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Hundreds of protesters surrounded David Cameron’s car on a visit to the mostly Tamil north of Sri Lanka last week. They held photos of relatives killed or abducted in the massacres that ended the civil war of 2009 or the clampdowns that followed.

David Cameron was set to attend a Commonwealth summit in Sri Lanka this week. 

Sri Lankan Tamils demonstrated against David Cameron attending the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Colombo on 15 November.

The Sri Lankan army bathed the Jaffna region in blood as it overran the separatist Tamil Tigers in 2009. Its problem now is what to do with the vast territory it forcibly cleared. So the army has decided to fill it with tourists. 

Teachers and students in Jaffna, Sri Lanka, are striking against the arrest and interrogation of leading Tamil activists from their university.

Thousands of Tamils marched through central London yesterday (Wednesday) to protest at the queen lunching with the Sri Lankan president who presided over war crimes.

Adam Werritty gets cash to travel the world from a number of donors. Liam Fox has had a particular interest in Sri Lanka. He has been involved with the Sri Lankan Development Fund, which was wound up in 1999.

A damning new report confirms human rights abuses by the Sri Lankan government during the last months of its war against the Tamil Tigers.

Tamils exiled from Sri Lanka are holding a referendum on self determination. Tamils in Britain will vote this weekend

Over 100 people attended the first anniversary memorial meeting for Sri Lankan newspaper editor, Lasantha Wickrematunge in London on Friday of last week.

UN investigator Philip Alston has reported that footage of Sri Lankan soldiers executing prisoners last year was authentic.

Up to 30,000 Tamils and their supporters marched through London last Saturday demanding the closure of Sri Lanka’s concentration camps.