Sri Lanka begins forced eviction of Tamils - is there a human rights violation?
Shekhar Pandit
Jun. 7, 2007

That is a question Colombo Government will have to answer to the United Nations. India is quietly watching the Sri Lankan way of dealing this issue too.

According to media reports, Sri Lanka's police today began a forced eviction of minority Tamils from the capital as part of a crackdown against Tamil Tiger suspects, officials said.

Tamil men, women and children, who had taken shelter at low-budget hostels were forced out of their rooms, ordered into buses and driven off under armed escorts, residents said.

The move followed an announcement by police Inspector General Victor Perera last week that Tamils "loitering" in Colombo were a threat to national security and that they will be given transport to return to their villagers.

The Government blamed Tamil Tiger rebels for bomb attacks in and around the capital last week.

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