British Tamils urge boycott of Sri Lankan Airlines

London: The British Tamils Forum yesterday appealed to Tamils and others to boycott Sri Lanka's national carrier SriLankan Airlines claiming that its revenue is being used to buy arms to use against the Tamil people.
BTF, an umbrella organization of several Tamils organizations based in the UK, said at a press conference in London yesterday that some 30,000 of the 300,000 persons of Tamil origin living in the UK, use Sri Lanka's national carrier to fly to the country each year from the UK providing the airline with some £12 million which goes into the "war chest" of the Sri Lanka Government.
The appeal to boycott was made on the eve of the abrogation of the 2002 cease fire agreement by the Sri Lanka government and was criticized as a "precipitous action" which has "jettisoned any prospect for a peaceful political settlement."
The BTF claimed that it had support from its counterpart Tamil organizations in Europe, Canada, USA, Australia and India to launch a worldwide campaign.
16/01/08 Neville de Silva/Asian Tribune, Thailand

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Categories: Foreign Jan 2008