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Hundreds continuing Tamils protest

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Around 400 dogged Tamil protesters are continuing their occupation of London's Parliament Square as the rally entered its third day.

Police arrested seven people on Tuesday as a crowd protested against the Sri Lankan government's offensive against Tamil Tiger rebels and alleged human rights abuses.

Up to 5,000 people - including women and babies - forced the closure of nearby Westminster Bridge by staging a sit-in on Monday night.The bridge was reopened to traffic at around 9am on Tuesday.The Sri Lankan government has rejected international calls for a ceasefire, claiming it is on the verge of defeating the Tamil Tigers, a rebel group which is fighting for an independent homeland.

The protesters say the lives of thousands of civilians are in danger and want the UK government to take action.Leicester East MP Keith Vaz is expected to deliver a letter to Downing Street calling for the situation in Sri Lanka to be debated by the UN Security Council.

Scotland Yard said they had issued "repeated requests" that images representing the Tamil Tigers - a proscribed organisation in the UK - carried by members of the crowd be removed.

One arrest was made on suspicion of carrying a flag supporting a proscribed organisation, under the Terrorism Act 2000. The other six arrests were made for a range of public order offences.

The United Nations said up to 150,000 people are trapped in the war zone in the north of Sri Lanka.

www.mirror.co.uk news

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