Tamils - a Trans State Nation..

"To us all towns are one, all men our kin.
Life's good comes not from others' gift, nor ill
Man's pains and pains' relief are from within.
Thus have we seen in visions of the wise !."
- Tamil Poem in Purananuru, circa 500 B.C 

australia &
the tamil Struggle for freedom

Sri Lanka’s Human Rights Emergency 31 August 2009

Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies

The University of Sydney

and

With the support of Amnesty International

Sri Lanka’s Human Rights Emergency • How and why it is being hidden • And what we can do about it

Monday 31 August 2009, 6.30 – 8.30 pm Footbridge Lecture Theatre, University of Sydney Bruce Haigh, Political commentator and author; former Australian diplomat and Deputy High Commissioner to Sri Lanka. Dr John Whitehall, Paediatrician and Associate Professor in Public Health at James Cook University; volunteer medical worker in Sri Lanka; finalist, Senior Australian of the Year   Dr Sam Pari, Tamil Human Rights Advocate; volunteer worker, post-war and post-tsunami regions of Sri Lanka.