Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Tamils seek support from Cuba & L.A.


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    By Ron Ridenour
    Sri Lankan President Mahind Rajapaksa and Cuban President Raul Castro. File photo from colombopage.com
    HAVANA TIMES, Oct. 3 – “We Tamils, inside and outside the island of Sri Lanka, still want an independent state. And because the war crimes and severe brutality of the Mahinda Rajapaksa government against our people has become well known, our cause is being spoken about all over the world,” Visuvanathan Rudrakumaran told me recently in Manhattan, New York.
    A positive sign of recognition for Tamil rights is the dramatic Channel 4 UK documentary, “Sri Lanka Killing Fields”, shown first at a June Human Rights Council session and then worldwide.
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