Demo against Tigers in Sweden

A multi-ethnic demonstration against terrorism of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) was held with the participation of Sri Lankans living in Sweden opposite of the Stockholm cultural house (Sergels Torg) on Saturday, from 11.00 a.m. to 2.00 p.m. to urge the Swedish and the European Union authorities to ban the LTTE activities in Sweden.

Around 200 Sri Lankans gathered at the centre of the Stockholm city to demonstrate against the LTTE's atrocities.

The protesters' aim of the protest was to request the international community to condemn the LTTE for its campaign of political assassinations, violations of human rights, killings of innocent civilians and help liberate the Tamils from the LTTE clutches.

They also demanded the ban on the Tamil Rehabilitation Organisation in Sweden which is funding the LTTE. The protesters displayed photographs of the incidents of atrocities done by the LTTE and collected signatures for a petition to be handed over to the office of the Foreign Affairs Ministry of Sweden.