TamilNet report 9/1/97
	  id TAA19420; Thu, 11 Sep 1997 19:08:56 -0400


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Equality of Tamil a facade
[TamilNet, Monday, September 01, 1997 at 11:10:24

In early July a presidential directive was issued to the
pre-dominantly Sinhalese Sri Lankan civil service to give equal status
to the Tamil language. As the directive is widely perceived as a
public relations exercise staged for the benefit of the international
community, it has barely received any attention. From Colombo's jails
to Jaffna's streets, the use of the Tamil language is being
systematically stamped out in a bid to irrevocably assimilate the
Tamil people under Sinhalese control.

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