Several hundred Tamils from Australia gathered in Sydney Sunday to support the Tamil Resurgence rallies being staged in Sri Lanka's Northeast.
Federal Members of the Australian parliament, Ms Julie Owens, and John Murphy, Chairman of International Commission of Jurists Justice John Dowd, attended the event organised by the Australasian Federation of Tamil Associations (AFTA), an umbrella organization of Tamil groups in the region.
Representatives of more than thirty member organizations participated in lighting the flame of resurgence at the beginning of the event presided by AFTA chairman Mr Ana Pararajasingham.
John Murphy, a Federal Member of the Australian parliament, commended the Co chairs to the Peace Process for calling for the disarming of the paramilitaries and expressed the view that “ this alone is insufficient” and called for the “complete withdrawal of the Sri Lankan armed forces from the Tamil Homeland.”
The key note speaker, Justice John Dowd, a prominent Australian Human Rights Activist, and Chairman of the International Commission of Jurists drew attention to the need to keep the international community informed of developing political situation in Sri Lanka.
A petition calling for “a political solution to the conflict based on the Tamil people right to self-determination and an end to the occupation by the Sri Lankan armed forces of the Tamil Homeland,” addressed to the Australian Prime Minister was signed by those attending the event.
Federal Members of the Australian parliament, Ms Julie Owens, and John Murphy, Chairman of International Commission of Jurists Justice John Dowd, attended the event organised by the Australasian Federation of Tamil Associations (AFTA), an umbrella organization of Tamil groups in the region.
Representatives of more than thirty member organizations participated in lighting the flame of resurgence at the beginning of the event presided by AFTA chairman Mr Ana Pararajasingham.
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The key note speaker, Justice John Dowd, a prominent Australian Human Rights Activist, and Chairman of the International Commission of Jurists drew attention to the need to keep the international community informed of developing political situation in Sri Lanka.
A petition calling for “a political solution to the conflict based on the Tamil people right to self-determination and an end to the occupation by the Sri Lankan armed forces of the Tamil Homeland,” addressed to the Australian Prime Minister was signed by those attending the event.
