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| Further eight more rights group had written a open letter to the president and has claimed that act was 'a flagrant violation of (freedom of movement) and a disgrace to humanity'. <ref name=INAS>{{cite news|url=http://www.indiaenews.com/srilanka/20070607/55214.htm| title= Mass expulsion of Tamils from Colombo denounced| date= ] | publisher = INAS | first = | last = | accessdate = 2007-06-07 }}</ref> | Further eight more rights group had written a open letter to the president and has claimed that act was 'a flagrant violation of (freedom of movement) and a disgrace to humanity'. <ref name=INAS>{{cite news|url=http://www.indiaenews.com/srilanka/20070607/55214.htm| title= Mass expulsion of Tamils from Colombo denounced| date= ] | publisher = INAS | first = | last = | accessdate = 2007-06-07 }}</ref> | ||
| The United States has also condemn this human right violations by the government <ref name=US>{{cite news|url=http://colombo.usembassy.gov| title= The United States condemns the forced removal of Tamils| date= ] | publisher = | first = | last = | accessdate = 2007-06-08 }}</ref> | The United States has also condemn this human right violations by the government <ref name=US>{{cite news|url=http://colombo.usembassy.gov| title= The United States condemns the forced removal of Tamils| date= ] | publisher = | first = | last = | accessdate = 2007-06-08 }}</ref> | ||
| The Asian Centre of Human Rrights has called this insident an act of ethnic clensing and racism.<ref name=ACHR>{{cite news|url=http://www.achrweb.org/press/2007/SLK0307.htm title= Deportation of Tamils from Colombo is reminiscent of The Holocaust| date= ] | publisher = | first = | last = | accessdate = 2007-06-08 }}</ref> | The Asian Centre of Human Rrights has called this insident an act of ethnic clensing and racism.It also asked India and DMK urged to intervene .<ref name=ACHR>{{cite news|url=http://www.achrweb.org/press/2007/SLK0307.htm title= Deportation of Tamils from Colombo is reminiscent of The Holocaust| date= ] | publisher = | first = | last = | accessdate = 2007-06-08 }}</ref> | ||
| == Reaction == | == Reaction == | ||
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The Expulsion of the Tamils from Colombo is considered as a tantamount to the ethnic cleansing by the government of Sri Lanka.
This incident happened when 376 Tamils were evicted by the Police on June 2007. The police have said that these people were staying in Colombo without a valid reason.The evicted were sent back to Jaffna, Vavuniya, Trincomalee and Batticaloa.
Expulsion
The police stormed many low-budget hostels in the Tamil-majority areas of Colombo and asked the people to leave in the middle of the night. They were then put into buses and were sent away from Colombo. The police have said that this mass evication was needed to prevent any more bomb attacks from the LTTE. The ministry also added the attacks were planned and executed from the lodgings. However, some of the evicted people were there for medical reasons.
Concern
A local media rights group has called this an act of ethnic cleansing. The group also said that this type of act reminds people of what "Hitler did to the Jews" . Others Rights group have said that this could be the start of ethnic cleansing campaign by the Srilankan Government. Further eight more rights group had written a open letter to the president and has claimed that act was 'a flagrant violation of (freedom of movement) and a disgrace to humanity'. The United States has also condemn this human right violations by the government The Asian Centre of Human Rrights has called this insident an act of ethnic clensing and racism.It also asked India and DMK urged to intervene .
Reaction
Sri Lanka Supreme Court on June 8 2007 issued an injunction to the Sri Lanka Police to stop the evacuation of residents of Colombo lodges as a reaction for the fundamental rights petition of the Center for Policy Alternatives, Sri Lanka (CPA).
As a result of this Police boarded, 185 out of 270 who evicted from Colombo to Vavuniya on 5 buses to bring them back to Colombo.
See also
References
- ^ Amal, Jayasinghe (2007-06-07). "Sri Lanka police evict ethnic Tamils from capital". AFP. Retrieved 2007-06-07.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) Cite error: The named reference "AFP" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page). - ^ MALLAWARACHI, BHARATHA (2007-06-08). "Court: End Tamil Expulsions in Colombo". Guardian Unlimited. AP. Retrieved 2007-06-08.
- ^ Krishan, Francis (2007-06-07). "Sri Lanka accused of ethnic cleansing as over 400 Tamils evicted from capital". AP. Retrieved 2007-06-07.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) Cite error: The named reference "AP" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page). - http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Rest_of_World/Lanka_SC_steps_in_halts_eviction_of_Tamils_from_Colombo/articleshow/2108797.cms
- "Police evict Tamils from Colombo". BBC. 2007-06-07. Retrieved 2007-06-07.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - "Mass expulsion of Tamils from Colombo denounced". INAS. 2007-06-07. Retrieved 2007-06-07.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - "The United States condemns the forced removal of Tamils". 2007-06-08. Retrieved 2007-06-08.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - . 2007-06-08 title= Deportation of Tamils from Colombo is reminiscent of The Holocaust http://www.achrweb.org/press/2007/SLK0307.htm title= Deportation of Tamils from Colombo is reminiscent of The Holocaust. Retrieved 2007-06-08.
{{cite news}}: Check|url=value (help); Check date values in:|date=(help); Missing or empty|title=(help); Missing pipe in:|url=(help) - "Sri Lanka Supreme Court orders to stop evacuation of ethnic Tamils from Colombo lodges". ColomboPage. 2007-06-08. Retrieved 2007-06-08.
- "SC issues Interim Order against forcible transportation of Tamil lodgers". LankaeNews. Free Media Movement. 2007-06-08. Retrieved 2007-06-08.
- ^ "Those chased from Colombo yesterday brought back to Colombo today". LankaeNews. Free Media Movement. 2007-06-08. Retrieved 2007-06-08.
{{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|1=(help) - "Those chased from Colombo yesterday brought back to Colombo today". LankaeNews (in Sinhala). Free Media Movement. 2007-06-08. Retrieved 2007-06-08.
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