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நீர் கூட அருந்த மறுக்கும் லண்டன் உண்ணாவிரத இளைஞர்கள் - ஐந்தம்ச கோரிக்கை

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The protest by UK Tamils at Parliament Square calling for an immediate internationally monitored ceasefire is in its fourth day. During the first 24 hours the protesters occupied and blocked the Westminster Bridge.

Beginning at 10 PM (22.00 h) British Summer Time (BST) on Day One of the Protest, Monday 6 April 2009, two Tamil youth, Sivatharsan Sivakumaravel, 21 (on right in photo) and Parameswarn Subramaniyan, 28 (on left) ate their last meal and embarked on a “Hunger Strike ‘til our Last Breath”. The two protesters have refused to consume any food or water until there is a ceasefire in Sri Lanka and humanitarian aid is allowed to the civilians in the so-called ‘safe zone’.

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It has now been 72 hours (as of 22.00 BST) since the protest fast began. Earlier in the day British Police threatened to forcibly remove the ‘hunger strikers’ from Parliament Square and transport them to hospital for treatment. However the two Tamil youth signed legal documents “refusing any treatment” and so even if forcibly removed medical personnel would not be able to legally treat them.

Medical authorities have stated that after 72 hours with out food or water (or any fluid) the body begins to shut down and death is a very real possibility.

In an interview with the Times (UK) (http://tinyurl.com/timesonlineuk) Parameswarn Subramaniyan stated that, "Two days ago the Sri Lankan government was bombing with poison gas, chemical gas. In that bomb, nearly my whole family - five members of my family - is dead.” In an interview with the Evening Standard (UK) (http://tinyurl.com/EveningStandardUK) he stated, “My mother, brother and sisters were killed two days ago in Vanni by the Sri Lankans, using poison gas. They say they are attacking the LTTE [the Tamil Tigers] but there have been pictures of these dead babies in the papers.”

In the same article Sivatharsan Sivakumaravel revealed that his grandmother and cousins are in the area under attack by the Sri Lankan Armed Forces and he has not been able to contact them. He stated that: "I don't know what’s happened to them. Suddenly the Sri Lankan government is killing all Tamil people in what they call the 'safe zone'. They started using banned bombs and chemical weapons.”

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Sri Lanka Crisis:Action Plan Needed Immediately

1. Immediate and permanent ceasefire

2. Food and medical aid should be allowed to reach the civilians immediately with international monitoring committees and allow “Mercy Mission to Vanni”

3. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and UK Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, arrange to meet our representatives.

4. Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam are our sole representatives and UK government should lift the ban on LTTE.

5. UN should call for an immediate referendum to the Tamils regarding whether they want separate nation or to remain as Sri Lanka

Otherwise there will be Hunger strike till we breathe our last breath

Full Report and Send your comments on this HUNGER STRIKE

Edited by தேசம்

  • கருத்துக்கள உறுப்பினர்கள்

உணவை விட உணர்வே பெரிதென உணர்ந்து நிற்கும் எம்மை உணரவைக்கும் உறவுகளே.

தலைதாழ்த்தி என் வணக்கம்.

புதுக்குடியிருப்புகள் அல்ல புலிகள் உலகமெங்கும் அவர்களின் உணர்வலைகள் என்பதை உங்களைப்போன்ற இளைஞர்கள் எடுத்துரைக்கும் போது செவிட்டுக்காதுகள் திறக்காமல் போகுமா?!

Edited by Thamilthangai

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