Sri diaspora

Dear friends

ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ When it comes for voting either in state or national level, majority members of the Sri Lankan community in Australia used to select Australian Greens as the first or the second preference.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ 

ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ However, it is the time to think about your choice in the coming federal election.

ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ Mr Bob Brown and the Australian Greens Party have been blindly and pathetically behaved ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ against Sri Lanka in the national issue, and always supported Tamil diaspora sympathtic to LTTE,ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ against Sri Lanka. ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ 

ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ A few examples to mention:

ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ (1)ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  Sydney Tamils support for Bob Browns fund raiser on 16 July 2010:

ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ http://tamilsforgreens.wordpress.com/2010/06/21/bob-browns-fundraising-dinner-in-sydney/

ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ (2)ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  Bob on Channel 9 – Well, they are and that’s because there’s 250,000 Tamil – civilians – being held in what’s called concentration camps, being held in pretty appalling conditions. Some of them are being released at the moment, but the government authorities are going through those camps to try and weed out the people they feel were leading the insurrection.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ 

ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ http://greensmps.org.au/blog/bob-ch9-with-laurie-oakes

ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ (3)ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young put forward a motion in the Australian Federal parliament on 26 June 2010, in support of UN calls for war crimes investigation in Sri Lanka

ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ http://www.tamilnewsnetwork.com/2010/06/29/australian-war-crimes-motion-illustrates-paradigm-shift/

ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ (4)ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  Tamil woman (whom uncle was jailed in UK for aiding LTTE) ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ in Australia contesting in the forthcoming federal election for Greens

ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ http://www.theaustralian.com.au/politics/tamil-refugee-seeks-senate-seat/story-e6frgczf-1225890477817

ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ http://www.australiantamilcongress.com/en/news/114-australian-tamil-youth-runs-for-federal-senate.html

ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ (5)ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  Greens Senator visits Tamil protest outside the Lodge

ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ http://bob-brown.greensmps.org.au/content/media-release/greens-senator-visits-tamil-protest-outside-lodge

ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ (6)ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  Bob talks about Tamils:

ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ http://www.bob-brown.greensmps.org.au/content/greencast/tamil-protest

ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ Regards

ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ Sri diaspora