தமிழர்களாய் பிறந்தோம் தமிழர்களாய் வளர்ந்தோம், நமக்கு மிக அருகில் நம் உறவுகள் தமிழ் பேசுகிறார்கள் என்பதற்காகக் கொத்துக் கொத்தாக இனப்படுகொலை செய்யப்பட்டனர்… உலகமே ஊமையானது, பல ஆண்டுகள் கழித்து இங்கொன்றும் அங்கொன்றுமாக மனிதஉரிமையைப் போற்றுபவர்கள் உதவ வருகிறார்கள் அவர்களின் வாயை மூடவைக்கச் சில நயவஞ்சகர்கள் முயற்சிக்கின்றனர்.
ஆஸ்ரேலிய பாராளுமன்ற உறுப்பினரான மாண்புமிகு ஹக் மெக்டெர்மோட் (Hugh McDermott) அவர்கள் நமக்கு ஆதரவாகத் தொடர்ச்சியாகக் குரல் எழுப்பி வருகிறார். உலகின் பல நாடுகளில் பல்வேறு தலைவர்கள், மனித உரிமை ஆர்வலர்கள் கூட இனப்படுகொலை என்று கூறாமல் நடந்தது போர்க்குற்றம் என்று ஏமாற்ற முயற்சிக்கும்
இக்காலக்கட்டத்தில் அங்கு நடந்தது இனப்படுகொலை தான் என்று தமிழர் அல்லாத ஒரு தலைவரின் குரல் உலக அரங்கில் ஒலிப்பது என்பது நமது போராட்டத்திற்கு மிகவும் வலுச்சேர்க்ககும் ஒன்றாகும். ஆஸ்திரேலிய நாடாளுமன்ற உறுப்பினர் மாண்புமிகு ஹக் மெக்டெர்மோட்(Hugh McDermott) அவர்களுக்கு எதிராக பத்தாயிரத்திற்கும் மேற்பட்ட சிங்களவர்கள் மற்றும் அவர்களுடைய ஆதரவாளர்கள் தங்களுடைய கருத்தைப் பதிவுசெய்து வருகிறார்கள். இந்த முயற்சி அவருக்கு பெரிய பின்னடைவை தரும். அவரைச் சிங்கள கூட்டம் காயப்படுத்தும் போது தமிழர்கள் நாம் வேடிக்கை பார்க்க கூடாது. அவருக்கு நமது முழு ஆதரவையும் அளிப்பதே நமது கடமை, உலகமே ஒன்று சேர்ந்து உயிர் பிடுங்கப்பட்டு, உடல்கள் சிதறடிக்கப்பட்ட நமது உறவுகளைச் சிறிது நேரம் சிந்தித்துப் பாருங்கள்.
ஒரு நிமிடம் ஒதுக்கி உங்கள் கையொப்பங்களை இடுங்கள்…
Hugh McDermott MP: State Member for Prospect – We aspire that you maintain your support for the Australian Tamil community who are attempting to receive justice for the genocide perpetrated against them by the chauvinist Sinhala Buddhist state of Sri Lanka.
MP, Hugh McDermott, the state member for Prospect, NSW, has recently expressed his condolences and solidarity with the Australian Tamil community in his acknowledgment of the Tamil genocide. His statement, however, was met with opposition from the Sinhala nationalist polity who have indulged in a hate campaign against him and his family.
As Australian citizens of Tamil heritage, we extend our sentiment of gratitude for your solidarity with our community as we’re continuously subjected to hate campaigns by the Sinhala polity who paint our quest for justice as “terrorism”. On behalf of the 50,000 strong Australian Tamil community, we thank you for refusing to adhere to the Sri Lankan government’s propagation that “Tamils are nothing more than terrorists, and terrorist sympathizers who shed crocodile tears”(Malin Abeyatunge, Melbourne author for the Sri Lanka Guardian).
