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Toronto Tamil fears for wife in Sri Lanka

By pearlaction | July 8, 2011 |

[CBC] A Toronto man of Tamil descent is asking the federal government to rescue his wife and children in Sri Lanka, claiming they are being harassed by the government there because of things he told a Canadian newspaper. [Full Story]

Canadian detainee wants probe into detention and alleged torture in Sri Lanka

By pearlaction | July 1, 2011 |

[National Post] A Canadian man has returned to Toronto after spending three years in the custody of Sri Lanka’s anti-terrorism police, whom he said detained him until he signed a false confession saying he had smuggled equipment to the Tamil Tigers rebels. [Full Story]