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Internationally, communities
mark March 21 as the International Day for the elimination of racial
discrimination. In Sri Lanka, however, the Tamils continue to be
persecuted and discriminated based on their ethnicity. For the last
61 years - since Sri Lanka's Independence from UK - Tamils have been
denied equal access to education and employment. Several
legislations have been passed to deprive equal treatment of the
people. They have been discriminated on the basis of their language,
religion, culture, ethnicity, and political views.
In 1983, it took a violent turn and since then the country has been
embroiled in a brutal ethnic conflict causing the deaths of more
than 100,000 Tamils. Nearly 1.5 million Tamils have left Sri Lanka
for fear of safety.
More recently, this persecution has taken a genocidal proportion. In
the last three months alone, more than 3000 Tamils have been killed
and thousands more have been wounded.
What can you do?
Day of action - march 20, 2009
CanadianHART is organizing
a massive leafleting campaign on Friday March 20th, 2009 to create
awareness and to educate fellow Canadians on the Genocide of Tamils
in Sri Lanka. E-mail us to pick-up leaflets to distribute in your
workplace, school, community etc. Leaflets have been distributed to
various locations in the GTA for ease of pick-up. Please email us at
info@canadianhart.org for more information.
CanadianHART’s volunteer’s meeting for the Day of Action will take
place on Thursday, March 19th, 2009 at the Canada Kanthasamy Kovil
located at 733 Birchmount Road in Scarborough between 7 PM - 9 PM.
WRITE APPEALS
CanadianHART calls upon
all those who care about equality for all to urgently appeal to Ms.
Navaneetham Pillai, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and
Mr. Githu Muigai, the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of
racism, racial discrimination highlighting the continued sufferings
of Tamils in Sri Lanka.
Ms.Naveetham Pillai, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
Palais des Nations
Palais Wilson
52 rue des Pâquis
CH-1211 , Geneva 10, Switzerland
Fax: + 41 – 22 917 9016
OR + 41 - 22 928 9010 OR + 41- 22 917 9012
Email:
npillay@ohchr.org
Mr. Githu Muigai, Special
Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination,
xenophobia and related intolerance
Palais des Nations
CH-1211 Geneva 10
Switzerland
Fax: +41 22 917 9006
Email: racism@ohchr.org
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Day of Action
Join
the leaflet campaign
Send a letter
Sign a petition [Sign]
Resource:
Plight of the people
[pdf]
Volunteer
Orientation Date:
Thursday, March 19, 09
Location:
Canada Kanthasamy Kovil
733 Birchmount Road,
Scarborough, ON
Time: 7 PM - 9 PM
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