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அவுஸ்த்திரேலிய முன்ணணி தொலைக்காட்சி இணையத்தில் இன்று வந்த எமது உண்ணாவிரதப் போராட்டம் பற்றிய தெளிவான பார்வை !

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அவுஸ்த்திரேலிய முன்ணணி தொலைக்காட்சி இணையத்தில் இன்று வந்த எமது உண்ணாவிரதப் போராட்டம் பற்றிய தெளிவான பார்வை !

அவுஸ்த்திரேலிய முன்ணணி தொலைக்காட்சி இணையத்தில் இன்று வந்த எமது உண்ணாவிரதப் போராட்டம் பற்றிய தெளிவான பார்வை !

Tamils stage hunger strike in Parramatta

April 12, 2009, 2:56 pm

Three Tamil men have begun a hunger strike in a western Sydney shopping mall as part of a global campaign for a ceasefire between the Sri Lankan army and the Tamil Tigers.

With support from hundreds of local Tamil people, the three men began the hunger strike in Parramatta's Church Street Mall at 5pm (AEST) on Saturday.

Sutha and Mathi, both 27, and 29-year-old Theeban, are calling on the Australian Government to lobby Sri Lanka for an immediate ceasefire with the Tamil Tigers.

Sri Lanka's government says it is in the final stages of defeating the separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, who launched a campaign in 1972 to create a separate Tamil homeland on the Indian Ocean island.

But the government is under pressure to agree to a ceasefire, amid claims 3,500 civilians have been killed in the first three months of 2009 alone.

Sri Lanka has resisted calls for a fresh truce, saying it would only help the Tigers when they are near total defeat.

Sutha, a Sri Lankan citizen studying at Melbourne's Latrobe University, said he and his fellow hunger strikers would not give up the protest until the Australian government put pressure on Sri Lanka.

Mathi and Theeban are both Australian citizens. Like Sutha, they declined to reveal their family names. As well as a ceasefire, the protesters want Australia to push for food, medicine and aid to be allowed into the conflict zone, and for Tamils detained in government camps to be given the freedom to leave.

"The Australian government should use their diplomatic power to force the Sri Lankan government into an immediate ceasefire," Sutha said.

"The people in the affected area have no food, no medicine, and no other facilities.

"In the camps, our people are being treated like slaves."

"We hope that the Australian government listen, and they will ask the Sri Lankan government to do these things immediately."

Sutha said his parents and family were now caught in one of the government-declared safety zones cordoned off inside the conflict area to protect civilians from the fighting.

He had not been able to speak with them for six months, he said.

"My parents and family are inside of the safety zone, and I haven't spoken to them in sixth months," he said.

"I have no contact with them, and I don't know where they are, because they can't talk inside the safety zone."

The Sydney hunger strike is part of a global protest against the conflict.

About 100,000 demonstrators marched through central London on Saturday to demand a truce in Sri Lanka, while smaller protests were held in Paris, Oslo and Copenhagen.

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இதே மாதிரியான செய்திக் கட்டுரையை இன்னொரு முன்ணணி செய்திச் சேவையான சனல் 9 உம் வெளியிட்டிருக்கிறது. ஆக மொத்தத்தில் அவுஸ்த்திரேலியாவின் இரு முன்ணணி தொலைக்காட்சிச் செய்தி நிறுவனங்கள் எமது போராட்டம் பற்றிய ஒரு தெளிவினைப் பெற்றிருக்கிறார்கள் என்று மட்டும் கூறமுடியும். உங்கள் நன்றியையோ அல்லது கருத்தையோ அவர்களுக்கு அனுப்புங்கள். இது அவர்களை இன்னும் எம்பால் ஈர்க்க உதவும்.

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Apr 12, 2009

Three Tamil men have begun a hunger strike in a western Sydney shopping mall as part of a global campaign for a ceasefire between the Sri Lankan army and the Tamil Tigers.

With support from hundreds of local Tamil people, the three men began the hunger strike in Parramatta's Church Street Mall at 5pm (AEST) on Saturday.

Sutha and Mathi, both 27, and 29-year-old Theeban, are calling on the Australian Government to lobby Sri Lanka for an immediate ceasefire with the Tamil Tigers.

Sri Lanka's government says it is in the final stages of defeating the separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, who launched a campaign in 1972 to create a separate Tamil homeland on the Indian Ocean island.

But the government is under pressure to agree to a ceasefire, amid claims 3,500 civilians have been killed in the first three months of 2009 alone.

Sri Lanka has resisted calls for a fresh truce, saying it would only help the Tigers when they are near total defeat.

Sutha, a Sri Lankan citizen studying at Melbourne's Latrobe University, said he and his fellow hunger strikers would not give up the protest until the Australian government put pressure on Sri Lanka.

Mathi and Theeban are both Australian citizens. Like Sutha, they declined to reveal their family names. As well as a ceasefire, the protesters want Australia to push for food, medicine and aid to be allowed into the conflict zone, and for Tamils detained in government camps to be given the freedom to leave.

"The Australian government should use their diplomatic power to force the Sri Lankan government into an immediate ceasefire," Sutha said.

"The people in the affected area have no food, no medicine, and no other facilities.

"In the camps, our people are being treated like slaves."

"We hope that the Australian government listen, and they will ask the Sri Lankan government to do these things immediately."

Sutha said his parents and family were now caught in one of the government-declared safety zones cordoned off inside the conflict area to protect civilians from the fighting.

He had not been able to speak with them for six months, he said.

"My parents and family are inside of the safety zone, and I haven't spoken to them in sixth months," he said.

"I have no contact with them, and I don't know where they are, because they can't talk inside the safety zone."

The Sydney hunger strike is part of a global protest against the conflict.

About 100,000 demonstrators marched through central London on Saturday to demand a truce in Sri Lanka, while smaller protests were held in Paris, Oslo and Copenhagen.

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