The Tamil genocide didn’t commence in January 2009 as many are led to believe, it commenced immediately after the country’s independence when the Sinhala chauvinist polity began subduing its Tamil minority with its political power. As a result, the Sri Lankan government, led by the Sinhala Buddhist majority, attempted to alienate the Tamil population, physically, politically, and economically. They implemented a series of anti-Tamil legislation, hoping to deteriorate the influence of Tamils on the island. They condoned and orchestrated anti-Tamil pogroms and violently suppressed peaceful Tamil demonstrations between 1948-1983. The demand for equality, neglected by the state and opposed through genocidal means, fuelled the desire to flee the island and receive asylum in Australia. During the war, the Sri Lankan Army pioneered the use of rape, torture, kidnappings, indiscriminate firing, shelling, and bombings against innocent Tamil men, women, and children, resulting in the deaths of 150,000 to 200,000 innocent Tamil civilians(At least, 75,000 of which, were killed between March 28th – May 18th, 2009, when the Sri Lankan army forced 300,000+ Tamils to take refuge in internationally recognized “NO FIRE ZONES” and then proceeded to shell them with artillery and other heavy weaponry.
The genocide has been officially recognized in the Canadian province of Ontario, who have recently passed Bill 104, “Tamil Genocide Education Week”, where, between May 11th – 18th, Canadian students(Grade 1 – 12) annually learn about the genocide that was perpetrated by the Sri Lankan state against its Tamil population. Leaders in Canada, UK, US, India, and etc, have acknowledged the genocide and have displayed solidarity with their Tamil communities. As such, we aspire that you maintain your solidarity, and future MP’s follow in your footsteps.
Navanethem “Navi” Pillay, a South African jurist who served as the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights from 2008 to 2014 recently expressed her solidarity:
“Vannakam, I join in remembrance of the Tamil victims of the war that ended on the 18 May 2009. Close to 146,000 Tamils died across the six decades struggle for self-determination so on this remembrance day it is important that we honour the Tamil victims and we inspire ourselves to continue their struggle for justice, freedoms, and reparation for their losses. The United Nations investigations determinate that during the war in SL international crimes such as war crimes and crimes against humanity had been committed and yet there has been no judicial mechanism, no perpetrators have been brought to justice, and recently in a cynical move, the President pardoned and released from the prison the only one soldier and army sergeant who had been convicted by the courts and sentenced to prison for killing 8 civilians including a child(Mirusivil Massacre). And he was just released by the President last month. This is a far cry from justice. Tamils in Sri Lanka continue to suffer all kinds of prejudice, discrimination and violation of their human rights. The lands that was stolen from them by the military has not been restored. The Tamil language has now been excluded from the national anthem, in the past it was always two languages. And, almost 200 people are still in detention. This is why, because of the continuing violation of the continuing violations of the rights of Tamils, all of us should join the international community in collective action to realise the rights of Tamils people, to ensure that they have justice and reparations redress in Sri Lanka”
The following is a pre-civil war recollection of anti-Tamil legislation passed by the Sinhala chauvinist state:
Citizenship Act(1948): After the country’s independence, the new government, dominated by the majority Sinhalese, passed the Ceylon Citizenship Only act. The Bill intended to discriminate against Indian Tamils by denying them citizenship, hence, preventing them from voting. Indian Tamils made up 11.7% of the Sri Lankan population in 1948 compared to 4.1% in 2019. The Act specified that anyone wishing to obtain citizenship had to prove that they were, at least, 3rd generation immigrants, which was an impossible task for the majority of Indian Tamils. Those who were, at least, third-generation immigrants rarely had the necessary documentation since they rarely registered births or printed birth certificates, hence, they could not prove they were citizens and were deported. About 5,000 Indian Tamils qualified for citizenship while over 700,000 Indian Tamils, were denied citizenship and deported. The Act successfully disenfranchised plantation Tamils and significantly dropped the voting power of the Tamil population
Amita Shastri, a political science professor at the University of San Fransisco, stated:
“This orientation was made evident in the citizenship and franchise laws Sri Lanka passed soon after independence to exclude the plantation Tamil workers from the political nation. The actions of the Sinhalese elite led by D.S. Senanayake were loaded with an ethnically divisive content where new laws distorted the pattern of political incentives, alignments, and party competition in the emerging system, and systematically skewed it to favor the most traditional segment of the Sinhalese electorate. This created an intractable dynamic of ethnic outbidding between the two major Sinhalese‐dominated parties to attract the Sinhalese voting base, at the expense of the Sri Lankan Tamil minority. This directly contributed to the latter’s alienation, support for secessionism, and the outbreak of ethnic violence and civil war in the 1970s and 1980s”
Sinhala Only Act(1956): By independence, Tamils constituted over 30% of government services admissions, 50% of the clerical personnel of railway, postal and customs services, and 40% of other labor forces. In the 1956 parliamentary elections, the SLFP led and founded by Solomon Bandaranaike, campaigned on largely nationalist policies, and made one of their key election promises. The policy, being severely discriminatory, placed the Tamil population at a serious disadvantage and prevented them from attaining high positions in politics and federal services. Tamils, who once dominated the working class, civil service jobs, and government offices, were now forced to resign from their positions due to their illiteracy in the Sinhala language. Tamils retaliated by staging a peaceful protest and hunger strike in demand for the removal of the act, the Sri Lankan state responded by violenting suppressing the peaceful demonstrators and orchestrated two anti-Tamil pogroms in 1956, and 1958 in retaliation.
