SRI LANKA: Kevin Rudd silent on the plight of the Tamils*

It is two years since the civil war ended in Sri Lanka between the majority Sinhalese government in Colombo and the Tamil minority struggling for autonomy in their north-east homeland.
The Tamils were crushed by overwhelming, undiscriminating firepower that rained down on them from the Sinhalese air force and ranks of artillery.
Only when the guns fell silent were civilians separated from soldiers. The former were herded into largely known concentration camps while the fate of the latt…

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