Public Meeting: Young Tamils Speak

Stop Sri Lanka's Genocide of the Tamil People: Young Tamils Speak

Hear from the Tamil community about this important freedom struggle. Come and show solidarity by learning about and uncovering the hidden war. Bring your ideas about what we can do to help bring it to an end.

Since January 2009, more than 2,000 Tamils have been killed and 7,000 wounded by Sri Lankan troops. More than 200,000 are trapped inside a barren and shadeless 12-kilometre strip of land, without drinking water. Food and medicines are not allowed in. Forced hysterectomies and abortions of Tamil women make the genocidal aim of the Sri Lankan government’s offensive unmistakable. This is another Gaza, but concealed from world view.

For the past half century, the Sri Lankan state has persecuted the Tamil people and, over the past 25 years, has carried out a military campaign to drive them from their homeland, Tamil Eelam, in the country’s north and east. Because of the area’s strategic importance, global and regional powers — including the United States, Israel, Pakistan and India — have backed this brutal offensive. In an effort to demonise and isolate the Tamils’ just resistance, the U.S. and European Union listed the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) as a terrorist organisation.

Solidarity Salon, 580 Sydney Road, Brunswick
Dinner served at 6.30 pm for a $7.00 donation. Everyone is welcome!

Hosted by Radical Women

Phone 03-9388-0062 or email.