It is with utmost urgency that concerned Tamils in Queensland, kindly request your participation in the above forum to discuss the deteriorating humanitarian situation and human rights violations of Tamil people in Sri Lanka and to pay tribute to the slain Tamil Parliamentarians.
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Date:             6:30pm, Saturday, 12th April 2008
Venue:          Jamboree Heights State School, Jamboree Heights
For further information and registration, please contact  the organisers  on 0402 960 439, 07 3272 4720 or 07 3279 3696
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The purpose of the forum is to present the current and factual information on the plight of the innocent Tamil civilians and the democratically elected Tamil parliamentarians and to request the Australian government to take urgent steps to ease this human tragedy in Sri Lanka.

Despite repeated requests by the international community for the resumption of the peace process, conditions deteriorate every day for the innocent Tamil civilians and to the Tamil parliamentarians as the Sri Lankan Government abrogated the Norway brokered 5-year long cease-fire agreement with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and  is determined to find a military solution to a longstanding political problem.

The total Tamil population in Jaffna (the Northern peninsula) has not had access to basic food, fuel, medicines and other essential commodities for the last two yeras. The daily events of enforced disappearances, murder, and torture and denial of basic needs that are occurring in Sri Lanka constitute a crime against humanity. Tamil parliamentarian who spoke against these atrocities have been murdered (please see press reports at the end of this email). It is time that an international tribunal is established to address these atrocities because the legal system within Sri Lanka is currently incapable of effectively prosecuting these crimes. These inhumane acts can only be stopped by the international community by exerting political and economic pressure on the Sri Lankan Government.

In view of the worsening human tragedy, we, the organisations representing Queensland Tamils, kindly invite you to participate in this forum.  For further information and registration, please contact  the organisers  on 0402 960 439 or 07 3272 4720

Date:             6:30pm, Saturday, 12th April 2008
Venue:          Jamboree Heights State School, Jamboree Heights