Terrorists laugh at the UN Geneva: LTTE Diaspora fearlessly calls LTTE their “savior” and to retain weapons

21 September 2025

 

To:

The President, United Nations Human Rights Council

The High Commissioner for Human Rights, OHCHR

Permanent Mission of Switzerland to the UN, Geneva

President, United Nations General Assembly

President, United Nations Security Council

Members of the UN Human Rights Council

The Government of Sri Lanka

 

Dear Excellencies & UN Member States

 

Terrorists laugh at the UN Geneva: LTTE Diaspora fearlessly calls LTTE their “savior” and to retain weapons

 

A single placard displayed at this year’s Geneva session declares: ‘LTTE is our saviour: don’t demand to lay down their weaponss.’ This brazen statement, made on UN premises, mocks the very institution meant to defend peace. It exposes not only the hypocrisy of the LTTE diaspora but also the UN’s shocking complicity in allowing terrorists to laugh at its rules.”

 

A single placard displayed at this year’s Geneva session declares:

“LTTE is our saviour: don’t demand to lay down their weapons”.

For years, the LTTE diaspora has been extremely careful about what they say, how they say it, and what demands they make — always cloaking their separatist agenda in the language of “human rights” and “civilian justice.” But this placard tears away that mask. It shows they are now cocksure that neither the UN, the UNHRC, nor the Swiss authorities will act against them — not for glorifying a proscribed terrorist group, not for calling LTTE their “savior,” and not even for demanding the right to retain arms in the heart of Geneva.

They are pretty sure all these entities are in their pockets.

 

This simple message has revealed several hard truths about the LTTE diaspora:

 

• Their claims of representingTamil civilians are false; the placard exposes their true allegiance to LTTE militants.

• Their accusations of “genocide” actually refer to LTTE cadres killed by Sri Lankan forces, not non-LTTE Tamil civilians.

 

• Their calls forTribunals are aimed at punishing the Armed Forces who defeated LTTE terrorists. They are not seeking justice for Tamil civilians. It is only a smokescreen.

• Their demands forreparations are for LTTE cadres alone, not for non-LTTE Tamil victims or Tamil victims of LTTE.

• It is confirmed that Mullaivaikkal commemorations glorify LTTE fighters, not Tamil civilian victims.Ironically, foreign MPs have annually attended these events, delivering emotional speeches — including former UNHRC Head Navi Pillay and former UK Prime Minister David Cameron. Were they this ignorant, or were they knowingly endorsing LTTE glorification?

 

• Theirpublic demand to retain arms demonstrates an attempt to perpetuate armed struggle abroad, posing serious international security risks.

 

• The LTTE is the only terrorist group in the world to have assassinated a sitting head of state and a foreign Prime Minister —Sri Lankan President R Premadasa and Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi. Yet their supporters are now allowed to call for arms retention outside the UN. What credibility does the UN have left if it enables such actors?”

 

• The assassination ofIndian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi in 1991 by the LTTE in India, and the fact that LTTE cadres now live as refugees and asylum seekers in Western capitals, are warnings. The Charlie Kirk assassination in US despite surveillance prove the risk of mollycoddling trained terrorists who are openly asking to retain arms within UN premises.

 

This single placard exposes the hypocrisy, deceit, and dangerous agenda of the LTTE diaspora, while simultaneously highlighting failures and potential complicity of UN/OHCHR, Swiss authorities, and global bodies that have allowed such actions to continue unchecked.

 

If the LTTE is banned in 32 countries as the deadliest terrorist organization in South Asia — having pioneered suicide bombings, assassinated two heads of state (Indian PM Rajiv Gandhi and Sri Lankan President Premadasa), recruited thousands of child soldiers, and used civilians as human shields — how can any entity (UN, OHCHR, Member States, or Swiss authorities) explain their tolerance of LTTE glorification on UN premises without being complicit in global terrorism?

