David Cameron tears it up in Sri Lanka - visits Tamil leaders, calls out President on human rights

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[url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-24952042[/url]
[quote]David Cameron has clashed with the president of Sri Lanka as he pushed for action to protect the rights of its minority Tamil community.

Downing Street said the PM "pressed his points very directly and robustly" in an hour-long meeting with Mahinda Rajapaksa at a Commonwealth summit.

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In a historic move, Mr Cameron travelled to the Tamil-dominated north of the country - the first international leader to do so since Sri Lankan independence in 1948 - before holding face-to-face talks with the country's president.

At one point, the PM's convoy was surrounded by more than 200 protesters holding pictures of loved ones who they claim were killed by the Sri Lankan armed forces or have disappeared.

Mr Cameron said the visit - in which he also toured a temporary refugee camp and newspaper office whose printing presses have been burnt - had "drawn attention to the plight" of the Tamil minority in the country.[/quote]

Sometimes he does cool things

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snipping my original comment to say that that's pretty cool of David Cameron.

[NoDachi]

Good. People on all sides need to be accountable, though I don't think Camerons words are actually going to do anything.

I was there in 2006 and shit was getting pretty heavy. I was even on the same road in Colombo when a car bomb went off. Though it was a pretty big fucking road so it sounds more dramatic than it was.

Civil wars suck.