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Tamil Mass Protest Rally, London - Sat 17th October 2009

Tamil Solidarity | 14.10.2009 15:49 | Repression | Social Struggles

Mass Rally in London from Embankment to Hyde Park, this Saturday 17th October 2009 calling to end 150 days arbitrary detention in camps and for an international independent probe into war crimes.
- Starts: 12 Noon from Embankment
(Nearest Tube: Temple / Embankment, Charing cross)
- Ends: Hyde Park

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This Saturday, Tamil Organisations in the UK come together to again march on Central London to highlight what has excalated into a slow genocide of their brethren back in Sri Lanka - a monumental human rights catastrophe which inexplicably and shamefully receives little to no coverage in the western media.

We've been here before. Previous Marchs by the Tamil community through London have received hardly any coverage. While the January march did receive limited mention ( http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2009/01/420858.html ), the 250,000+ attended march on April 11th received no mention in the UK media whatsoever (Ref:  http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2009/04/427545.html ).

Report about the last Tamil march on 20th June 2009:  http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2009/06/432974.html

That China and the western world economy has a special interest here probably explains this slience, with massive oil discovery off the East Coast of the island, and shipping terminals under construction in the East and South of the island to serve international shipping routes coming back and forth from China.

The new World Order dictates: silence to heinous genocide, suffering and human rights abuse, to serve the wider economic interest. Nothing must derail the economic recovery - not even the mere inconvenience of taking the time and trouble of monitoring the plight of 280,000 people in squalid, waterlogged, disease-ridden, barbed wire prison camps, some of whom are being left to slowly die.

Details of Saturday's rally

Mass Rally in London from Embankment to Hyde Park on Saturday 17th October 2009 calling to end 150 days arbitrary detention in camps and for an international independent probe into war crimes.

British Tamil Forum and Tamil Youth Organization (UK) has jointly called for the protest rally urging to

· UNLOCK THE CAMPS: End 150 days detention
· International Independent Probe into WAR CRIMES
· Ban Ki-Moon: CHARGED WITH INACTION!

on Saturday, 17 October 2009 in Central London
Starts: 12 Noon from Embankment
(Nearest Tube: Temple / Embankment, Charing cross)
Ends: Hyde Park


 http://www.tamilsforum.com/index.html
 http://www.tamilnational.com/events/europe/1864-mass-rally-in-london-sat-17-oct.html


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