A statement by concerned persons and human rights defenders
It is with great distress that we have been witnessing the escalation of the no-holds-barred military operation in Sri Lanka's North by the State and non State actors and the simultaneous quelling of voices of dissent in Sri Lanka. The number of civilian deaths is unaccounted for, while the State's top interest seems to be only protecting the chauvinistic Sinhala nationalist values, which seeks to quell the diversity and vibrancy of the Sri Lankan society. This has posed a grave danger to the 250,000* civilian population caught in the midst of this war.
The Indian Workers Association (GB) organised two public meetings in London, one at the Dominion Arts Education Centre, Southall and another at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) on the theme of “Peace in South Asia”. 
A meeting organised by Lok Raj Sangathan two weeks after the gruesome attacks on Mumbai drew concerned people from across the city. Shri S. Raghavan, the President of Lok Raj Sangathan imitated the discussion with his opening remarks. Pointing out that people were justifiably very angry over what happened in Mumbai he said that not a place was safe - the markets, the theatres, the buses, trains, not even hospitals! The terror attacks have increased over the years in different cities and yet the government is not able to identify the perpetrators and bring them to face justice. This raises the questions of "what is the source of this terrorism?" and why is that the guilty are never caught and punished?