Posts Tagged ‘Toronto’
Toronto Tamil fears for wife in Sri Lanka
[CBC] A Toronto man of Tamil descent is asking the federal government to rescue his wife and children in Sri Lanka, claiming they are being harassed by the government there because of things he told a Canadian newspaper. [Full Story]
Read MoreCanadian detainee wants probe into detention and alleged torture in Sri Lanka
[National Post] A Canadian man has returned to Toronto after spending three years in the custody of Sri Lanka’s anti-terrorism police, whom he said detained him until he signed a false confession saying he had smuggled equipment to the Tamil Tigers rebels. [Full Story]
Read MoreTamil protesters block downtown Toronto highway
[ CBC ] About 2,000 Tamil Canadians, upset over the civil war in their native Sri Lanka, shut down both lanes of a downtown Toronto highway Sunday evening. For several months, Tamil Canadians and their supporters have been holding protests in Toronto and Ottawa to demonstrate against violence in northern Sri Lanka. They’re calling for…
Read MoreThousands protest Tamil ‘genocide’
[Toronto Star] Sharannya Mohan looked back and forth on Front St. As far as she could see, Tamils stood shoulder to shoulder denouncing what they call genocide in Sri Lanka. “We can’t all be terrorists,” the 21-year-old York University student said with a twisted smile. Thousands of Tamils from across greater Toronto, a crowd estimated…
Read MoreSri Lankan protesters form human chain at Toronto’s Union Station
[ CBC News ] Thousands of protesters flooded onto one of Toronto’s busiest downtown streets at rush hour on Friday in opposition to a Sri Lankan government offensive aimed at crushing the separatist Tamil Tigers. The protesters formed a human chain outside Union Station, a main transit point for commuters catching trains, subways and buses…
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