British Sri Lankans take to streets accusing Channel 4 TV of inciting race-hate:
Posted on July 17th, 2011
Sri Lankans in the UK
Condemn Channel 4 TVƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢s anti-Sri Lanka campaign as biased, and a disgrace to British media
ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ Over 2000 British Sri Lankans of different ethnicities and political hues met in London in Sunday evening to stage a massive demonstration against the Channel 4 TV, which at present is going around the world with a ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ…-documentaryƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ”š‚, named ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ…-Sri LankaƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢s Killing FieldsƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ”š‚.
ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ The protesters condemned the controversial documentary as malicious and accused the Channel 4 TV of inciting racial hatred between Sri Lankan communities in the UK, including the younger generations, and thereby playing into the hands of separatist forces operational outside Sri Lanka. They shouted slogans charging that the Channel 4 TV is engaged in a well-orchestrated campaign to vilify Sri Lanka. Many participants had their own stories of the damage caused to the image of the country by this Channel 4 documentary, and how it has affected their friendships with members of other communities. They expressed outrage that the film lacked any sense of balance or objectivity.
ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ The protestors also questioned the integrity of some Channel 4 journalists whose personal grudges against Sri Lanka are on record, and urged the British law enforcement authorities to keep an eye on the money flows behind such large-scale media operations, particularly at a time when the British media is shaken by despicable incidents of unethical journalism.
ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ Waving Sri Lankan and British flags the protestors displayed many banners urging the Channel 4 TV not to abuse media freedom in Britain in such a biased manner. They denounced the Channel 4 TVƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢s style of journalism – collating video and still frames posted in pro-LTTE websites to form ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ…-a documentaryƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ”š‚ and presenting them to a largely an unsuspecting audience using a female LTTE activist to narrate, with no evidence in support of her own emotion-stirring claims. The protestors questioned the Channel 4 TV as to why it did not see the fact that the very army it accuses of killing civilians has sacrificed the lives of its own members to save about 300, 000 civilians trapped by the LTTE terrorists. They accused the Channel 4 TV of acting according to a script to fit a pre-meditated agenda citing Channel 4 TV has disregarded even the fact that the army did not kill but captured more than 11, 000 LTTE cadres alive.
ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ The demonstration was held in front of the Channel 4 TV station in London, and leaflets were distributed to many by-passers. In s solid show of unity the protestors weathered intermittent but heavy rains for full four hours.
July 18th, 2011 at 2:37 am
When I see this type of SRILANKANS I am very very happy to be one of them. The idiots here who came here to get away from LTTE bas….,after earn some money and after licking white man try to upset Srilanka but nothing will happen. They all need to open their eyes and need to talk to themselves . C4 and all their supper management all in pro LTTE pay roll, so nothing new pl. let THEM BARK UNTIL IT’S DARK.
GOD BLESS SL
July 19th, 2011 at 6:17 am
Thank you very much for those who participated and encouraged others and supporters. We need more of these all over the world. UK SriLankans are leading by example.
July 19th, 2011 at 11:24 am
MAY THE NOBLE TRIPLE GEM PROTECT OUR TRUE SRI LANKAN SONS & DAUGHTERS WHO HAD THE COURAGE TO PROTEST IN FRONT OF CH 4 STUDIOS AGAINST THEIR PRESENTATION OF DUBIOUS LTTE BIASED VIDEO CLIPS,SOME FAKED ONES PROVIDED BY LTTE,INTRODUCING INAPPROPRIATE SINHALA WORDS INTO THE VIDEO & TRYING TO MISLEAD MANY OF THE WHITE FOOLS WHO HAVE KNOW IDEA OF WHAT & WHERE IS SRI LANKA AND ALWAYS POINT THEIR FINGERS AT OTHERS NOT KNOWING THAT 4 OF THEIR OWN FINGERS ARE POINTING AT THEM.
Long Live Sri Lankans in Britain!!!