| such as the Respect
party London Mayoral Candidate and Stop the War
Coalition organiser Lindsey German. Around 200 people
were to be take part in the Demonstration.
The Organisers
planned to make aware of the
Jaffna Muslim’s re-settlement issues, Failure to
re-habilitate Tsunami victims in the Ampara District, and
Abductions of Muslim
Businessmen in Colombo, Land
Grabbing from Farmers, and Systematic Colonisation in the East,
Grooming Paramilitary, and Signing Electoral pact with them.
The Sri Lankan High Commission
officials contacted the SLMC UK President Mr S M Haleem, and after
series of discussions both parties agreed for a serious dialogue on
the Human Rights Violations issues of Sri Lankan Muslims.
The organisers then decided to call
off the Demonstration under grounds of marking as respect to the
National Independence day of Sri Lanka. The Deputy High Commissioner
Mr Suthantha Ganegama promised to work with the Sri Lankan Muslim
Community in the UK.
And he further emphasised that the
concerns of Human Rights Violations on Muslims Community in Sri
Lanka will be strongly expressed through the Sri Lankan High
Commission to relevant authorities in Sri Lanka and will be followed
on. A petition to the Sri Lankan Government has also been handed in
through the Sri Lankan High Commission.
Both the SLMC UK and the Sri Lanka
High Commission arrived to a mutual understanding based on Community
Cohesion, agreed to work on principles which will integrate all
communities in Sri Lanka.
The SLMC UK Director of Public
Relations Mr A M Mashoor informed the media that various Awareness
Programs are been planned to internationalise the grievances of the
Sri Lankan Muslim Community. And expressed that future
demonstrations are possible if the Sri Lankan Government continues
to undermine the Aspirations Sri Lankan Muslim Communities. |