The petition was handed over by the relatives of the disappeared in Sri Lanka.

The petition was handed over by the relatives of the disappeared in Sri Lanka. In particular, Madhavan Master (Sivabalasundaram Sivasithamparam), The son of the second in charge of the Tamil Eelam Police who surrendered under the leadership of Rev. Father Francis with a white flag on 18 May 2009, Mr. Gokulan Sivasithamparam, Pugazhinian Victor Wimalasingham, son of Commander of Tamil Eelam Jerry (Victor Wimalasingham Amarasingham) and Easwaran Janardhanan, grandson of Para (Elayathambi Pararajasingham), in charge of the administration of justice of Tamil Eelam, Easwaran Janarthanan, Udayarajah Pavasuthan, son of Colonel Kannan (Gnanaselvam Udayaraja), Mary Yuliana Sasikaran, sister of militant Eugene Vinojini Anthony Pillai, and Ahidar Balasubramaniam’s younger brother Anushan Balasubramaniam handed it over directly to the Prime Minister’s Office.

Although Britain is the second home of the Tamil Diaspora, it is a matter of concern that Britain has not taken any steps to acknowledge the fact that the genocide of Tamils took place in Sri Lanka. In order to address this, the British Parliament should accept the genocide of Tamils in Sri Lanka in the same way that Britain formally accepted the genocide of the Urgar people of China in 2021. The petitions also request the British government to take steps to ban the war criminals including Shavendra Silva, who led the 58 Division and directly led the army during the final stages of the war in Sri Lanka where 140,000 Tamil civilians were killed and tens of thousands injured and many displaced.etitions have been submitted to the British Prime Minister on the occasion of the 15th anniversary of the May 18 tragedy, the culmination of the genocide against the Eelam Tamils in Sri Lanka.

The first petition was submitted by the International Centre for Prevention and prosecution of Genocide (ICPPG), demanding that the British government officially recognise that what was and is being carried out by the Sri Lankan government against the Tamil people constitutes systematic genocide. It was submitted by activists and victims Manumayooran Kirupanantha Manuneethy, Sasikaran Selvasundaram, Kajananth Suntharalingam, Jesuthasan Roy Jakshan, Thushani Rajavarothayam and Subamagisha Varatharasa.

The petition states that the British Parliament should formally acknowledge that what is being committed by Sri Lanka is a genocide against the Tamils and if a tribunal is necessary to do so, it should be established internally or in collaboration with other countries.

The second petition was handed over by the Association of Exiled Relatives of the Enforced Disappearances in Sri Lanka (United Kingdom (AERED-UK). The petition also calls for the British government to recognise the genocide and ban war criminals including Sri Lankan Army Commander General Shavendra Silva and former Sri Lankan Presidents Mahinda Rajapaksa and Gotabaya Rajapaksa. And also pointed out that It is the disappointment of the families of the victims and the Tamil community affected by the genocide that the FDCO has not taken action despite all the evidence has been submitted, and requesting a meeting should be arranged with the British Foreign Office for the recently affected Tamils.

The petition was handed over by the relatives of the disappeared in Sri Lanka. In particular, Madhavan Master (Sivabalasundaram Sivasithamparam), The son of the second in charge of the Tamil Eelam Police who surrendered under the leadership of Rev. Father Francis with a white flag on 18 May 2009, Mr. Gokulan Sivasithamparam, Pugazhinian Victor Wimalasingham, son of Commander of Tamil Eelam Jerry (Victor Wimalasingham Amarasingham) and Easwaran Janardhanan, grandson of Para (Elayathambi Pararajasingham), in charge of the administration of justice of Tamil Eelam, Easwaran Janarthanan, Udayarajah Pavasuthan, son of Colonel Kannan (Gnanaselvam Udayaraja), Mary Yuliana Sasikaran, sister of militant Eugene Vinojini Anthony Pillai, and Ahidar Balasubramaniam’s younger brother Anushan Balasubramaniam handed it over directly to the Prime Minister’s Office.

Although Britain is the second home of the Tamil Diaspora, it is a matter of concern that Britain has not taken any steps to acknowledge the fact that the genocide of Tamils took place in Sri Lanka. In order to address this, the British Parliament should accept the genocide of Tamils in Sri Lanka in the same way that Britain formally accepted the genocide of the Urgar people of China in 2021. The petitions also request the British government to take steps to ban the war criminals including Shavendra Silva, who led the 58 Division and directly led the army during the final stages of the war in Sri Lanka where 140,000 Tamil civilians were killed and tens of thousands injured and many displaced.