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Ethnic Tamil women walk out from a registration centre as policemen stand guard outside a school in Colombo October 5, 2008.
Thursday, Oct. 23, 2008

Open quoteBeing Tamils is the only reason for these arrests.Close quote

  • P RADHAKRISHNAN,
  • Sri Lanka's deputy minister of vocational and technical training, accusing Sri Lankan police of targeting ethnic Tamils for detention in the capital region
Photo: Buddhika Weerasinghe / Reuters | Source: BBC