Arresting Thavathiru Velan Swamigal for participating in peaceful protest & exercising international democratic rights,shows that Pres. @RW_UNP is not serious about solving the root causes of SriLanka's default.A govt repressing dissent creates political and financial instability

3/„Stopping land grabbing in the North&East is an immediate need.Reviewing the numbers of the Military &the articulation of the need to keep a Military in such large numbers are responsibilities of the government.We cannot get relief/answers to these questions if we boycott.“

2/Ekiya under any interpretation implies unitary. Unless we have an eksath constitution giving equal rights to all communities we just cannot accept this so called ekiya draft constitution. #SriLankaConstitution

1/My response to a journalist:„The draft given to me is not a federal constitution, but a unitary constitution with a seemingly powerless “Second Chamber” added (Art. 111).We could find no actual powers accorded to this Second Chamber.“ #TamilSolution

Detailed response to Question of the month is here https://t.co/3PgNSY1pOq #EconomicCrisisLK #SriLankaEconomicCrisis

#SriLanka’s financial woes today are the legacy of its #war:a needless conflict to deny #Tamils their right of #selfdetermination. Its #EconomicCrisis is also the cost of the ongoing military occupation over Tamil territory – the North&East of Sri Lanka.

&destroy the cultural identity of Tamils.WE had a number of pogroms killing Tamils&drove them from their residencies long before the armed conflict.Hon' Minister must cease looking upon our problems as a mere human rights'problem.The North Eastern Tamils are a Sovereign Nation. W

When the Britishers unified the Country for admin purposes in 1833 there was a separate JaffnaKingdom. In terms of Intl. Covenants Tamils are a Nation and not mere minorities. The conflict continues as the State continues to grab lands of Tamils, attack Tamilspeaking people

Hon' Minister seems to be unaware of the true position of North Eastern Tamils in SriLanka. The Indo SriLanka Accord of 1987 has recognized that the North&East are places of historical habitation of the #Tamil speaking. They are majority in their areas.1/3

@tariqahmadbt @TNAmediaoffice Sri Lanka is certainly not post conflict! Till date, reconciliation and accountability processes have failed. The Tamil people are losing trust in this international system. Other avenues to progress forward need to be explored. Not a minority! @US_SCA

@StateDept_GCJ @TNAmediaoffice @GTFonline @StateDept_GCJ We express strong condemnation of your continued referral to the Tamil people as a minority in discussions about representation and reconciliation. The Tamil people have lived on the island of Sri Lanka for centuries. (1/3)

My statement on MP Kajendran’s Arrest: There is no law forbidding us from remembering our dead. These acts of police violence make our people more determined to fight for political #selfdetermination in this country. https://t.co/blrCXzQw8w #SriLanka

I am pleased to invite you all to the virtual screening of the documentary ThaaiNilam: Land Grabbing - The Real Pandemic for the Tamils in Sri Lanka. It contains new never-before-seen footage, and interviews; recorded directly from SriLanka’s occupation of the #Tamil homeland.

The idea that political victimization by a previous regime should be looked into by special commissions and committees is anathema to the rule of law and is a wonderful example of how the Government in #SriLanka perverts the course of justice. #RuleOfLaw https://t.co/pNoS8xSfHj

2/2 If ordinary citizens are going to be harassed in accordance with the whims and fancies of those in authority, of what use are the Courts? Are the Police People’s Police or hand-maids of the President? We need an explanation! #SriLanka #RuleOfLaw

1/1 Was bail granted to Manivannan by the Government or by Courts? - It is necessary that the President and the Hon’ Minister Devananda do issue a statement in this regard.

https://t.co/eZo578vSqj My statement in English.

Manivannan's arrest is an act based on racism&fascism.The @UN_HRC and foreign ambassadors should immediately intervene to release him. #Tamil people are prevented from even administering a small town and keeping it clean and tidy. https://t.co/cbRMeFqzhpமணிவண்ணன்-கைது-இனவாதம்-ப/

If the Executive Presidency is continued, then a Confederal Constitution is necessary. Federalism will not lead to a stable Government. The present Unitary Constitution has proved to be a colossal disaster. https://t.co/hPJoGdwOPW #lka

Despite our calls to stop the mass deportations of #Tamils from Germany to Sri Lanka, I am dismayed to hear that a significant number of Tamils were indeed deported and being now at risk of surveillance, arbitrary detention and torture. #Germany has failed to uphold #HumanRights