Aunt of Makandure Madush files FR petition

London High Court suspends deportation of Tamils

The high court in London has blocked the deportation of a group of failed Tamil asylum seekers who were due to be sent back to Sri Lanka today (Thursday) despite torture concerns, British media reports said. The high court decision was described as “unprecedented and precedent-setting” by a legal source. The group of failed Tamil asylum seekers was due to be sent back to Sri Lanka, on a flight leaving the UK at around 4pm this evening, but now they will be able to remain in the UK while their si

28 Feb, 2013

Human Rights lawyer under threat

Amnesty International has sent out an urgent appeal for the protection of human rights lawyer Lakshan Dias who is reportedly under threat. In the appeal, Amnesty says since 22 February Dias has reported being followed and has been under surveillance by unidentified men who have sought information about him from his wife and neighbors. ?Colleagues are concerned that he is in danger of enforced disappearance and physical violence. According to human rights lawyers in Sri Lanka, men on motorcycles

28 Feb, 2013

Pillay welcomes report on UN actions in Sri Lanka

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay, speaking at the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) today after submitting her?annual?report for 2012, said she welcomed the release of the report of the internal review panel on the United Nations actions in Sri Lanka during the last phase of the conflict. Pillay said that the report released last year concluded that there was a?systematic failure on the part of the United Nations. “It is a powerful reminder that the United Nations, wherever we

28 Feb, 2013