Sometimes it can be easy to forget that Rome is an international city. Here is a photo of a protest we happened on. According to Adnkronos International "Hundreds of Sri Lankans living in the Italian capital Rome protested on Thursday against Tamil Tiger separatists who are currently engaged in conflict with Sri Lankan troops in the north of the country." To read more on the story visit Sri Lankan Community Hold Protest Against Tamil Tigers. It seems to me that the article offers a rather simplified account of the situation in Sri Lanka, but I find it particularly interesting that Rome would also be a site of protest against the conflict when one finds it so easy to forget that the city has more than just the ethnically Italian and tourists. But there seems to be communities that are constantly engaged in political activity, although most of the time I'm not sure their exact cause.
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