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I just got a call from Queen's Park where Tamil protesters and allies are receiving cell phone calls from friends and relatives trapped in a tiny plot of land where they are being assaulted by land, sea and air by the Sri Lankan government. According to Kumuthan, they are firing, bombing and shooting from all sides. "Thousands are being killed and wounded. The wounded are being left on the ground to diie. Six hundred people have been shot to death trying to escape."

People at Queen's Park are worried that tomorrow morning will be a catastrophe if President Barack Obama does not put pressure on the Sri Lankan government immediately to stop this assault. The EU has just passed a resolution calling on the Sri Lanka government to stop their final assault but protesters in Toronto feel only the President of the US has enough influence to stop it.

Tamils in Toronto are really upset because so much news coverage has been focused on their protests rather than on the horror happening in their home land. They are asking allies to get out the news

The Guardian UK reports: "The Sri Lankan military today tightened its grip on the last refuge held by Tamil rebels, ignoring calls to end an offensive that aid officials say has unleashed a humanitarian catastrophe."

Another Guardian article states: ""Our staff are witnessing an unimaginable humanitarian catastrophe," the ICRC operations director, Pierre Krahenbuhl, said. "No humanitarian organisation can help them in the current circumstances. People are left to their own devices."

Please pass along news of this latest escalation and get people to write President Obama and Prime Minister Stephen Harper to demand action