Sinhalese academic, A. M. Navaratna Bandara expressed his concern over the acts structural genocide against the Tamil population:
“The Tamil-speaking people were given no option but to learn the language of the majority if they wanted to get public service employment. […] A large number of Tamil public servants had to accept compulsory retirement because of their inability to prove proficiency in the official language. The effects of these policies were dramatic as shown by the drastic drop of Tamil representation in the public sector. In 1956, 30 percent of the Ceylon administrative service, 50 percent of the clerical service, 60 percent of engineers and doctors, and 40 percent of the armed forces were Tamil. By 1970 those numbers had plummeted to 5 percent, 5 percent, 10 percent, and 1 percent, respectively.
Standardization(1971): The government, led by PM Sirimavo Bandaranaike, implemented a policy of standardization to restrict Tamil students from post-secondary institutions. Sinhalese nationalists and politicians sought to dilate Tamil presence in education, and the civil administration. From 1971 to 1977, the “standardization” policy ensured that the number of students qualifying for university entrance from each language was proportionate to the number of students who sat for the university entrance examination in that language. Meaning, that Tamil speaking students had to score much higher than Sinhalese speaking students to gain admission to universities. Not only did the chances of Tamils to gain access to higher education plummet, but so did the overall process of ethnic relations. The benefits enjoyed by Sinhalese students also meant a significant fall in the number of Tamil students within the Sri Lankan university student populace.
Sri Lankan Tamils made up over 70% of university students in the country. Tamils constituted 35% and over 45% of students in Medical schools. The act significantly dropped the number of Tamils enrolled in universities on the island. The University admissions process in 1971 was calculated considerably based on the language of said applicant. Numbers of allocations were proportional to the number of participants who sat to the examination in that language. In 1969, the Northern province, which is 94% Tamil and makes up 7% of the general population, provided 27.5 percent of the entrants to science-based courses in Sri Lankan universities, standardization had reduced this to 7%. However, the hardest hit population group were the Tamils in the Western provinces, Colombo and etc, which was reduced to 26% from 69%.
Sinhalese historian, C.R. de Silva, states:
“By 1977 the issue of university admissions had become a focal point of the conflict between the government and Tamil leaders. Tamil youth, embittered by what they considered discrimination against them, formed the Tamil United Liberation Front(TULF). It was an object lesson of how inept policy measures and insensitivity to minority interests can exacerbate ethnic tensions”
The following is a list of state-sponsored and orchestrated massacres against innocent Tamil civilians by Sinhalese mobs(Funded by the government), the Sri Lankan armed forces, and the Federal Police Force:
Pre-Civil War(1948-1983):
1. Inginiyakala massacre ‐ 05.06.1956
2. 1958 anti-Tamil pogrom 3. Tamil research conference massacre ‐10.01.1974 4. 1977 anti-Tamil pogrom 5. 1981 communal pogrom 6. Burning of the Jaffna Public library ‐01.06.1981 7. 1983 Black July riots
Canadian Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, recently expressed his solidarity with the Canadian Tamil community with the anniversary of the Black July Holocaust, which many consider being the “Krisitllnacht for Tamils”:
