Call to delay UK Tamil deportations to Sri Lanka
[BBC] Amnesty International says that at least one of the failed asylum seekers tried to commit suicide on Wednesday night at an airport detention facility. The fate of the Tamils is currently unclear. Some are reported to have had their deportations deferred. Others, however, are reported to be heading to the airport for departure. Amnesty argues…
Read MoreSri Lanka deportations: ‘UK has Tamil blood on its hands’
[Channel 4 News] Following the broadcast of the Channel 4 documentary Sri Lanka’s Killing Fields, MP Siobhain McDonagh has told the Commons the British Government is complicit in the torture of Tamil civilians as it continues to deport many people seeking asylum in the UK. [Full Story]
Read MoreKilling Fields video evidence ‘builds case for war crimes’
[Channel 4] Documenting the final weeks of the bloody civil war when an estimated 40,000 people died, the Channel 4 documentary Sri Lanka’s Killing Fields reveals shocking new evidence of serious war crimes. The film includes footage of government soldiers executing bound prisoners; the dead bodies of naked, abused women dumped in a truck; and the bombing of civilian…
Read MoreThree Sri Lankan asylum seekers’ deportations deferred
[Channel 4] Three of the 40 failed Sri Lankan asylum-seekers, scheduled to be forcibly removed from Gatwick to Colombo tomorrow, have had their deportations deferred. [Full Story]
Read MorePrime Minister Cameron questioned in parliament on C4 Sri Lankan film
[Channel 4] Prime Minister David Cameron today commented on Sri Lanka’s Killing Fields telling MPs that the Sri Lanka government, “does need to be investigated” and, “lessons need to be learned.” Jon Snow’s critically-acclaimed investigation into the final weeks of the quarter-century-long civil war between the government and the secessionist rebels, the Tamil Tigers, featured…
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