Protests against the Sri Lankan Civil War
2008–2009 PROTESTS IN SEVERAL COUNTRIES
2009 Canadian Tamil human chain; 2009 Canadian Tamil anti-genocide strike; 2009 Tamil protests in the United Kingdom; 2009 Tamil protests in Australia; 2009 World Tamil protests; 2009 Australian Tamil protests; 2009 British Tamil protests; 2009 Tamil protests in India; 2009 Tamil protests in Norway; 2009 Tamil protests; 2009 Tamil Diaspora protests; 2009 Tamil diaspora protests
Between 2008 and 2009, major protests against the Sri Lankan Civil War (often referred to as the Tamil protests by Western news media) took place in several countries around the world, urging national and world leaders and organisations to take action on bringing a unanimous cease fire to the Sri Lankan Civil War, which had taken place for twenty-six years. Tamil diaspora populations around the world expressed concerns regarding the conduct of the civil war in the island nation of Sri Lanka.