“Today, we remember the thousands of Tamil people who lost their lives and the countless others who were displaced from their homes during the 1983 anti-Tamil pogroms in Sri Lanka. Black July was a week of violent riots and horrific destruction that followed decades of unrest and rising tensions in the country. It led to a conflict that lasted 26 years, killing tens of thousands more people and leaving lasting wounds in communities across Sri Lanka. Thanks in large part to the advocacy of Tamil-Canadians, Canada implemented a Special Measures program in 1983 to welcome more than 1,800 Tamils. We see the resiliency of Tamil-Canadians in the tremendous contributions they make to Canada every day. I extend my deepest sympathies to all those who suffered and lost family, friends, and neighbours during Black July and the conflict that followed. Canada continues to offer its full support to those working toward meaningful justice, accountability, peace, and reconciliation in the country”
Massacres perpetrated by the government against innocent Tamil civilians during the civil war(1983-2009):
Thirunelveli massacre ‐ 24, 25.07.1983
Sampalthoddam massacre ‐ 1984
Chunnakam Police station massacre ‐08.01.1984
Chunnakam market massacre ‐ 28.03.1984
Mathawachchi – Rampawa ‐ September 1984
Point Pedro – Thikkam massacre ‐ 16.09.1984
Othiyamalai massacre ‐ 01.12.1984
Kumulamunai massacre ‐ 02.12.1984
Cheddikulam massacre ‐ 02.12.1984
Manalaru massacre ‐ 03.12.1984
Blood soaked Mannar ‐ 04.12.1984
Kokkilai‐Kokkuthoduvai massacre ‐ 15.12.1984
Vankalai church massacre ‐ 06.01.1986
Mulliyavalai massacre ‐ 16.01.1985
Vaddakandal massacre ‐ 30.01.1985
Puthukkidiyiruppu Iyankovilady massacre 21.04.1985
Trincomalee massacres in 1985
Valvai‐85 massacre 10.05.1985
Kumuthini Boat massacre 15.05.1985
Kiliveddi massacre in 1985
Thiriyai massacre ‐ 08.06.1985
Sampaltivu ‐ 04 to 09.08.1985
Veeramunai massacre ‐ 20.06.1990
Nilaveli massacre 16.09.1985
Piramanthanaru massacre ‐ 02.10.1985
Kanthalai‐85 massacre ‐ 09.11.1985
Muthur Kadatkaraichenai ‐ 08, 09, 10.11.1985
Periyapullumalai massacre in 1986
Kilinochchi Railway Station massacre ‐ 25.01.1986
Udumbankulam massacre ‐ 19.02.1985
Vayaloor massacre ‐ 24.08.1985
Eeddimurinchan massacre ‐ 19, 20.03.1986
Anandapuram shelling ‐ 04.06.1986
Kanthalai‐86 massacre ‐ 04, 05.06. 1986
Mandaithivu sea massacre ‐ 10.06.1986
Seruvila massacre ‐ 12.06.1986
Thambalakamam massacres ‐ 1985, 1986
Paranthan farmers massacre ‐ 28.06.1986
Peruveli refugee camp massacre ‐ 15.07.1986
Thanduvan bus massacre ‐ 17.07.1986
Mutur Manalchenai massacre ‐ 18.07. 1986
Adampan massacre ‐ 12.10.1986
Periyapandivrichchan massacre ‐ 15.10.1986
Kokkadichcholai‐87 massacre ‐ 28.01.1987
Paddithidal massacre ‐ 26.04.1987.
Thonithiddamadu massacre ‐ 27.05.1987
Alvai temple shelling ‐ 29.05.1987
Eastern University massacre ‐ 23.05.1990
Sammanthurai massacre ‐ 10.06.1990
Xavierpuram massacre ‐ 07.08.1990
Siththandy massacre ‐ 20, 27.07.1990
Paranthan junction massacre ‐ 24.07.1990
Poththuvil massacre ‐ 30.07.1990
Tiraikerny massacre ‐ 06.08.1990
Kalmunai massacre ‐ 11.08.1990
Thuranilavani massacre ‐ 12.08.1990
Eravur hospital massacre ‐ 12.08.1990
Koraveli massacre 14.08.1990
Nelliyadi market bombing ‐ 29.08.1990
Eravur massacre ‐ 10.10.1990
Saththurukkondan massacre ‐ 09.09.1990
Natpiddymunai massacre ‐ 10.09.1990
Vantharamullai‐90 massacre ‐ 05, 23,09,1990
Mandaithivu disappearances ‐ 23.08.1990, 25.09.1990
Oddisuddan bombing ‐ 27.11.1990
Puthukkudiyiruppu junction bombing – 24.7. 1990
Vankalai massacre ‐ 17.02.1991
Vaddakkachchi bombing ‐ 28.02.1991
Vantharumoolai ‐ 09.06.1991
