The British Tamils Forum have appealed to the British government to do all they can to stop the massacre of Tamil civilians in Sri Lanka, the fatal and final stage of the genocide of Tamils. The organisation says they have received reports from the ‘safe zone’ in Northern Sri Lanka which confirm that over 3,200 civilians have been killed and thousands more have been injured in the 'past twenty four hours alone'. (11.05.09) Rescue workers fear that the critical shortage of medicine and lack medical facilities will add to this death toll. Sources further confirm that the Sri Lankan forces continue to bombard the ‘safe zone’ with K-fir jets, multi-barrel rocket launchers, cannons and cluster bombs.

Meanwhile at the homefront Metropolitan Police continue to be criticized for their heavy handed approach in dealing with the protesters. "It wasn’t until 3 o'clock in the afternoon that the police began to seriously challenge the blockade. Women with children in pushchairs had placed themselves at the front of the crowd, in the hope that this would deter the police from attacking them. Eyewitnesses report that the police responded by taking the children out of the pushchairs by force and removing them to nearby police vans, which succeeded in forcing the parents to leave the blockade so as to reclaim their children. Women and youngsters of around ten and eleven were still at the front of the protest, and the police then began attacking them. An eyewitness reported that the police were pushing women’s breasts and striking out at children with their fists. It is said that representatives of the Tamil media outlet GTV were also targeted by the police and attacked physically." Taken from report by Daniel.