http://www.dailynews.lk/2012/03/08/news01.asp


Geneva resolution :
Pro-Lanka protests to sweep Europe
Chaminda Perera
* Demos in five Italian cities
* Lankans in Europe to join
Tens of thousands of Sri Lankans will take part in protests across Europe
this week at the proposed UN resolution backed by the United States and several
Western countries against the motherland at the 19th session of the United
Nations Human Rights Council session in Geneva.
A massive protest organized by Sri Lankans in Rome will be held today at
Piazza Dei Venezia, while a number of such protests are scheduled to take place
in a number of cities in Italy, France and many other cities in Europe during
this week.
Sri Lankans living in Milano, Napoli, Verona, Pirenzi and Catania will stage
a massive protest against the proposed resolution backed by the US and their
allies in Europe.
The protest will be held in Verona on March 11, chief organiser Bimal
Fernando said.
He told the Daily News that all Sri Lankans irrespective of their political
and racial differences have joined together to protect their motherland.
Fernando said that more than 18 organizations are involved in organising
protest campaigns in five main cities - Milano, Napoli, Verona, Pirenzi and
Catania across Italy on March 11 from 3pm to 6pm.
These protests are aimed at negating all international forces attempting to
undermine Sri Lanka’s victory over three decades of terrorism by tabling a
resolution against Sri Lanka, he said.
A massive protest against the US backed resolution against Sri Lanka will
also be held at Place De Lutracadero, Paris on March 11.
A representative of the Sri Lankan community in Europe requested all Sri
Lankans to rally against LTTE separatism.
He said that Sri Lankans overseas should raise their voice more against the
US and Western nations attempting to divide the country by resorting to various
conspiracies.
Fernando said that the US and several Western countries are attempting to
plunder the country's resources by meddling with its internal affairs under the
cover of human rights.
"Sri Lanka is an independent and sovereign country. Sri Lankans living abroad
should come forward at this time to safeguard their motherland," he said.