Freedom from Torture – People for Equality and Relief in Lanka

Deported Tamils ‘face torture’ on return to Sri Lanka

By pearlaction | December 15, 2011 |

[Guardian UK] Up to 50 passengers heading to Sri Lanka on a UK Border Agency forced-removals flight risk being tortured on their return, human rights organisations have warned. [Full Story]

Sri Lanka ‘still torturing’ Tamils

By pearlaction | November 7, 2011 |

[Channel 4 News] The UN has already found that evidence of the killing of up to 40,000 civilians amid allegations of serious human rights abuses amounted to “credible allegations” that war crimes had been committed during the last days of the civil war in 2009. [Full Story]

Charity hands UN file to back Sri Lankan torture claims

By pearlaction | November 7, 2011 |

[Guardian UK] A UK charity that is pushing for a halt to deportations to Sri Lanka has handed the UN a file of medical evidence to support allegations that authorities there are continuing to torture opponents. [Full Story]