Mentions:
1: John McDonnell (Lab - Hayes and Harlington) I have campaigned with others across the House with regard to Sri Lanka and the persecution of the Tamils - Speech Link
Formal Minutes Mar. 14 2024
Committee: Human Rights (Joint Committee)Found: Affairs; Policing; Qatar; Rwanda & Gt Lakes; Save the Pub; Sri Lanka; Street Children; Swimming; Taiwan; Tamils
Mentions:
1: Andrew Mitchell (CON - Sutton Coldfield) Member for Richmond Park spoke about the North Koreans, Tamils and Iranians in her constituency and underlined - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Lisa Nandy (LAB - Wigan) For the Rohingya in Myanmar, for the Tamils in Sri Lanka and for countless others, the concern is that - Speech Link
2: John McDonnell (LAB - Hayes and Harlington) inside.I have campaigned against the Sri Lankan Administration owing to their genocidal attack on the Tamils - Speech Link
Asked by: Lord Mann (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the UN Human Rights Council about the situation of Tamil communities in Sri Lanka.
Answered by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
The UK, alongside our partners in the Core Group, have led international efforts to promote human rights for all communities in Sri Lanka, including through resolution 51/1 at the UN Human Rights Council. The resolution renewed the mandate of the Office for the High Commissioner for Human Rights to report on Sri Lanka and to protect and preserve evidence of past human rights abuses to use in future accountability processes. We have made our stance clear in statements to the Council, most recently on 7 March. The UK also made recommendations including on the need to address issues around the expropriation of land in the North and East during Sri Lanka's Universal Periodic Review in February.
Sep. 04 2024
Source Page: IAGCI invites tenders to evaluate Home Office country information on Vietnam, India, and TurkeyFound: Last accessed: 26 May 2023 ‘Sri Lanka Tamils fleeing to India to escape economic crisis ’, 24 May
Mentions:
1: Elliot Colburn (CON - Carshalton and Wallington) I declare an interest as chair of the all-party parliamentary group for Tamils and as a Member of Parliament - Speech Link
2: Ed Davey (LDEM - Kingston and Surbiton) There are an estimated 5 million Tamils in Sri Lanka today, and they have endured the recent economic - Speech Link
3: Theresa Villiers (CON - Chipping Barnet) in Sri Lanka.Many thousands of Tamils died in the closing months of the terrible civil war, and many - Speech Link
4: Theresa Villiers (CON - Chipping Barnet) It is not just Tamils who suffer as a result; Muslims have also been targeted, as have Sinhala people - Speech Link
5: Siobhain McDonagh (LAB - Mitcham and Morden) I thank colleagues from the APPG for Tamils for securing this incredibly important debate. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Elliot Colburn (CON - Carshalton and Wallington) As chair of all-party parliamentary group on Tamils, and also through hearing from Tamils in Carshalton - Speech Link
We wish Tamils around the world a very happy Thai Pongal. https://t.co/GDnbEzA6Jz