Tamils rally against attack on Canadian mission

May 23rd, 2009 TORONTO - More than 20,000 Canadian Tamils descended on the Ontario assembly here in black to mourn for "innocent civilians killed in the genocide" in Sri Lanka. In their speeches Friday, Tamil leaders vowed not to rest till "Tamil Eelam (homeland) is achieved".

May 23rd, 2009 TORONTO - More than 20,000 Canadian Tamils descended on the Ontario assembly here in black to mourn "innocent civilians killed in the genocide by Sri Lanka". In their speeches Friday, Tamil leaders vowed not to rest till "Tamil Eelam (homeland) is achieved".

May 19th, 2009 TORONTO - The end of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Ealam (LTTE) simply marks the beginning of a new phase in their struggle for independence, the Canadian Tamil Congress announced here Monday. Confirming the deaths of top LTTE leaders, the representative body of the largest Tamil diaspora group in the world said all Tamil representative bodies in Europe and Australia will announce their future course of action Tuesday.

May 16th, 2009 TORONTO - With the Tamil Tigers on their last legs against the Sri Lankan forces, the Tamil community of Toronto is out in the streets in support of their `freedom fighters'. After a gap of a day when the community virtually laid siege to the provincial assembly here Wednesday, the fresh Tamil protest erupted suddenly late Friday evening.

May 10th, 2009 TORONTO - After a lull of a few days, more than 5,000 Tamils and their non-Tamil supporters took to the streets here Saturday to protest the alleged genocide by Sri Lankan forces in the name of eliminating the Tamil Tigers. Waving the flags of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Ealam (LTTE), hundreds of protesters gathered near the American consulate before starting their march through the main streets of downtown Toronto.

May 6th, 2009 TORONTO - Canadian academics have launched a campaign to seek their government's intervention in Sri Lanka to end the conflict between government forces and the Tamil Tigers. In a letter to Canadian prime minister, a group of academics - called Canadian Academics for Tamil Rights - has urged the government to put pressure on Colombo to end the bloody conflict.

April 30th, 2009 TORONTO - Acting tough for the first time with Tamil protesters here, police arrested 15 of them Wednesday as they tried to push their way towards the American consulate. Waving Canadian and LTTE flags, thousands of Tamils have been protesting outside the consulate since Sunday seeking US pressure on Sri Lanka to stop its offensive against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE).

April 28th, 2009 TORONTO - Sri Lankan Tamils have warned of a civil war on the island nation if Colombo does not reciprocate to the Tigers' call for a ceasefire and called for strong action by the Canadian government. Sri Lankan Tamil here staged night-long protests in the heart of the city Monday and wrote a strongly worded letter to Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper.

March 19th, 2009 TORONTO - Toronto police late Wednesday gave its clean chit to the use of Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) flags by Tamil protesters at a rally here Monday. Earlier, police had said they were investigating whether their action violated Canada's new anti-terror laws.

March 19th, 2009 TORONTO -With thousands of Sri Lankan Tamils waving the flags of the banned Liberation Tigers of Tamil Ealam (LTTE) at a rally here Monday, Canadian authorities have launched an investigation whether their action violated the nation's new anti-terror laws. The current Conservative government banned the LTTE in 2006 for using suicide bombers and child soldiers in its goal for an independent nation for Sri Lankan Tamils.

March 17th, 2009 TORONTO - More than 50,000 Tamils jammed the streets of downtown Toronto Tuesday demanding international intervention in Sri Lanka to stop 'genocide'' of innocent people. Beating dhols and holding placards, they formed a human chain across the major artery roads of the city from 1 p.m.

February 16th, 2009 TORONTO - Refuting a United Nations report from Colombo accusing the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) of stopping civilians from leaving the conflict zone and killing those who tried to flee, the Canadian Tamil Congress (CTC) said Monday such statements only helped Sri Lanka in its genocide against Tamils. ``In the past, the UN has denied such statements.

February 16th, 2009 TORONTO - A Canadian Tamil group has hit out at the United Nations for accusing Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers of preventing civilians from leaving the war zone and killing those who tried. The Canadian Tamil Congress (CTC) said the UN allegation only helped Sri Lanka to commit what it said was 'genocide' against the Tamil community.

February 12th, 2009 TORONTO - The powerful Canadian Tamil Congress (CTC) has again called upon Canada to put pressure on Sri Lanka to stop 'genocide' against the civilians in the conflict zone. 'For far too long, the Sri Lankan government has operated with impunity, violating international human rights law and international humanitarian law, resulting in untold loss of lives, separation of families and psychological and mental suffering for the Tamil population,' CTC spokesman David Poopalapillai said Thursday.

February 3rd, 2009 TORONTO - Tamils in Canada will march on the nation's parliament and take out candlelight vigils across cities to mark Sri Lanka's Independence Day Wednesday in protest against ``genocide'' in the island nation. Top political leaders are likely to address the rally being organized by the Canadian Tamil Congress and supported by 70-odd national bodies.