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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/sri-lanka-anger-at-tamil-support.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="Tamil supporters' protests in London angered many in Sri Lanka" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/min-sri-lanka-anger-at-tamil-support.jpg" alt="Tamil supporters' protests in London angered many in Sri Lanka"/></a></p>
<p>Hundreds of supporters of Sri Lanka&#8217;s ruling coalition led by a cabinet minister have rallied outside the British Embassy in the Sri Lankan capital, condemning what they say is London&#8217;s support for minority Tamil separatists abroad.</p>
<p>The protesters, led by construction and housing minister Wimal Weerawansa, denounced the British government for allowing Tamil expatriates to hold a demonstration against Sri Lanka president Mahinda Rajapaksa, who visited London this week.</p>
<p>Mr Weerawansa said the British government has silently supported the &#8220;Tamil terrorists&#8221; by allowing Tamil Tigers to hold protests.</p>
<p>Last year, Sri Lankan government forces ended a 25-year civil war, beating Tamil Tiger rebels who were fighting for a separate homeland.</p>
<p>After the protest march in Colombo, Mr Weerawansa said: &#8220;We all have taken to the streets against this uncivilised act of the British Government.&#8221;</p>
<p>He described the Tamil activists as terrorists and said they should not be allowed to demonstrate as the Tamil Tiger group is banned in Britain.</p>
<p>Mr Rajapaksa had been due to address the Oxford Union debating society this week, but the event was cancelled. The union said in a statement that &#8220;due to the sheer scale of the expected protests, we do not feel that the talk can reasonably and safely go ahead as planned&#8221;.</p>
<p>The British High Commission said in a statement that the British Government had no involvement in the decision to cancel Mr Rajapaksa&#8217;s address. A spokesman could not immediately be reached for comment on Mr Weerawansa&#8217;s allegations.</p>
<p>Mr Rajapaksa has become an increasingly dominant figure in Sri Lanka. After the crushing military defeat of the rebels, he easily won re-election. His chief political rival and former army chief is now serving a jail sentence for 30 months, after being convicted by a military court. Critics say the case amounted to a political vendetta.</p>
<p>Mr Rajapaksa&#8217;s government has resisted international calls for an independent examination of suspected rights abuses committed during the civil war, by both the Tamil Tigers and government forces.</p>
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