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Thousands of people are set to gather in London this weekend for a major protest march against the Sri Lankan government's offensive against Tamil Tiger rebels and alleged human rights abuses. Skip related content Related photos / videos Thousands to march in support of Tamils Hundreds of Tamil demonstrators currently occupying London's Parliament Square will see their numbers swell on Saturday for a renewed push, according to supporters. The ... Full story

Fears are growing for two London protesters who have gone on hunger strike to draw attention to the plight of Tamils living in Sri Lanka. Skip related content Related photos / videos Tamils, Sivatharshan Sivakumar and Parameshwwaran Subramaniyan maintain a hunger strike … The men, who are refusing to take even liquids, have been on hunger strike since Monday. They are Sivatharsan Sivakumaraval, 21, and Prarameswaran Subramaniam, 28, both ... Full story

Thousands of people are set to gather in London this weekend for a major protest march over the Sri Lankan government's offensive against Tamil Tiger rebels. Skip related content Related photos / videos Tamil demonstrators protest in Westminster, London, demanding an immediate ceasefire in … Hundreds of Tamil demonstrators currently occupying Parliament Square will see their numbers swell on Saturday, say supporters. The protesters say the lives of thousands ... Full story

London, Apr.8 (ANI): Protests by Tamils based in Britain are continuing for the third day in and around London's Parliament Square. Police arrested seven people on Tuesday as a crowd protested against the Sri Lankan government's offensive against Tamil Tiger rebels and alleged human rights abuses. Up to 5,000 people - including women ... Full story

London, Apr.7 (ANI): Police in London have been placed on alert and life boats have been scrambled to prevent thousands of Tamil protesters from jumping into the River Thames in protest against a delay to impose a cease-fire in Sri Lanka. Four Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) lifeboats were placed on standby along with police, fire and the harbour master's vessels, amid concern the demonstrators would ... Full story

Colombo, Apr.6 (ANI): Sri Lankan Government troops have said that they are in no hurry to storm a safe zone to pursue Tamil Tiger rebels in the north-east. The country's defence secretary, Gotabhaya Rajapakse said: "We have no plans of going into the safe zone immediately. Our aim is to get the civilians safely out of the no-fire zone. So, we are watching at the moment." ... Full story

Sydney, Mar 29 (ANI): Hundreds of Tamil community members gathered in the centre of Sydney to protest against the Sri Lankan Government's treatment of Tamils. The Tamil Youth Organisation said the "visual protest" using coffins, barbed wire and dolls representing civilians caught up in the conflict is aimed to draw attention to "the horrors of ethnic cleansing through art" by drawing on elements of dance and ... Full story

London, Mar 14 (ANI): The UN in its strongest message on the conflict so far has said that nearly 10,000 civilians have been killed or injured in two months and actions taken by the Sri Lankan Government and the Tamil Tiger rebels may amount to war crimes. UN High Commissioner ... Full story

Chennai, Mar 9 (ANI): Former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa, who heads the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK), accused United Progressive Alliance (UPA) and the Tamil Nadu Government for the genocidal attack on Tamils in Sri Lanka. Jayalalithaa expressed these views in Chennai on Monday while addressing the media at a spot where she and her party volunteers undertook hunger strike as a mark ... Full story

Islamabad, Mar. 4 (ANI): Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has assured Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama that the investigation into the attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team on Tuesday, is making progress. "Progress has been made in the investigation and the perpetrators will be exposed and brought to justice," The News quoted Zardari, as saying. Zardari told Bogollagama that the terrorists ... Full story

Chennai, Mar. 2 (ANI): Activists fighting for Tamil victims of the Sri Lanka's offensive against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, tried to attack the office of the Sri Lanka Deputy High Commissioner in Chennai on Monday. Shouting slogans against the Indian and Sri Lankan Governments, around 200 activists of the Tamil Eelam Freedom Federation rushed towards ... Full story

Mumbai, Mar 1 (ANI): Tamil supporters took to the street on Sunday demanding the intervention of the United Nations (UN) to ensure safety of the Tamil civilians in Sri Lanka. The protesters formed a human chain and marched through the streets of the city. "The Sri Lankan government has been committing atrocities ... Full story

Kolkata, Mar 1 (ANI): Union External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Sunday said that the military option would not solve the Lankan issue and implementation of the 13th amendment to the Sri Lankan constitution would be a significant step to bring a political solution to the ethnic problem in Sri Lanka. This amendment will entail devolution ... Full story

Coimbatore, Feb 25 (ANI): The Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI-M) has said New Delhi should not supply any arms to Sri Lanka as long as the conflict between Colombo and the Tamil rebels was not resolved. "As far as our stand is concerned, we do not want any supply of arms to the Sri Lanka Government at this stage till there's a settlement," said Prakash ... Full story

Trichy (TN), Feb 18 (ANI): Tamil leader V. Gopalswamy, popularly known as Vaiko, came down heavily on the Central Government allegedly supporting the Sri Lankan offensive on Tamil rebels in the island nation. Addressing a human chain here, Vaiko, chief of Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK) said: "The Indian Government has supplied enormous weapons, and has given all logistic support to launch a genocidal war ... Full story

Chennai, Feb 16 (ANI): Siritunga Jayasuriya, a leader of Sri Lanka's United Socialist Party, now on a visit to India, said that the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), will retaliate if the Sri Lankan army continues the military war against them. He asserted this in the course of an exclusive interview with ANI here on Sunday by contending the military action against the LTTE is ... Full story

Chennai, Feb 3 (ANI): Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) urged both the Indian and Sri Lankan government to find a permanent solution to the ethnic crisis in northern Sri Lanka. The party executive chaired by the Party President and Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi adopted a resolution to this effect in Chennai on Tuesday. The resolution asks for a ceasefire to protect the livelihood of Tamils in Sri Lanka. ... Full story