London Conference Explores Nature of Land Grabs in Tamil Homeland

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London conference explores nature of land grabs in T amil homeland [TamilNet, Sunday, 02 February 2014, 10:50 GMT] Academics, legal experts, activists, journalists, and Eezham Tamil politicians gathered in London to discuss Sri Lankan state facilitated land grabs in the Eezham T amils homeland, its nature, its effects, and possible solutions, at a conference on Saturday !hile all of the presenters "ere in consensus t hat land grabs in the T amil homeland "as a phenomena that "as a genuine and pressing issue, many expressed their support for a strong international campaign to put a halt to this Like"ise, some of the participants also criticised the international community#s silence and complicity in the process There "as also heated debate on "hether the process could be termed $genocide%, "ith former &' official and (remen)**T judge +r +enis alliday along "ith Tamil activists from both the presenters and the audience arguing in its favour Speaking at te !riti" T amil" F#rum $!TF% #rgani"ed &#n'eren&e, (nurada Mittal, and )ndian a&ti*i"t ba"ed in te +S, #pined tat +, +S and #ter &#untrie" tat a*e aided te G#S- mu"t pay reparati#n" t# te Tamil" .# .ere a''e&ted by te .ar and tat Tamil" "#uld take up ti" &ampaign/ )n an e&lu"i*e inter*ie. t# TamilNet, "e "aid tat Te g#*ernment #' Sri -anka .a" able t# d# .at it did .it &#mplete impunity .ile re"t #' te .#rld .at&ed #n, n#ting #. te + and +S pr#*ided type" #' military a""i"tan&e t# Sri -anka, and tu", tey .ere re"p#n"ible '#r te pligt #' te Tamil" in te i"land/ Object1 Se al"# "aid n#t 3u"t Tamil" .#rld #*er, but al"# e*ery )ndian, e*ery !riti" and e*ery

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