‘Give us back our hijacked lands’ – protesters in Kilinochchi
Tamil Guardian 27 September 2012
Demonstrators led by the TNA gathered in Kilinochchi on Thursday to protest the ongoing military occupation of Tamil homelands and to demand the establishment of Tamils’ right to life.
Convening outside the Kilinochchi Divisional Secretariat, protesters chanted:
“Army! Leave Tamil lands now!”
“Are Tamil lands High Security Zones?”
“Let us live freely in our lands!”
“Free Tamil political prisoners!”
Along with TNA MPs and Councillors, prominent participants included leader of the Democratic People’s Front Mano Ganesan, Colombo Municipal Councillor Baskara, and former MP and current secretary-general of the TNPF Selvarajah Kajendren, reports Uthayan.
Tamils in Copenhagen, Denmark, marked the 4th year anniversary of the Mullivaikkal massacre, and marched from the country's Foreign Office towards Parliament on Friday,
[more]
The Tamil National Alliance held the a remembrance event for the thousands massacred during the final stages of the armed conflict, in Vavuniya on Saturday.
[more]
Expressing solidarity with the Canadian Tamil community in their remembrance of the Mullivaikkal massacre this week, the Conservative MP of Mississauga—Streetsville,
[more]
Print Article
E-mail Article
Feedback On Article