Tamil community forms human chain

By pearlaction | March 17, 2009 |

[Toronto Sun] Tens of thousands of Toronto Tamils took to the streets today to protest attacks by the Sri Lankan military in that country’s bloody civil war. Waving the red and gold flags of the Tamil Tigers alongside Canadian flags, the protesters mixed chants for a separate Tamil homeland with calls for the Canadian government…

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Sri Lankan protesters form human chain at Toronto’s Union Station

By pearlaction | January 31, 2009 |

[ 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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Tamils protest ‘genocide’

By pearlaction | January 31, 2009 |

[ Toronto Star ] Thousands of Tamils from across Greater Toronto formed a human chain stretching along Front Street and up University Avenue this afternoon to protest against what they call the genocide of the Tamil people in their homeland, Sri Lanka.About 45,000 people took part in the protest throughout the day, according to Staff…

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