Canada Protests against the Sri Lankan Civil War

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protesters blocking gardiner expressway in toronto on 10 may 2009


a series of demonstrations , protests took place in major canadian cities. aim create awareness , appeal leaders, notably prime minister of canada, stephen harper, president of united states, barack obama , consulate general of sri lanka in canada, bandula jayasekara, take action in ending conflict. several tamil canadian citizens , business-owners different parts of canada , united states took part in major protests set in toronto , ottawa, while smaller scale demonstrations took place in montreal, vancouver , calgary.


the first notable demonstration took place on 28 january 2009 in front of consulate of sri lanka in toronto involving few hundred people. following day, several thousands gathered in front of consulate of united states in toronto appeal government of united states take action on ending civil war. 5-kilometre (3.1-mile) human chain of several thousands of citizens took place next day along major streets in downtown toronto. there after, demonstrations began escalate in size , occurred on parliament hill in ottawa sometime, until returning continue in toronto.







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