Tamil Blockade at Parliament

Icon_article Published: Monday 20 April 2009 21:31 by Imc London

Tagged as: anti-militarism repression social_struggles solidarity
Neighbourhoods: westminster

As Parliament was sitting again after having been absent from Westminster for Easter holidays, Tamil people and their supporters in London stepped up their protests on Monday 20th against the military onslaught in the Tamil areas of northern Sri Lanka. Thousands of people blocked Parliament Square for the whole day, whilst large numbers of police and riot TSG forces in standby-by kept a close eye.

By 20:30 in the evening thousands of people were still blocking the road outside Parliament. See updates and photos [1 | 2] Further potests are taking place on Wednesday 22nd. See photos and report.

Update Monday 27th March: Sri Lankan Embassy in London surrounded by Tamils.

Photo reports Saturday 11th Demo: 1 | 2

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View of protest earlier today

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