Mainstream media outlets have done a poor job of reporting the Sri Lanka-Tamil conflict around the world.

Although the war has been an ongoing conflict since 1983, it is the protests that have received attention while the civil war itself continues to ravage in Sri Lanka. Sri Lankan natives are furious over the mass exodus of civilians being forced to leave their homes.

The UN has interjected requesting the safe evacuation of civilians from within the war zone. Sri Lanka’s unstable politics has turned civilians into pawns to fuel the conflict further. Yet sympathizers to all sides of the war are merging together to find an end to the bloodshed.

In a CTV report a month before the protests began, the UN warned of potential humanitarian crimes in Sri Lanka.

The international community has once again fallen on deaf ears failing to alleviate the situation and angering Sri Lankan emigrants around the world. It is the voice of their relatives back in Sri Lanka that need to be acknowledged.

“Today we are out here to tell the Canadian community that this kind of genocide is happening in Sri Lanka right now and we need to put an end to it,” said organizer Shyanthy Thevarajah in an interview with CityNews.ca.

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