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End Tamil refugees'' suffering, SL told


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Bodh Ramdeo
Villainy
by Bodh Ramdeo on May 21, 2009 04:23 AM

The biggest hate-mongering villains in all this mess are the chauvinistic Lankan Buddhist clergy, who are even more militant and virulently hateful of the Tamils who are predominantly Hindus, than even the average Sinhalese. And these are followers of the Budhha- men of the cloth. Go figure.

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Balaraman
Who will protect innocent Tamils
by Balaraman on May 20, 2009 01:03 PM

For past 60 years Tamils were betrayed and Govt of India Remained a mute spectator From 1949 to 1977 a number of Non-voilence movements by Tamils under the leadership of Mr. Selvanayagam was suppressed by the Srilankan government with force. At that point of time they did not fight for separate nation but for equal rights. Only after Black July riots in 1983 which claimed lives of more than 1000 innocent Tamils, terrorist organization started to gain popularity among Tamil youth's. Genesis of LTTE and similar other outfits can be primarily attributed to the gross injustice of the Srilankan government to Tamils and their "ONLY Sinhala" propaganda. In India equal rights to all citizens is guaranteed through constitution, and political parties are interested in providing more provisions for the minority people. Whereas in Srilanka the government systematically and steadily took measures to suppress minorities. For instance tamil students has to get more mark than Sinhala student to get a place in university. They were also denied opportunity in government jobs. Many basic rights were denied to Tamils. So as long as such social injustice exits, new terrorist organizations would come up with different strategies and would continue to exist without any end. Now both Tamils and Sinhalese are tired of war, all they want is a peaceful environment to live. So devolution of power and providing equal rights and opportunities to all citizens can only en

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