Tamil people in New York engage in protest in front of US Secretary of State’s

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[ Sunday, 26 February 2012, 03:03.59 PM GMT +05:30 ]

Tamil people in New York City of United States stage protest on 24th of Friday stressing international independent investigations against SriLanka at the UNHRC in Geneva.

People gathered in front of the office of US Secretary of State’s raise their voice on urging justice for Tamil people and also stage protest by holding various slogans on urging justice for Tamil people in SriLanka. People urge the American government to step forward on submitting resolution against Lankan government at the UNHRC session. Where the Lankan government carried out genocide attack against Tamil people in this century and also they engage in various human rights allegations in the country. ------------------------------------------------ Sri Lanka protest over UN war abuses resolution The government has said it is outraged by support for the UN move in Geneva Protests are being held across Sri Lanka against plans by Western nations to sponsor a UN motion calling for a probe into abuses during the civil war. Sri Lanka's army defeated separatist Tamil Tiger rebels in May 2009 - both sides have been accused of abuses. The UN Human Rights Council is meeting to consider a resolution into events during the closing phase of that war. Full Story>>>