International Conference scheduled for the 15<sup>th<\/sup>, 16<sup>th<\/sup>, 17<sup>th<\/sup> &amp; 18<sup>th<\/sup> (morning) of May 2013,\u201d he further stated.<\/p>\n<p>It was announced that the Prime Minister will be having an open discussion with the public on the Tamil Eelam Freedom Charter this Sunday 24<sup>th Feb<\/sup> 2013 inBuffalo.<\/p>\n<p>When asked about TGTE\u2019s strategy for the March <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=UNHRC&amp;x=7&amp;y=2\">UNHRC<\/a><\/span> session, the TGTE is focusing on two major issues, the Prime Minister said: \u201cFirstly calling for an international independent investigation with a view to bringing justice for the victims of genocide; Secondly TGTE will focus on Tamil ethnocentric human rights violations rather than ethno neutral violations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In addition the TGTE will launch a signature campaign along with other entities demanding the \u201cSpecial Adviser to the UN Secretary-General on the Prevention of Genocide make public the report on the plight of Tamils during the final stages of the armed conflict that his predecessor had initially prepared and not released which the \u2018UN Internal Review Panel\u2019 had made mention of in its report.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The TGTE will also launch a signature campaign in connection with its call for an international protection mechanism in the NorthEast. The TGTE wants an UN Human Rights Field Presence in the NorthEast to monitor and protect the people as envisaged by the Secretary General himself in 2007 and is calling for more foreign embassies there.<\/p>\n<p>The TGTE wants the investigation to centre on Genocide in addition to Crimes against Humanity and War Crimes. 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