“I don’t want yet again to be wringing my hands, in a few months or years, about something close to ethnic cleansing or genocidal war crimes that we failed to investigate or prevent while there

“I am a Tamil from Sri Lanka who is a victim of State terror. For sustainable peace, all peoples in Sri Lanka should have the freedom to exercise their right to self-determination, nationhood

“What is – and isn’t – happening in Sri Lanka matters to us all. The bloodshed in 2009 and worrying developments since continue to challenge the global rallying cry of ‘never again’. The

“Sri Lanka is rated the 4th most dangerous place in the world for journalists, higher even than Afghanistan. The new peace in Sri Lanka has come at a high cost to freedom of

“I have always admired and appreciated the Sri Lanka campaign’s work on human rights and justice and joining the campaign gives me an opportunity to support and more directly make a contribution to

Chibli Mallat He is Presidential Professor of Law and Professor of Middle Eastern Law and Politics at the University of Utah. He also holds the EU Jean Monnet Chair of Law at St Joseph

“The Tamil struggle for justice and self-determination is a cause that should be supported by all citizens of good faith. Like the disenfranchised Palestinians, Tamil stories should resonate around the world.” Antony Loewenstein

“I have been shocked to see friends from Sri Lanka become increasingly intimidated and silenced over the last few years. The whole world should be concerned that the seeds of the next conflict are

“If you see the justice of the Tamil quest for equality in Sri Lanka and do nothing about it you stand  condemned.” Bruce Haigh is a former Australian diplomat.He served in South Africa from 1976/79 where

“No one should stand by while human beings are herded into camps, those who expose their plight are murdered, those who try to help them are expelled and those who claim to believe