Tim Martin (human rights)

Tim Martin
Nationality British
Occupation Aid Worker
Organization ACT NOW
Known for Human Rights Activist

Tim Martin is the Director of the Human Rights Campaign group ACT NOW. A former British humanitarian aid worker who worked in Sri Lanka founded ACT NOW with fellow aid workers after seeing human rights violations and mass killing in Sri Lanka against Tamils.[1] Tim Martin went on a 21-day fast outside British Parliament to protest against the killing of Tamils in Sri Lanka. [2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]

References

  1. ↑ Act now
  2. ↑ "Hunger strike of British Aid worker enters 16th day". Tamilnet. 3 June 2009. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
  3. ↑ "British Aid worker suspends hunger strike". Tamilnet. 9 June 2009. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
  4. ↑ Hunger Striker's plea to Obama
  5. ↑ Tamil demonstrators say Times report backs massacre claims
  6. ↑ "Activist seized from lawyer's car in Sri Lanka". Mark Tran. The Guardian. 20 May 2009. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
  7. ↑ "Tamil woman raped by Sri Lankan soldiers to be deported". Channel4. 4 July 2014. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
  8. ↑ "Tim Martin of "Act Now" seeks justice for Sri Lankan Tamils". transcurrents.com. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
  9. ↑ "Thousands to march in support of Tamils". Colombo Times  – via HighBeam (subscription required) . 10 April 2009. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
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