Stop the War! Resume Talks!!
The Tamil Forum for Peace
calls for a
for
Peace with Democracy and Justice
in Sri Lanka
at
The Trafalgar Square
(Nearest tube : Charing Cross )
On
Sunday, February 19,
from
12 noon to 3 pm
Four years of the Norwegian brokered peace process in Sri Lanka
following two decades of civil war between the Government of Sri Lanka
(GOSL) and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) has left the country
scarred with both sides becoming once again battle ready. During the four years
the actual peace talks lasted less than a year and the hopes some democratic
space would open up with the cessation of active war to encourage ordinary
people and civil society institutions to speak out were dashed when there was
an upsurge in political killings, child soldier abductions, extortion rackets
and over 6000 ceasefire violations, mainly targeting the civilian
population. The vast majority of these ceasefire and human rights
violations were perpetrated by the LTTE. The threat of war particularly
by the LTTE cast its shadow over the daily lives of the people. In recent
months we saw a dangerous slide back into open war. None of the
communities in Sri Lanka
particularly the minorities living in the north and east can afford another
war.
The Tamil forum for peace demands that the two warring parties return to
talks and make a genuine attempt to find a negotiated political solution that
is viable, permanent, a solution that ensures democracy, human rights and justice
in Sri Lanka.
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Tamil Forum for Peace : Tamil United Liberation Front (TULF London)
Tamil Democratic Congress Tamil Women’s League Sri Lanka Muslim Information
Centre Committee for Democracy and Justice Sri Lanka Democratic
Forum
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