The protest was peaceful and many of the South African police indulged in the free food being passed out by the protesters. The protestors carried signs, some which read, "Viva Tamil Tigers LTTE," "Proud of your heritage," and "No medicine for Tamil victims in Sri Lanka!! Stop killing Tamils!"

Durban has the highest concentration of Tamils in South African. There are roughly 1.1 million people from the Indian subcontinent living in South Africa, more then half of who are Tamil. "There are people who are getting killed in Sri Lanka," said Prebashni Govender, 24, a costing coordinator at a Durban company. "There is also racism here. Any time people are judged by their color it's not good, but we protest for the Tamils in Sri Lanka who are dying."

One of the organizers of the protest, Kisten Chinappen, an educator, said that they had not met with the Sri Lankan delegation to the WCAR. "But they would say that there is no problem, all the Singhalese would always deny everything, no genocide-only terrorism," he said.

>From under a "Viva Tamil Tigers" banner, Rajen Pillay, 37, an educator said, "I support the Tamil Tigers, they are not a terrorist group, they are freedom fighters. The Tamils never colonized Sri Lanka, they were born there. The Singhalese are oppressing the Tamils, they have no access to education, job opportunities, it is basically another form of apartheid."

Many groups were represented at the protest. Sandy Moodley, 25, was born and bred in Durban. She was there on Sunday to protest the fate of Tamil women and children in Sri Lanka. "We're fighting against the rape and abuse of women and Tamil children in Sri Lanka," she said. "They are being repressed and we in South Africa want to show our support for them."

Many families brought their children along to protest. Ceri Madura, 12, a student at Erica Primary School in Durban was there to protest as well saying, "It's genocide-ethnic cleansing of the Tamil people. Tamils have been there for 3,000 years, now they're telling them to go away."