ACT NOW is a Human rights

Human rights

Human rights are "commonly understood as inalienable fundamental rights to which a person is inherently entitled simply because she or he is a human being." Human rights are thus conceived as universal and egalitarian . These rights may exist as natural rights or as legal rights, in both national...

 campaign group founded by former British humanitarian Aid workers from Sri Lanka against human rights abuses against Tamils. ACT NOW campaigned for a ceasefire, against Tamil internment and later is leading an international boycott Sri Lanka Campaign until Sri Lanka ends human rights abuses against Tamils. It is headed by Tim Martin

Tim Martin (human rights)

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,mass killing in Sri Lanka against Tamils...

 and Graham Williamson

Graham Williamson

Graham Williamson is a 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,mass killing in Sri Lanka against Tamils....

both former Aid worker. It also raises and sends aid to Tamils in Sri Lanka