5 years today - Hospital in No Fire Zone attacked, British Foreign Sec calls for ceasefire, Sri Lanka downplays casualty figures
29 April 2014
29 April 2009 - Hospital attacked in No Fire Zone, British Foreign Sec Calls for ceasefire, downplays casualty figures Sri Lanka The Sri Lankan Navy artillery fired shells at a make-Shift Hospital Within the No Fire Zone, in Mullivaaikkal, killing patients, Tamilnet Reported. Over 160 bodies were civilian Recovered following intense gunfire earlier in the Day, with another 150 feared Dead by the evening. The British Foreign Secretary, David Miliband, during a visit to the Island One Day, Called On the Sri Lankan Government to declare an Immediate ceasefire.
Members of the Tamil diaspora continued to protest and demand their governments to take action to stop further deaths of Tamil civilians. Tamils in London, Paris, Toronto, Switzerland and several other cities protested outside buildings of governance.
29 April 201429 April 2009 - Hospital attacked in No Fire Zone, British Foreign Sec Calls for ceasefire, downplays casualty figures Sri Lanka The Sri Lankan Navy artillery fired shells at a make-Shift Hospital Within the No Fire Zone, in Mullivaaikkal, killing patients, Tamilnet Reported. Over 160 bodies were civilian Recovered following intense gunfire earlier in the Day, with another 150 feared Dead by the evening. The British Foreign Secretary, David Miliband, during a visit to the Island One Day, Called On the Sri Lankan Government to declare an Immediate ceasefire.
" Now is the Time to Stop for the fighting. protection of civilians is absolutely paramount in our Minds, "he said to Press in Sri Lanka.(* Leaked Diplomatic Cables Biography at a year later that Miliband's trip to Sri Lanka to Call for a ceasefire was Part result of the strong protests and 'vocal' presence of Tamils in parliament Square.) Mahinda Rajapaksa in a statement said that 15,000 * civilians remained in the No Fire Zone. (* Published in the estimates UN Panel of Exports Report in 2011 stated that over 127.177 civilians remained in the No Fire Zone.) Meanwhile demanded that they be resettled Internally Displaced Peoples in Their Original Homes.
Members of the Tamil diaspora continued to protest and demand their governments to take action to stop further deaths of Tamil civilians. Tamils in London, Paris, Toronto, Switzerland and several other cities protested outside buildings of governance.
