Tamil demo

last week, a number of Tamils were demonstrating in front of the UN here in Geneva, to protest against what's currently going on in Sri Lanka that we hear so little about in the news. one guy, a well-educated lawyer, set himself alight right there and died. in memory of this guy, and as further protest, Tamils from all over Switzerland and Europe descended on the UN once more. 20,000, according to the estimates. some streets were partially or even totally closed to traffic all afternoon while a procession marched from the station to the demonstration place. on the way home, i saw the mass of people on the square, and honestly, i had tears in my eyes, seeing that many people in one place, calmly standing for what they believe in.