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British Prime Minister David Cameron met with a delegation from various British Tamil organisations today, including the British Tamils Forum, Global Tamil Forum and Tamils against Genocide.
During the meeting, the Tamil delegates urged the prime minister to withdraw from the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Sri Lanka next week, as new evidence of rights violations, both current and from the past few years, continues to emerge.
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