Press release from TAMIL FORUM For Commonwealth 97 id DAA01942; Fri, 17 Oct 1997 03:21:24 -0400 Via NY Transfer News Collective * All the News that Doesn't Fit source: news@tamilnet.com Thu Oct 16 04:30:57 1997 TamilNet received the following press release from TAMIL FORUM For Commonwealth 97. This appeal is distributed through TamilNet mailing list 16.10.1997 ------------------------------------------------------------------ TAMIL FORUM For Commonwealth 97 Eelam House, 202 Long Lane, London SE1 4QB. Tel:- 0171 403 4554 Fax:- 0171 403 1653 PRESS RELEASE 15 October 1997 THE TAMIL FORUM LAUNCHES A NEW WEBSITE A new website has been launched by the Tamil Forum for Commonwealth 97 to give information about the events leading up to the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting this month. The website will be updated regularly with issues concerning Tamil Eelam and the Tamil Eelam diaspora. The Tamil Forum for Commonwealth 97 will be holding a Festival of Tamil Culture on Saturday 25th October 1997 in Edinburgh to give a platform to the authentic voice of the Tamil Eelam Nation which is ruthlessly suppressed by the Sinhala Buddhist fundamentalist regime of Sri Lanka. The festival will be a celebration asserting Tamil cultural and political identity. In addition to daily updates from now on, during the 25th October 1997 the Tamil Forum website will be updated throughout the day with pictures of the event and emerging stories. The website can be found at: http://www. tamilforum.org International Federation of Tamils Tamil Lawyers Association Medical Institute Of Tamils International Tamil Foundation Tamil Concern Bolton Tamil Association Federation of Tamil Associations U.K Tamil Action Committee ================================================================= NY Transfer News Collective * A Service of Blythe Systems Since 1985 - Information for the Rest of Us 339 Lafayette St., New York, NY 10012 http://www.blythe.org e-mail: nyt@blythe.org ================================================================= nytas-10.17.97-03:21:24-29322