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At UN, UK’s Miliband Decries Sri Lankan Bloodbath, IMF Loan Linked, No Resolution
[Inner City Press] After a weekend of bombing and “bloodbath” in Sri Lanka, the first official to speak out at the UN in New York was UK minister David Miliband. He stopped to speak to the Press on his way into the UN Security Council’s meeting on the Middle East. He said he has arranged…
Read MoreWestminster Grinds To A Halt During Protest
[Sky News] Traffic in Westminster has been brought to a standstill as hundreds of protesters stage a sit-in around the Houses of Parliament. Around 500 Tamil supporters calling for a ceasefire in Sri Lanka pushed past police lines in Parliament Square at around 10.50am. They have taken up positions sitting in the middle of the…
Read MoreTamils continue protests
[Toronto Star] Dozens of Tamil protesters calling for intervention in the Sri Lanka civil war remain at Queen’s Park this morning, while another group has assembled outside the Sri Lankan consulate near Yonge St. and St. Clair Ave. Gathered on a portion of sidewalk at 40 St. Clair Ave. W. – but not obstructing pedestrian…
Read MoreUN mourns Sri Lanka ‘bloodbath’
[BBC] The United Nations has described the situation in northern Sri Lanka as a “bloodbath” after reports of heavy civilian casualties at the weekend. UN spokesman in Colombo Gordon Weiss said more than 100 children died during the “large-scale killing of civilians”. On Sunday, a doctor working in the war zone said at least 378…
Read MoreJoint Letter to Japanese Prime Minister on Sri Lanka
[HRW] If the world continues to look away from the suffering of civilians in Sri Lanka, as it has largely done until now, it will be a failure of historic proportions. We believe that Japan, a powerful player on the humanitarian stage and the largest international donor to Sri Lanka, has an important role to…
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