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February 28th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda The protesters led by five cabinet ministers chanted slogans against Washington’s plan to present a resolution against Sri Lanka at the UN Human Rights Council meeting in Geneva over alleged war crimes.
“We are here to protest the action the US is trying to take against us,” Energy Minister Champaka Ranawaka said.
Labor Minister Gamini Lokuge added that “America is trying to break up our country.”
Earlier in the day, Sri Lankans staged another protest march that began outside the paramilitary Civil Defense Force (CDF) headquarters and headed towards the US embassy.
Both members of the CDF and civilians participated in the march, witnesses said.
Security forces blocked the protesters from reaching the embassy, but allowed a few activists to carry a petition to the premises.
During the previous UN meetings, China and Russia frustrated US designs to pass anti-Sri Lanka resolutions.
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