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The Expulsion of the Tamils from Colombo is considered to be an act of ethnic cleansing by the government of Sri lanka.

This incident happened when at least 400 minority 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 their home in the Tamil dominated North and East of the country.

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

See also

References

  1. ^ 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).
  2. ^ 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).
  3. "Police evict Tamils from Colombo". BBC. 2007-06-07. Retrieved 2007-06-07. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  4. "Mass expulsion of Tamils from Colombo denounced". INAS. 2007-06-07. Retrieved 2007-06-07. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  5. "The United States condemns the forced removal of Tamils". 2007-06-08. Retrieved 2007-06-08. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)

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