Protests Against The Sri Lankan Civil War In Canada
Protests in Canada against the Sri Lankan Civil War, often referred to as the Tamil protests by the media, consisted of a series of Demonstration (people), demonstrations which took place in List of cities in Canada, major Canadian cities with a significant Tamil diaspora population during the year 2009 protesting the alleged genocide of Sri Lankan Tamil people in the Northern Province, Sri Lanka, Northern Province and Eastern Province, Sri Lanka, Eastern Province of the island nation Sri Lanka. It was part of a Protests against the Sri Lankan Civil War, global outcry by the Tamil diaspora to end the Sri Lankan Civil War, investigate acts of Alleged war crimes during the Sri Lankan Civil War, war crimes by the Government of Sri Lanka, and restore civil rights for Tamils in Sri Lanka. The aim was also to create awareness and appeal to leaders, notably the Prime Minister of Canada, Stephen Harper, the President of the United States, Barack Obama and the Consulate General of Sri Lan ...
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Protests Against The Sri Lankan Civil War
Between 2008 and 2009, major protests against the Sri Lankan Civil War (often referred to as the Tamil protests by Western news media) took place in several countries around the world, urging national and world leaders and organisations to take action on bringing a unanimous cease fire to the Sri Lankan Civil War, which had taken place for twenty-six years. Tamil diaspora populations around the world expressed concerns regarding the conduct of the civil war in the island nation of Sri Lanka. The civil war, which took place between the Sri Lankan Army and the separatist group Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam is believed to have killed over 100,000 civilians. Protesters and critics of the Sri Lankan government that triggered a culturally based civil war to be a systematic genocide and ethnic cleansing of the Sri Lankan Tamil minority in Sri Lanka. While opposition by Tamils was expressed at various stages of the war since 1983, opposition intensified in January 2009. Protesters ...
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