2013 anti-Sri Lanka protests

2013 anti-Sri Lanka protests
2013 anti-Sri Lanka protests
Part of protests against the Sri Lankan Civil War
	Protests led by Tamil activists outside the United Nations Headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland
Date	11 March – October 2013
Location	Tamil Nadu, India
Caused by	Retaliation for war crimes committed against the Sri Lankan Tamil people during the Sri Lankan Civil War
Goals	Pressure the Government of India to vote in support of a United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) resolution condemning the Government of Sri Lanka for war crimes; Impose economic sanctions on Sri Lanka; Boycott the 2013 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting hosted by Sri Lanka; Prosecution of Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa for war crimes; Formation of a separate Sri Lankan Tamil state, Tamil Eelam;
Methods	Hunger strikes, picketings, protest marches, sit-ins, self-immolation
Resulted in	Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly passes the 2013 Tamil Nadu Assembly Resolution on Sri Lanka; Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh boycotts the 2013 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting;
Parties
Tamil protesters and organizations:; Students Federation for Freedom of Tamil Eelam; Tamil Eelam Supporters Organisation; Naam Tamilar Katchi; Tamil film actors; Tamil diaspora (abroad); Supported by:; Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam; Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam;	Sri Lanka; Government of India Tamil Nadu Police;
Casualties and losses
2 deaths; 500+ arrested;	None

The 2013 anti-Sri Lanka protests were a series of student protests led by Tamil protesters and activists in Tamil Nadu, India in retaliation for war crimes committed against the Sri Lankan Tamil people by the Sri Lankan Army during the final stages of the Sri Lankan Civil War in 2009.

Protests were initiated by the Students Federation for Freedom of Tamil Eelam. Protesters demanded that the Government of India vote in support of a United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) resolution censuring the Government of Sri Lanka for war crimes. More radical sects of the protests demanded the prosecution of Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa for his role in the alleged genocide of Sri Lankan Tamils. Apart from college students, doctors, film personalities and employees of IT companies also participated in the protests.