COLOMBO : Representatives of the Joint Opposition Parties for Free Palestine gathered in front of the UN office in Colombo on Thursday August, (14) afternoon, demanding an end to the genocide being perpetrated by Israel on Palestinian people and the war in Gaza and other areas .
A memorandum was also handed over to UN Resident Representative in Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka Muslim Congress Leader Parliamentarian Rauff Hakeem said, that this protest will continue islandwide. SLMC Member of Parliament M.S. Uthumalebbe, Communist Party Secretary Dr. Weerasinghe, former Colombo Mayor and former Sri Lankan Ambassador to Iran Omar Kamil, Opposition members of the Colombo Municipal Council including Sri Lanka Muslim Congress and Samagi Jana Bala wegaya, as well as members of opposition parties representing and non representing Parliament participated .
