Tamil Protest in Australia

It's Sri Lankan Independence Day. But this crowd in Sydney has not gathered to celebrate.

Instead, it's demanding international action to force a ceasefire between Sri Lanka's army, and Tamil Tiger separatists.

Sri Lanka's armed forces say they have encircled the remaining rebels in a small slice in jungle in the northeast of the country, and are close to crushing one of Asia's longest-running insurgencies.

Aid agencies say a quarter of a million people remain trapped in Tiger-held areas, and at risk from the fighting.

Manomohan Vairamughu, a spokesman for Australia's Tamil community, called the Sri Lankan offensive 'genocide', and said international intervention should bring it to a stop immediately.

[Dr. Manomohan Vairamughu, Tamil Community Member]:
"Haven't we learnt lessons from Gaza, Rwanda, Serbia? And once people are killed they never come back. Finding a solution after thousands of people are killed is not going to be of any use."

The protest comes a day after the United States, European Union, Japan and Norway urged Tamil Tigers to consider surrendering to avoid further casualties.

Despite international concern for civilians, Sri Lanka's government is unlikely to be deterred from its pursuit of victory.

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[ihadsw]

I came to know that the sinhala buddhist are preserving The Buddha's Tooth in sri lanka for thousands of years! Although,they're preserving the tooth!They are not preserving the buddha's teaching's! The Buddha taught his diciples to follow Ahimsa but now they are following Himsa(violence)!Which is a wrong path to enlightenment!

[SRILANKANLION4LIFE]

The United Nations accused LTTE of preventing tens of thousands of civilians from leaving the northeastern jungle. A growing number of people trying to leave have been shot and sometimes killed, the UN office in Sri Lanka said in a statement, adding that the Tigers were recruiting child soldiers as young as 14 years old. The UN also said the Tigers had stopped 15 of its local staff and 75 of their dependants from leaving the war zone, and had forcibly recruited one of its staff on Sunday.

[ravinz86]

@saminea1 the death toll was way more

[ravinz86]

@SRILANKANLION4LIFE Fuck u yes they commited a war crime but the sri lankan government isnt clean at all instead it is a thousand times worse watch this then tell me if ur government is innocent u cunt.watch?v=Rz_eCLcp1Mc&featu­re=player_embedded.Besides your army shamelessly bombed no fire zones and raped innocent women and children so fuck u n ur 3rd world shithole.IF u follow history the tamils were the majority in the island till u people started humping each other more .

[helahadacom]

watch this video, LTTE will realize their destiny

watch?v=fgAoK37gXKA

[Tamilonthestreet]

Who Kil President Premadasa ?

[Tamilonthestreet]

Who killed Rajeeve Ghandi ?

[saminea1]

The Government of Sri Lanka is a terrorist organization!!!!!!!!!

Ban Sri Lanka!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

63,000 deaths is enough!!!!!!

[lillankankilla]

we already did and wat did rajapaksa do

suk his own dick?

we did and we styll are u fukin war criminals

[LtteBuster]

Tamil Bitch...If possible raise your ugly flag in Colombo just for ten seconds !