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Sri Lanka protest over UN war abuses resolution

By pearlaction | February 27, 2012 |

[BBC] Protests are being held across Sri Lanka against plans by Western nations to sponsor a UN motion calling for a probe into abuses during the civil war. [Full Story]

Sri Lanka protesting university students evicted

By pearlaction | January 9, 2012 |

[BBC] Thousands of protesting students have been evicted from the campus of one of Sri Lanka’s main universities following a court order. [Full Story]

Sri Lanka: Protest in Jaffna over “disappearances”

By pearlaction | December 24, 2011 |

[World Socialist] Amid police and military threats, about 200 mothers, wives and other relatives of disappeared persons held a protest on December 10 in Jaffna, northern Sri Lanka, to demand information about their loved ones. [Full Story]

Sri Lankan protest over ‘disappeared’

By pearlaction | August 11, 2011 |

[BBC] Weeping parents have been demonstrating in the Sri Lankan capital, Colombo, asking what has become of close family members who have disappeared. [Full Story]

Tamils protest at Lord’s over allegations of war crimes in Sri Lanka

By pearlaction | June 4, 2011 |

[Guardian UK] Around 2.45pm a yellow weather balloon bobbed up above the Lord’s pavilion. It had “Boycott Sri Lanka” scrawled on the side in thick black ink, and a Tamil flag tied around the rope that tethered it to the ground. Cricket has often been portrayed as something that has helped hold Sri Lankan society together…