LTTE extort diaspora for 'final war' funds
Tamil families and businesses in Canada, UK
threatened
The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam subject Sri
Lankan Tamils living in Canada, the United Kingdom and other Western
countries to intimidation, extortion and even violence to ensure a
steady flow of funds for operations in Sri Lanka and to suppress
criticism of human rights abuses, said Human Rights Watch in a new
report released yesterday.
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US support for CCIT draft text
Describing the draft text for a Comprehensive
Convention on International Terrorism (CCIT) being discussed in New
York as "the best opportunity to achieve consensus", USA has stated
they "could not agree to a convention that would appear to exclude
terrorists who claim to act in the name of national liberation
movements, nor could agree that certain actions of state military
forces are terrorist acts".
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