British Government – People for Equality and Relief in Lanka

UK ‘to deport 100 Tamils’ as Sri Lanka fights UN resolution

By pearlaction | February 28, 2012 |

[Channel 4 News] A plane chartered by the British government is to deport about 100 Tamil asylum seekers to Sri Lanka, according to a human rights charity. Human Rights Watch claims the aircraft will fly the Tamils back to the country where they could face interrogation and torture. [Full Story]

Tamil hunger striker ‘prepared to die’ in London

By pearlaction | April 17, 2009 |

[AFP] A Sri Lankan hunger striker in London who has gone ten days without food said Thursday he was prepared to starve himself death to highlight the plight of Tamils, as hundreds of people protested. Paramesweran Subramaniyam, 28, is surviving on sips of water and his condition could soon become critical, doctors say. But he…