Together Against Genocide
{{Short description|US-based non-governmental organization}}
Together Against Genocide (TAG, formerly Tamils Against Genocide) is a non-governmental organization formed in 2008, based in Columbia, Maryland, United States, which has actively protested the Sri Lankan Civil War and what it argues is the genocide of Sri Lankan Tamils.{{cite web|url=http://www.tamilsagainstgenocide.org/Contacts.aspx|title=Contacts|work=Tamils Against Genocide|date=April 29, 2011|accessdate=May 3, 2011}} Tamils Against Genocide hired US attorney Bruce Fein{{cite news|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/tamil-group-files-lawsuit-against-rajapaksa-in-us/743516/|title=Tamil group files lawsuit against Rajapaksa in US - Indian Express|date=29 January 2011|work=The Indian Express|accessdate=29 November 2012}} to file human rights violation charges against two Sri Lankan officials associated with the civil war in Sri Lanka which has reportedly claimed the lives of thousands of civilians.{{cite web|url=http://www.tgte.org/usa|title=TGTE Launches Signature Campaign for Sri Lanka Genocide Investigation|publisher=Transitional Government of Tamil Eelam|date=April 24, 2011|accessdate=May 3, 2011}} The TAG got Bruce Fein to author the book The Tamil Genocide by Sri Lanka, retaining its copyrights to it.{{cite book |title=The Tamil Genocide by Sri Lanka: The Global Failure to Protect Tamil Rights | isbn=978-0-932863-87-4 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KrcHi8tlFwwC&pg=PT108 | last1=Boyle | first1=Francis | date=20 April 2010 | publisher=SCB Distributors }}
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- [http://www.tamilsagainstgenocide.org/ Tamils Against Genocide]
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Category:Organizations based in Maryland
Category:Peace organizations based in the United States
Category:War crimes in the Sri Lankan civil war
Category:Overseas Tamil organizations
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