The local police stood by, and eventually army reinforcements were sent in to stop the violence. Around 150 Tamils were killed and 100 more were injured.

False rumors of Tamil violence against Sinhalese spurred the rioters on. Once they heard about the violence in Colombo, many Sinhalese people in Gal Oya began rioting against Tamils on the evening of June 11, 1956. In particular, word spread to the Gal Oya Valley, where the government had already stirred up ethnic tensions by settling Sinhalese villagers on traditionally Tamil lands. Shortly afterward, information about this mob violence spread to other parts of the country. After being urged by Sinhalese politicians to boycott Tamil businesses, the same mob went on a city-wide looting spree. Although the protests were peaceful, a Sinhalese government minister led a Sinhalese mob in attacking the sit-in. In response, the Tamil Federal Party conducted a non-violent sit-in protest in front of Parliament in the capital city of Colombo. The passage of the вЂњSinhala Only ActвЂќ discriminated against Tamils and other communities who did not understand Sinhala. That year, the pro-Sinhala nationalist Freedom Party rose to power with the promise that it would make the language of the Sinhalese people the sole official language on the island. The first ethnic-based riots against Tamils, known as the Gal Oya Riots, lasted five days in June 1956. Sinhala Only Act and the Gal Oya Riots (1956) After a largely peaceful independence movement, similar to IndiaвЂ™s the year before, Sri Lanka was granted independence by the British on February 4, 1948. Interestingly, it was Tamils in the north who led the 20th century struggle for independence, even though Sinhalese communities rebelled against the British in 18. Such tensions were exacerbated by TamilsвЂ™ ability to occupy a disproportionate number of civil service positions because of the wide availability of English-language, Western-style education in the Tamil-dominated North. This contributed to the ethnic tensions and conflicts between Sinhalese and other communities, namely Tamils, which survive today. In keeping with colonial вЂњdivide and conquerвЂќ strategies, the British colonizers favored Burghers, high-caste Sinhalese, and Tamils. During their rule, the British brought Tamils from India as indentured laborers for tea and other plantations. In the 1500s, European colonization began, after which some coastal areas were controlled by the Portuguese, then the Dutch, and finally the British, who colonized the entire island in 1815. The Tamil people are concentrated in the North-East of the island, which many call Eelam (or homeland). Less than 1% are individuals of mixed Sri Lankan and European descent (or Burghers) and other communities. Golbal Tamil Forum via inhabitants of the island of Sri Lanka are 74% Sinhalese, the majority of whom are Buddhist 13% Tamils, who are both Hindu and Christian and 8% Muslims who are generally Tamil-speaking. Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam via Support the two major Tamil organisations who continue to fight for the justice , It is shame that the major military commander Shavendra De Silva, who staged this crime is a Sri Lankan envoy to UN and UN secretary Ban Ki Moon keeping him in UN even after knowing the truth.Дo you want to fight for the justice for these women and men? Please send this page to your local MP or any organisations and tell them to support the call for war crimes inquiry.

Military staged the horror which could be seen on these pictures and still the United Nations and ICC do not act on the criminals of Sri Lanka.

The president Mahinda and his brother defence Secretary Gottabaya have instructed the military to show all their cruelity on the female Tamil Tiger cadres and Tamil girls. Last days of Sri Lankan genocide of Tamils, Sri Lankan military became bunch of animals and staged an ugliest crime against humanity.

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