Protestors against Sri Lanka’s renewed offensive against Tamil Tigers were arrested for overstepping the limits stipulated for their demonstration.
Police arrested 83 protesters following a Tamil demonstration outside the Foreign Ministry yesterday evening.
At least 150 Tamils and Danish supporters gathered at the ministry yesterday to protest the ongoing war in Sri Lanka.
The demonstrators feel that Denmark is not doing enough to prevent the civilian casualties and planned to continue their protest overnight.
However, police said the demo’s permit ran out at 5pm yesterday and when protestors refused to leave, they were arrested in a preventative measure. All were later released that night.
Foreign Minister Per Stig Møller previously issued a statement with other Nordic ministers expressing their regret at the Sri Lankan government’s decision to break the ceasefire.
In February, Denmark also provided 10 million kroner in humanitarian aid to the civilian population affected by the war.

