Sri Lankans protest against LTTE in Geneva

A demonstration was held opposite the United Nations Office in Geneva on Saturday afternoon by Sri Lankan expatriates against human rights violations of the LTTE.

The demonstration was organised on the occasion of the Universal Human Rights Day which fell on December 10. This is the first time that Sri Lankans from all communities, Sinhala, Tamil, and Muslim publicly opposed the Tiger terrorist group.

Protestors from France, Germany, Italy and Switzerland gathered in Geneva despite the severe cold to call upon the United Nations to put a stop to the human rights violations and crimes against humanity committed with impunity by the LTTE.

They were holding placards calling for the European Union and Switzerland to ban LTTE, to get the LTTE to lay down arms and come to the negotiating table.

They said that the LTTE has killed prominent Tamil political leaders including Foreign Minister Lakshman Kadirgarmar and Dr. Neelan Thiruchelvam as well as other Tamils who speak against the LTTE and that the LTTE is not a Liberation Movement but a terrorist outfit.

The Protesters handed over to the UN Office, an appeal addressed to UN High Commissioner of Human Rights revealing the LTTE's true face.