 

Questions for OHCHR / UNHRC

 

On Legitimacy of Engagement:

• Is the UNHRC/OHCHR aware that the LTTE remains a proscribed terrorist organization in 32 countries, including the US, UK, India, and EU? If so, how does the UN justify permitting LTTE flags, insignia, and placards glorifying its militants inside or around its Geneva premises?

Does this not amount to tacit endorsement of LTTE terrorism and separatism?

 

On Representation of Tamil Civilians:

• How can the UNHRC/OHCHR continue to recognize diaspora groups as “civil representatives” of Tamils when their own placards openly glorify LTTE militants as “saviors” and reject disarmament?
• Clearly, they have never represented Tamil suffering! If they did would they allow Tamil children to become child soldiers while their own children attended western schools, universities and got plum jobs abroad?

 

On Accountability Agenda:

• Are the calls for “international tribunals” truly for Tamil civilian victims, or are they thinly veiled demands for revenge against Sri Lanka’s Armed Forces for defeating the LTTE-their “savior”? How can OHCHR justify supporting such agendas under the guise of “justice”?

 

On Double Standards:

• How does OHCHR reconcile its advocacy for PTA repeal, Truth Commissions, and international accountability with the fact that its main diaspora partners simultaneously glorify terrorism, claim LTTE terrorists are their saviors, justify armed struggle, and demand to retain arms?

 

On Failure of Safeguards:

• Why have Swiss authorities and the OHCHR repeatedly failed to remove banners, placards, and flags glorifying a banned terrorist group displayed openly in front of the Palais des Nations, particularly near the Broken Chair memorial?

 

What message does this send to victims of terrorism worldwide?

 

On Vetting & Credibility:

• Were any of these pro-LTTE diaspora groups, which publicly glorify armed struggle, permitted to host side-events, submit reports, or attend official UN consultations during the current session and since 2009? If so, who vetted them, and how does the OHCHR justify legitimizing banned-terrorist-linked entities in UN processes?

 

• If OHCHR insists on protecting the “voices” of LTTE diaspora groups, why have they consistently ignored or silenced Tamil voices who opposed the LTTE, Tamil victims of LTTE killings, or Tamil mothers who lost children to LTTE recruitment? Whose “human rights” does OHCHR really stand for — civilians or terrorists?

 

Questions for UNHRC Member States / UNGA / UNSC

 

Audit of NGO Infiltration:

• Will Member States demand a full audit of NGOs, observers, or accredited individuals linked to banned LTTE networks, who have gained access to UN processes under the guise of “civil society” or “community representatives”? Their unchecked presence not only undermines the UN system but reduces it to a platform for terrorist propaganda.

 

On Double Standards in Accountability:

• How can Member States justify supporting calls for international tribunals against Sri Lanka’s Armed Forces, while LTTE networks abroad openly glorify armed struggle and their cadres live overseas as “refugees” or “asylum seekers” — a proven global security risk? (The assassination of Indian PM Rajiv Gandhi by the LTTE should remind all States of this danger.)

 

On Terrorist Symbols at the UN:

 

• How is it possible that, year after year since 2009, LTTE diaspora groups are allowed to brandish terrorist insignia, hold LTTE flags, and now even demand to “retain arms” outside the Palais des Nations?

 

• Would the UN, Swiss authorities, or Member States ever tolerate the same spectacle from Al-Qaeda, Hamas or ISIS sympathizers?

 

• Does this not indicate either corruption or a catastrophic failure of oversight within the UN system?

 

On UN’s Credibility & Propaganda:

• How can the UN justify giving space to groups that use placards to glorify banned terrorists, propagate falsehoods, and encourage continued violence — when the UN claims to be an institution promoting peace, security, and counter-terrorism?

 

On Core Group Hypocrisy:

• If the LTTE diaspora’s claims of civilian representation are demonstrably false — since their own banners openly glorify LTTE cadres as “saviors” and demand to retain arms — how can Member States, in good conscience, support the Core Group resolutions led by the UK, Canada, Malawi, North Macedonia, and Montenegro?

