GLOBAL TAMIL FORUM

Global Tamil Forum (GTF) has urged the UN Human Rights Council to evolve a resolution in keeping with High Commissioner Zeid Hussein’s call for closely monitoring Sri Lank’s compliance with the resolution of 2015.

GTF And Government To Work Together06 March 2017

The government and the Global Tamil Forum (GTF), a powerful Tamil diaspora group based in London, are to work together to address the Tamil issue.

Pro-LTTE group member accosts Mangala in Geneva02 March 2017

Moments after a speech on Tuesday (28) in which he blamed extremists on both sides of the ethnic divide for stalling SL’s reconciliation process, FM Mangala Samaraweera was briefly accosted by a member of a pro-LTTE group at the Palais des Nations, the building that houses the UN in Geneva.

Separatist groups capable of arming 15,000 terrorists within 48 hours: Joint Opposition02 March 2017

Separatist groups have gathered information regarding 11, 000 rehabilitated and released Tamils and yet another 4,000 Tamils who did not surrender to the army, and have sufficient hidden arms and ammunition, enabling them to create a group of terrorists within 48 hours, the JO warned today.

“We are hopeful of a political solution” - GTF28 February 2017

With the commencement of the UNHRC session featuring Sri Lanka’s case among others, Suren Sirendiran, the spokesperson for Global Tamil Forum, a leading Tamil Diaspora Organisation, articulates the implementation of its resolution, action regarding alleged war crimes and the way forward.

THE MANGALA-CHANDRIKA-TNA CONSTITUTION12 February 2017

Would you undergo or put a loved one through an unnecessary but quite drastic, risky surgery? This is precisely what the UNP leadership and Chandrika Kumaratunga are trying perpetrate on the Sri Lankan body politic, through a new Constitution.

The day Kumar Sangakkara felt humbled24 January 2017

Sri Lankan cricketer, Kumar Sangakkara earned the wrath of the war-winning President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s government for his hour long "Spirit of Cricket" lecture at the July, 2011, Sir Colin Cowdrey Lecture at Lord’s.

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Press Releases

Statement by the Sangha for Better Sri Lanka (SBSL) and the Global Tamil Forum (GTF) on recent events in Sri Lanka30 March 2024

The Sangha for Better Sri Lanka (SBSL) and the Global Tamil Forum (GTF) are saddened by the untoward incidents that took place during the Maha Shiva Rathri Event (March 8, 2024) at Vedukkunari Aathi Sivan Temple in the North of Sri Lanka.

Himalaya Declaration - Start of a National Conversation - "A Sri Lanka, where every citizen can live peacefully with dignity, trust, and no fear or suspicion, enjoying equal rights" -31 December 2023

Nagarkot, Nepal - 27th April 2023

Following the launch of the ‘Himalaya Declaration’, the proposed “National Conversation” among communities in Sri Lanka and Diaspora will continue with much vigour and purpose22 December 2023

A ‘Delegation’ consisting of senior Buddhist monks from different Nikayas (Sangha for Better Sri Lanka or “SBSL”) and members of the Global Tamil Forum (“GTF”) had various engagements in Sri Lanka from December 7 to 15, 2023. This was continuation of our fruitful dialogue in Nagarkot (Nepal) in April 2023, where both parties arrived at “Himalaya Declaration” to facilitate our engagement and advocacy efforts among different communities in Sri Lanka. The “National Conversation” was officially launched in Sri Lanka and handed over to many religious, political and community leaders, and discussed during these meetings.

HIMALAYA DECLARATION07 December 2023

“A Sri Lanka where every individual can live peacefully with dignity, trust, and no fear or suspicion, enjoying equal rights.” Nagarkot, Nepal - 27th April 2023

Start of a National Conversation: A Sri Lanka, where every citizen can live peacefully with dignity, trust, and no fear or suspicion, enjoying equal rights07 December 2023

A dialogue between people, for the people of Sri Lanka – initiated by Sangha for Better Sri Lanka and Global Tamil Forum

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