British Tamils Forum: REMINDER
Midnight Vigil &
"Walk for Justice"to the UN Friday, 23rd July 2010
Starts:
9pm at Tothill Street (behind Westminster Methodist Church)
Nearest Tube: St James's Park
Ends: 11:30pm at Downing Street
Nearest Tube: Westminster
Route Map Attached
“Injustice
anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere"
- Martin Luther King
Jr., US civil rights leader
Calling
for: An Independent International Investigation into War
Crimes in Sri Lanka Access to Prisoners of War Boycott Sri
Lanka until it respects human rights In 2009 Sri Lanka’s final
offensive resulted in up to 40,000 Tamils being killed and
over 300,000 Tamils left incarcerated in barbed-wire camps.
Today IDPs are left to fend for themselves, crimes against
humanity with impunity continues, state sponsored colonization
of Tamil areas is widespread, media is censored, voice of
dissent are silenced, Sri Lanka remains closed to
international monitors and there is no justice for the lives
lost and no voice for those who have survived...the injustice
continues…
“The demonstrations against the UN’s Colombo compound are a
threatening new turn in the Sri Lankan government’s campaign
against the UN Panel of Experts,” – HRW, 11 July 2010
“Blocking access to the United Nations - of which Sri Lanka
itself is a member - as well as intimidating and harassing UN
personnel is a breach of international norms and harmful to
Sri Lanka's reputation in the world” – Statement by Heads of
Mission of Germany, UK, US, France, Italy, Switzerland, The
Netherlands, Romania, Norway and the EU Delegation, 9 July
2010
We hope that you will be able to attend this forthcoming event
and provide the coverage it warrants. Your presence will do a
great deal to support growing calls for an independent
international investigation into war crimes in Sri Lanka.
Please do not hesitate to contact us if you require any
further information regarding the event or other related
matters. Please visit our website at www.tamilsforum.com for
further information.
Thank you for your time.
Yours faithfully,
BTF Media Team
British Tamils Forum
Email: media@tamilsforum.com
Tel: +44(0)20 8808 3224
www.tamilsforum.com
"working together for peace with justice and dignity"
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