We need the international community to support our freedom struggle. The Canadian government and the United Nations especially should help us save the Tamils trapped in the war zone. People there have no food, no medication, some are dying of starvation.
Some people understand our struggle, some people don't like it, some don't mind. But most people understand our problem.
The blockade of the Gardiner Expressway was illegal, that's not good. Most of our people don't agree with it, we want peaceful demonstrations. It has a negative effect on us.
Canada hasn't offered any help, although there are almost 300,000 Tamils in Canada. This has been going on for 30 years and it's getting worse every day. We are asking the Canadian government to allow the media to go there and see if we are right or wrong, to see what is going on. Sri Lanka is a tiny place but it's our homeland, our motherland. The freedom fighters who are fighting for us are not terrorists. I don't know why the Canadian government is using the word terrorist.
There are a lot of rumours in our community about what happened last weekend. Our message is that our leader is safe, we are confident that he's fighting for our freedom, but the government says he's dead.
My immediate family has been affected. My father died last month because he didn't have access to medication, food and basic facilities. My mother is still alive but I don't know where she is. I'm trying to communicate with her but I haven't been able to find her. Each minute I hope the telephone will ring and somebody will tell me where she is.
The Sri Lankan government has said that there is a safety zone and they are not bombing that area, but they're lying. The American and Canadian governments should know what is going on. They, along with NGOs, members of the international community, activists and journalists, should go there themselves to see.
Since last December we've been holding a lot of peaceful and legal demonstrations. The Canadian government hasn't done anything, whereas the situation is getting worse and worse everyday, that's why they blocked the Gardiner Expressway. But otherwise we don't want to disturb our fellow Canadian citizens. We are Canadian, we respect the laws and regulations, but the Canadian government and the citizens should understand why we did this. Please understand, please wake up, we need your help.