 

• Would it not be an international scandal if Members knowingly vote for a resolution that aligns them with groups declaring terrorists as their saviors?

 

• By engaging with and legitimizing LTTE diaspora groups, are Member States not undermining their own national security frameworks against terrorism?

 

• How will they explain to their own citizens if tomorrow an LTTE-trained cadre, resettled as a “refugee,” carries out an attack on their soil?

 

Questions to the Swiss Authorities

• What legal framework in Switzerland permits the public display ofterrorist insignia and calls to retain arms outside UN premises, mocking international law and norms?

• Why has no action been taken to demand removal of banners glorifyingproscribed armed groups in Geneva?

• What measures will be implemented to ensure Swiss territory isnot used to mock the UN and facilitate terror advocacy?

 

Switzerland prides itself as a hub of diplomacy and international peace. How does permitting banned terrorist groups to glorify armed struggle in front of UN headquarters align with this image?

• Is Geneva to be remembered as the “capital of peace” — or as the “safe haven of global terrorists”?
• “If Switzerland permits the glorification of LTTE terrorism on its soil, how can it continue to host the UN Human Rights Council and claim to be a neutral guardian of peace?”

 

Questions to the Government of Sri Lanka 

• How canoverseas voting rights be extended to individuals who claim LTTE is their savior and publicly advocate continuation of LTTE arms while claiming to represent civilians?

• What safeguards will prevent extremists or proscribed actors from influencing Sri Lanka’sdemocratic process – the GOSL should be aware that LTTE overseas continues coercion and extortion and has knife gangs and thugs in UK, Paris, Canada?

• Why should thePTA be repealed when these diaspora groups openly glorify armed struggle and misrepresent themselves as civilian representatives while claiming LTTE is their savior?

 

• By granting legitimacy and voting rights to these groups, GoSL risks re-exposing Tamil civilians to the same diaspora-backed terrorism that once used them as human shields

 

• Is the Govt not concerned about the national security risk to Sri Lanka & its people by allowing pro-LTTE Diaspora to vote?

• Why pursuetribunals against Sri Lanka’s armed forces, who defeated terrorism, while the same overseas networks continue to celebrate violence and mock international norms? Moreover, on LTTE witness testimonies is it fair to jail members of the armed forces who bravely fought to defeat terrorism?

 

• Why is the GoSL silent while terrorists mock Sri Lanka at the UN, and while foreign states openly platform LTTE propaganda? Has the GoSL forgotten that 30,000 soldiers sacrificed their livesto defeat LTTE terrorism? If GoSL will not defend them, who will?

 

• If LTTE diaspora groups openly declare “LTTE is our savior” and demand the retention of arms, is this not the clearest proof that their real goal has never been justice, reconciliation, or civilian welfare — but simply to resurrect a defeated terrorist movementunder the cover of “human rights”?

 

• Why then should the UN, Member States/UNHRC Council Members, or Sri Lanka take any of their claims seriously and continue the bogus resolutions and UNHRC recommendations against Sri Lanka?

 

This placard is not a cry for justice—it is a public confession of terrorism, made on UN premises. If the UN, Switzerland, or Member States ignore it, they are not bystanders—they are enablers. The world must now decide: will it stand with victims of terror, or with those who call terrorists their saviors?”

 

 

 

Shenali D Waduge

Concerned Citizen

Sri Lanka

 

Attachments;

https://www.shenaliwaduge.com/open-letter-to-swiss-authorities-unscl-on-ltte-terrorist-insignia-display-in-geneva/

Open Letter to Swiss Authorities UNSC on LTTE terrorist insignia display in Geneva

https://www.shenaliwaduge.com/6367-2/ – videos and photo evidence of LTTE diaspora displaying terrorist insignia and admitting LTTE is their “savior”.