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Tamils - a Nation without a State
Switzerland -சுவிற்சர்லாந்து
- an estimated 40,000 Tamils live in Switzerland -
Tamil Forum Switzerland
Press Conference on Humanitarian Disaster on Sri Lanka
Monday 11 June, 2007, at 10.30 am.
at 'La Pastorale', Route de Ferney 106, Geneva
News Release, Thursday 7 June 2007
The Club suisse de la Presse - Geneva Press Club,
Is delighted to invite the Swiss and foreign journalists and its
members
to a press conference on the topic
"Crisis on Sri Lanka: - the situation of the Tamil people of the
North-East of Sri
Lanka - Where to find peace?”
with
Brian Senewiratne, Human Rights Activist and Sinhala
Physician from Australia,
Karen Parker, Lawyer and Human Rights Activist, USA
Mr. Sivajilingam, Parliamentarian of Sri Lanka
Mr. Sivanesan, Parliamentarian of Sri Lanka
Conference moderated by
Mr. Shan Thavarajah, co-president Tamil Forum Switzerland
and
journalist
The conference shall take place at the occasion of the
5th Session of the Human Rights Council at the UNO. The
purpose is to draw the attention of the representatives
participating at the Session and of the public to the
scandalous acts and to the deteriorating situation in the
North-East of Sri Lanka. Hidden behind a curtain of silence,
each day sees a great number of human rights violations
committed against the Tamil population of the island.
Tamil Forum Switzerland
Thambipillai Namasivayam
Secretary
Tel.: +41-78-687-30-34
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