India: Anti-Sri Lanka Protests May Disrupt Travel in Tamil Nadu

By Larry Habegger and Laurie Weed | Permalink | No Comments | March 19th, 2013 | Trackback

A wave of ongoing, anti-Sri Lanka protests has disrupted travel in Chennai and other parts of Tamil Nadu. More than 200 students gathered at Chennai International Airport March 18, impeding traffic to and from the terminal. In a related demonstration, 400 people marched through central Chennai, breaking down a police barricade, while another 500 picketed the governor’s house. The protestors are demanding that the Indian government back an upcoming U.N. resolution regarding Sri Lanka’s human rights violations during the country’s 26-year civil war, which ended in 2009. No violence has been reported to date, but demonstrations around this issue are expected to continue.

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