Posts Tagged ‘protesters’
Toronto Tamils try to rally international support
[Toronto Sun] Tamils still suffer human rights violations two years after the civil war in Sri Lanka ended, protesters at Queen’s Park said Saturday. [Full Story]
Read MoreHave Sri Lanka’s Tamils been forgotten?
[Al Jazeera] The civil war in Sri Lanka was one of the world’s most brutal conflicts and lasted nearly 30 years. Both the Sinhalese-majority government forces and the separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) were accused of using dirty tactics. When the war ended in 2009 with the defeat of the LTTE, the Sri…
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…
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