Kokkadichcholai‐91 massacre ‐ 12.06.1991
Pullumalai massacre ‐ 1983‐1990
Kinniyadi massacre ‐ 12.07.1991
Akkarayan hospital massacre ‐ 15.07.1997
Uruthrapuram bombing ‐ 04.02.1991
Karapolla‐Muthgalla massacre ‐ 29.04.1992
Vattrapalai shelling ‐ 18.05.1992
Thellipalai temple bombing ‐ 30.05.199
Mailanthai massacre ‐ 09.08.1992
Kilali massacre ‐1992, 1993
Maaththalan bombing ‐ 18.09.1993
Chavakachcheri‐Sangaththanai bombing ‐ 28.09.1993
Kokuvil temple bombing ‐ 29.09.1993
Kurunagar church bombing ‐ 13.11.1993
Chundikulam‐94 massacre ‐ 18.02.1994
Navali church massacre ‐ 09.07.1995
Nagarkovil bombing ‐ 22.05.1995
Chemmani mass graves in 1996
Kilinochchi town massacre ‐ 1996‐1998
Kumarapuram massacre ‐ 11.02.1996
Nachchikuda strafing ‐ 16.03.1996
Thambirai market bombing ‐ 17.05.1996
Mallavi bombing ‐ 24.07.1996
Kaithady Krishanthi massacre ‐ 07.09.1996
Pannankandy massacre ‐ 05.07.1997
Konavil bombing ‐ 27.09.1996
Vavunikulam massacre ‐ 26‐09‐1996, 15‐08‐1997
Mullivaikal bombing ‐ 13.05.1997
Mankulam shelling ‐ 08.06.1997
Thampalakamam‐98 massacre ‐ 01.02.1998
Old Vaddakachchi bombing ‐ 26.03.1998
Suthanthirapuram massacre ‐ 10.06.1998
Visuvamadhu shelling ‐ 25.11.1998
Chundikulam‐98 bombing 02.12.1998
Manthuvil bombing ‐ 15.09.1999
Palinagar bombing and shelling ‐ 03.09.1999
Madhu church massacre ‐ 20.11.1999 .
Mirusuvil massacre ‐ 19.12.2000
Pesalai housing scheme massacre – 23 December 2005
Trincomalee students massacre – 2 January 2006
Manipay family massacre – 24 January 2006
TRO employees disappearance –29 January 2006
Trincomalee riots – 12 April 2006
Puthoor massacre – 18 April 2006
Muthur bombing – 25 April 2006
Uthayan Daily Press Office attack – 2 May 2006
Nelliyadi massacre – 4 May 2006
Manthuvil Temple massacre – 6 May 2006
Allaipiddy massacre – 13 May 2006
Vadamunai pressure mine – 7 June 2006
Vankalai family massacre – 8 June 2006
Kaithady mass grave – 6,7,8 June 2006
Pesalai church massacre – 17 June 2006
Action Faim INGO staff massacre – 5 August 2006
Nedunkerni ambulance claymore – 8 August 2006
Eastern bombing and shelling – August – December 2006
Allaipiddy shelling – 13 August 2006
Senchcholai orphanage bombing – 14 August 2006
Pottuvil massacre – 17 September 2006
PTK bombing – 16 October 2006
Kilinochchi hospital precicnts bombing – 2 November 2006
Vavuniya Agriculture School massacre – 18 November 2006
Padahuthurai bombing – 2 January 2007
Silavathurai claymore attack – 2 September 2007
Periyamadu shelling – 25 October 2007
Tharmapuram bombing – 25 November 2007
Iyankulam claymore attack – 27 November 2007
Madhu school bus bombing – 29 January 2008
Kiranchi bombing – 22 February 2008
Murukandy claymore attack – 23 May 2008
Nahathambiran temple pilgrim claymore attack
PTK bombing – 15 June 2008
Mullaitivu petrol station and bus depot bombing – 2 January 2009
Thevipuram and Vaddakachchi shelling – 8 January 2009
Tharmapuram Hospital shelling – 8 January 2009
Visuamadu shelling – 17-20 January 2009
Suthanthirapuram, Thevipuram, Udayarkattu and Vallipuram shelling – 20 January 2009
Vallipuram Hospital shelling – 22 January 2009
Suthanthirapuram shelling – 24 January 2009
Suthanthirapuram and Udayarkattu shelling – 26 January 2009
Puthukkudiyiruppu shelling – 26-31 January 2009
Udayaarkaddu Hospital shelling – 26 January 2009
Puthukkudiyiruppu Hospital shelling – 1-3 February 2009
Suthanthirapuram shelling – 3 February 2009
Ponnambalam Memorial Hospital bombing – 5-6 February 2009
Mahtalan, Moongilaru, Suthanthirapuram, Thevipuram, Udayarkattu and Vallipuram shelling – 6 February 2009
Puthukkudiyiruppu shelling – 7 February 2009
Putumattalan shelling – 7 February 2009
Suthanthirapuram shelling – 7 February 2009
