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Sri Lanka: Picking up the Tamil Tigers scent ...100 Year War on the anvil
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 28 Jul 2011 23:43:23 GMT Report for Abuse
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Freedom, but not as we know it
'But once we were released, we still had no freedom,' said Abi, referring to the many military checkpoints that Tamils still have to go through every day. Police are suspicious and oblige former Tigers to sign a 'Good behavior paper' every month. 'We don't have equal rights here. Last month the police suddenly arrived and searched my house. I don't know what they wanted.', she said.
2 years ago they were terrosists (they didnt dispute this and the very reason for them being in this interview proves it) and now they want Freedom? :)
only thing they know is to complain!
The group points out that no Tamils are allowed to join the police force, and that even in Tamil-majority districts local government jobs are difficult to get without speaking fluent Sinhala.
wow! now we know this NGO organised group of ex-Terrorists were talking truth and nothing but the truth :) |
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 29 Jul 2011 01:38:46 GMT Report for Abuse
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Closing the interviews with the nine Tiger fighters, RNW returns to the question of long-term peace - with the Tamil Tiger leadership dead and the infrastructure supporting their cause all but wiped out, could they imagine picking up arms again?
If we don't feel our rights being respected in the coming years then yes, I can imagine I would. said Saathuryan.
And we ill be happy to oblige again, their aspirations to die like the dogs they are. |
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29 Jul 2011 01:42:07 GMT Report for Abuse
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The group points out that no Tamils are allowed to join the police force, and that even in Tamil-majority districts local government jobs are difficult to get without speaking fluent Sinhala.
Sri Lanka recruits record number of Tamil police
Recruits' parents in Colombo, Sri Lanka The recruits' parents attended the ceremony in Colombo
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The Sri Lankan police force has inducted a record number of Tamil recruits into the force at a ceremony near the capital, Colombo.
Currently, only a few thousand of Sri Lanka's 86,000-strong police force are from the Tamil ethnic minority.
The move is part of a drive to improve relations between Tamils and the majority Sinhalese after the defeat of the Tamil Tiger rebels in 2009.
The rebels fought a decades-long battle for an independence state in the north.
A total of 320 men and 16 women were inducted at the Kalutara Police Academy ceremony after completing six months of training.
'This year we are targeting to induct more than 2,500 Tamils in to the force,' police spokesperson Prishantha Jayakody told the BBC Tamil service.
'We are planning to recruit women sub-inspector level officers from the Tamil community.'
He said once they enter active service, most of the officers - who largely come from the northern provinces - will be deployed in Tamil speaking areas of the country.
One of the new constables said the move would help bridge the gap between the Tamil community and the police in the northern areas of the country.
'Since we are from the same Tamil community I hope people will trust us. We will be able to improve the relationship between the community and the police,' said Kalai Selvi.
The BBS is surely lying... :)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-12141070 |
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29 Jul 2011 10:10:20 GMT Report for Abuse
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WHoof,,
It looks the War will continue
What's the army we're supposed to be fighting in this continuing war? |
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28 Jul 2011 18:37:25 GMT 