A protest was held last week in Leicester against violence directed at Muslims in Sri Lanka.
Members of the city’s 400 family Sri Lanka community gathered in Humberstone Gate this lunchtime to call for an end to the rioting that has engulfed parts of the country in recent days.
The Sri Lankan Government has declared a state of emergency and deployed police and troops to disperse Buddhist rioters who have attacked mosques and Muslim-owned businesses in Kandy.
The authorities had feared retaliation after a young Muslim man's body was found in a burnt-out building in Kandy last Tuesday.
The BBC has reported fresh clashes between mobs from the majority Sinhalese and minority Muslim communities broke out.
More than 100 people took part in the noisy protest chanting “Justice” and carrying placards calling for peace.