Devipuram shelling – 9 February 2009
Pokkanai bombing – 9 February 2009
Mattalan shelling – 9 February 2009
Mattalan, Thevipuram and Vallipuram shelling – 11-12 February 2009
Iranaipalai shelling – 13 February 2009
Puthukkudiyiruppu Hospital shelling – 13 February 2009
Thevipuram and Vallipuram shelling – 14 February 2009
Mullivaikkal and Putumattalan bombing and shelling – 15 February 2009
Valayanmadam shelling – 15 February 2009
Mattalan shelling – 16 February 2009
Valayanmadam shelling – 17 February 2009
Ampalavanpokkanai, Idaikdu and Puthukkudiyiruppu shelling – 18 February 2009
Valayanmadam bombing – 19 February 2009
Ananthapuram, Iranaipalai, Mullivaikkal and Puthukkudiyiruppu shelling – 19 February 2009
Valayanmadam shelling – 20 February 2009
Ananthapuram, Iranaipalai, Pokkanai, Puthukkudiyiruppu and Valayanmadam shelling – 20 February 2009
Ampalavanpokkanai, Mattalan, Mullivaikkal, Pokkanai and Valayanmadam shelling – 21 February 2009
Ananthapuram and Iranaipalai shelling – 21 February 2009
Iranaipalai shelling – 23 February 2009
Puthukkudiyiruppu bombing and shelling – 25-26 February 2009
Ampalavakanai shelling – 4 March 2009
Mattalan and Valayanmadam shelling – 5 – 7 March 2009
No Fire Zone shelling- 12 March – May 18 2009
Mattalan, Mullivaikkal and Pokkanai shelling – 13 March 2009
Valayanmadam bombing – 17 March 2009
Valayanmadam shelling – 20 March 2009
Mullivaikkal, Putumattalan and Valayanmadam shelling – 2 March 2009
Pokkanai shelling – 7 – 19 April 2009
Pokkanai shelling – April 2009
Valayanmadam makeshift hospital bombing – 21 April 2009
Valayanmadam shelling – 23 April 2009
After the war, 200,000 Tamil civilians were imprisoned in government internment camps. The camps were infamous for indulging in acts of rape against Tamil women, malnutrition, and disease, resulting in the suicides of many Tamils and the disappearance of over 20,000 Tamils, the families of which, have continuously protested for over 1000 days in demand of their whereabouts and an official response from the government, both of which, have not happened.
Sri Lanka is a genocidal state controlled by the Sinhala Buddhist nationalist clergy who continue to conduct a structural genocide against the Tamil people through the ongoing militarization of the North, the state-sponsored destruction of Tamil cultural sites, forced settlements in Tamil majority areas, and the subjection of widespread abuses against the Tamil community at the hands of the army and police force. The recent acquittal of Sgt. Sunil Rathnayake, an army sergeant who conducted the Murusivil Massacre in 2000, which left 8 Tamil civilians(Including 3 children) dead alongside the recent decision by the Sri Lankan government to withdraw the Tamil version of the national anthem and only play the Sinhala version(Despite Tamil being recognized as a national language and spoken by over 3,000,000 citizens). As members of the Australian Tamil community who were lucky enough to flee the genocide and live an equitable and sustainable life in Australia, we not only applaud you for your solidarity but hope that you sustain your sympathy with our community.
Mr. MP, we thank you for protecting Australian values and your help to rebuild our economy and society during the COVID-19 crisis while standing by the Tamil community who have long been subjected to genocidal ambitions by the Sri Lankan state and its high commission here in Canberra.
Australian Tamils stand by you and your efforts as proud Australian citizens and hope that you maintain your solidarity and do not succumb to the vitriol perpetrated against you and your family by the Sinhalese chauvinist polity.