31.3.2008
Pics - Asian Tribune
Demanding
immidiate measures to curb activities of LTTE and pro- LTTE
alignes in European nations, Sri Lankans living in Sweden
gathered in front of the Stockholm Cultural House (Sergels
Torg) for a protest demonstrations on Saturday 29th of March.
The
multi-ethnic participants of the protest demonstration
requested the authorities to take into account the atrocities
commited by LTTE terrorists in Sri Lanka inculding human
rights violations, political assassinations, abductions,
and the forceble conscription of civilians especially
underaged and elders to their terrorist movement. They
urged the Swedish and European Union authorities to ban
forthwith LTTE activities in Sweden and European Nations.
The
protest was organised by Sri Lankans living in Sweden
affiliated with the members and friends of CASTIS (Campaign
Against Separatist Terrorism In Sri Lanka), in Sweden.
"The
protesters displayed photographs of the incidents of atrocities
done by the LTTE and collected signatures for a petition
to be handed over to the office of the Ministry for Foreign
Affairs of Sweden," foreign media reported on Monday
(31). They also demanded the ban on the Tamil Rehabilitation
Organization (TRO) in Sweden which is funding the LTTE.
The
Government of Sri Lanka proscribed TRO as a terrorists'
aiding group since November last year. The TRO under guise
of a charity organization collected and directed funds
to the LTTE for procurement operations. Those operations
included the purchase of ammunitions, equipment, communication
devices and other technology for the LTTE.
The
United States also froze TRO assets accusing the organization
which has raised funds on behalf of the LTTE through a
network of individual representatives. "According
to sources within the organization, the TRO is the preferred
conduit of funds from the United States to the LTTE in
Sri Lanka." U.S. Department of the Treasury announced.
Courtesy
- Government Information
