[Mitai-announce] Siva Sivalogan on conflict in Sri Lanka, 10/20/10 at 6 pm!!

[Lindsay S Johnson]

MIT Amnesty Presents...

"Siva Sivalogan" on Conflict in Sri Lanka

Where: MIT Building 4, Room 270 (4-270)
When:  October 20, 6-8pm
What:
     Siva Sivalogan is a Governing Council (Board of Directors) member of US
Tamil Political Action Council, a grass-roots advocacy group working to bring
peace, normalcy, justice and freedom for the Tamils to live with dignity in
theor homelands in North-East Sri Lanka. The presentation includes:

   * Quick review of the 54+ year old Tamil-Sinhala ethnic divide to the end of
the ethnic civil war in May 2009;
   * Current situation faced by the Tamils in their homelands in the North-East
and what awaits them in the future;
   * Immediate wish of the Tamils in North-East;
   * Plans of the 1 Million Tamil Diaspora; and
   * How Amnesty International and the International Community must continue to
play a role to Help the Tamils live in peace with dignity, freedom, justice in
their own homelands.


**Snacks provided.