Article 11: We’re Always Innocent Until Proven Guilty

Article 11: We’re Always Innocent Until Proven Guilty Article 11: (1) Everyone charged with a penal offence has the right to be presumed innocent until proved guilty according to law in a public trial at which he has had all the guarantees necessary for his defence. (2) No one shall be held guilty of any penal offence on account of any act or omission which did not constitute a penal offence, under national or international law, at the time when it was committed. Nor shall a heavier penalty be imposed than the one that was applicable at the time the penal offence was committed. Click here to watch video on Article 11, Innocent Until Proven Guilty

Article 7: We are All Equal Before the Law

Article 7: All are equal before the law and are entitled without any discrimination to equal protection of the law. All are entitled to equal protection against any discrimination in violation of this Declaration and against any incitement to such discrimination. We are all equal before the law, and we are entitled to equal protection of the law without discrimination – but, how can Tamils be treated equally before the law when laws are created that discriminate them, and when lawmakers are the ones who treat Tamils with inequality.