Black July Rally - London Friday, 23 July 2010

"Walk for Justice" Midnight Vigil

Remembering Black July 1983 - 27 years on, the Genocide continues...

Black July Rally - London
Friday, 23 July 2010

Starts: 9pm at Tothill Street (behind Westminster Methodist Church)

Ends: 11:30pm at Downing Street

Nearest Stations: St James’s Park or Westminster

Calling for:

An International Independent Investigation into War Crimes in Sri Lanka
ICRC given access to Prisoners of War
Boycott Sri Lanka to uphold human rights

“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.”

Martin Luther King Jr., US civil rights leader

Transport arrangements will be made.

Please contact British Tamils Forum on +44(0)20 8808 0465 for further details.


Remembering Black July 1983 - 27 years on, the Genocide continues...

1948 - months after gaining independence, the Government of Sri Lanka disenfranchises 33% of Tamils, removing their right to vote
...62 years on, the discrimination continues...

1958 - hundreds of Tamils are murdered in the first of many vicious racial attacks
...52 years on, the violence continues...

1983 - over 3000 Tamils are murdered and 150,000 made homeless in Sri Lankan State sponsored anti-Tamil riots
...27 years on, the genocide continues...

2009 - Over 40,000 Tamils killed, over 300,000 Tamils imprisoned in detention camps
...as the world watches on, the eradication of a people continues...

Today - IDPs left to fend for themselves, crimes against humanity with impunity, state sponsored colonization of Tamil areas, media censorship, lack of access to international monitors, no justice for the lives lost and no voice for those who have survived
...the injustice continues...

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