An evening with Janet Daby, councillors and Lewisham East Tamil community

[Deeq A.]

The British Tamils Forum (BTF) and Tamils for Labour (TfL) organized a fundraising event on 8 June 2024 to support Janet Daby, the Labour candidate for Lewisham East, in the general election scheduled for 4 July 2024.

Janet Daby attended with her husband and joyfully met and greeted the people in the dinner hall. A broad cross-section of Lewisham-East constituents, councillors, Tamil business community and dignitaries attended. The youth involvement significantly contributed to the event’s success.

Among other participants, the following dignitaries participated and graced the event.

Councillor Mark Ingleby

Councillor Rachel Onikosi

Councillor Eva Stamirowski

Councillor Aliya Sheikh

Councillor Jacq Paschoud

Councillor John Muldoon

Councillor Coral Howard

Councillor John Paschoud

Councillor Appu Srinivasan

Councillor Elili Ponnuthurai

Councillor Sarmila Varatharaj

London Assembly Member and Leader of Labour Group at City Hall Len Duvall OBE

There is a growing global acknowledgment that what the Tamils in Sri Lanka suffered in the final stages of the civil war was genocide at the hands of the Sri Lankan state. Canada is one example that declared the week preceding May 18 as genocide week and focused it on education-related matters. In Britain, Rt Hon Sir Keir Starmer, the opposition leader, mentioned Mullivaikkal genocide remembrance in his Mullivaikkal message to the BTF. https://www.facebook.com/100064789236766/posts/871004598402507/?mibextid=WC7FNe&rdid=fnH2koZkm5Gjg3CE.

Janet Daby, the member of parliament for Lewisham East and shadow minister for youth justice, a strong advocate for justice and the legitimate aspirations of Tamils also acknowledged in many occasions what happened to Tamils in the civil war in Sri Lanka was genocide.

BTF looks forward to campaigning for the likes of Janet Daby, seeking to establish justice for the Tamil victim population in Sri Lanka, whose existence there is threatened with genocide.

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