The World Tamil Council has criticized Sri Lanka’s self-interest in removing the ban on diaspora organizations.
While the ban on the speaker of the World Tamil Council, Suren Surendran, has now been lifted, when our news section asked him about the lifting of the ban, he said the above.
The Sri Lankan government has lifted the ban on some diaspora Tamil organizations.
It has been announced that the ban on the World Tamil Council and the Canadian Tamil Congress organizations has been lifted through a special gazette notification by the Ministry of Defense.
With Sri Lanka high on the agenda for the upcoming September session of the UN Human Rights Council, the Sri Lankan government has reportedly lifted the ban on diaspora organizations and prominent individuals of diaspora organizations in response to the session as well as moves to counter international pressure.
It is suspected that this move has been taken to create the impression that reconciliation and reconciliation activities are being promoted in Sri Lanka.
It is noteworthy that the ban on the World Tamil Council and its speaker Suren Surendran, the British Tamil Council and the Canadian Tamil Congress has been lifted through a special gazette notification by the Ministry of Defence.