Sri Lanka’s government has decided to lift the ban on six International Tamil Organizations.
According to the Defence Ministry, an amendment to the List of Designated Persons was made in accordance with Regulation 4(7) of the United Nations Regulations No. 1 of 2012.
The Ministry of Defence had banned the Global Tamil Forum, British Tamil Forum (BTF), Canadian Tamil Congress (CTC), Australian Tamil Congress (ATC), Tamil Ealam People’s Federation, Tamil Youth Organization, and World Tamil Coordinating Committee in 2021.
