Sri Lanka: Tamil man from UK reported missing in Vavuniyaa |
[TamilNet, Saturday, 19 February 2011, 12:34 GMT]
A 31-year-old Tamil man, who was visiting his family in Jaffna and was on his way to Colombo was reported missing in Vavuniyaa on 13 February 2011, sources in Colombo said adding that the relatives of the missing person have complained to Sri Lankan Police in Colombo. ……….…. read more
300 Tamils disappear in Batticaloa during SLA rule, alleges TNA |
09 June 2011,
More than three hundred youths of both sexes have been reported disappeared after abduction in the Batticaloa district since the eastern province was brought under the control of the Sri Lanka Army (SLA), said Mr.P. Selvarasa, district Tamil National Alliance (TNA) parliamentarian
during the debate on the extending the State of Emergency for another month that took place in Sri Lanka’s parliament on Wednesday.
Selvarasa added that murders, abductions, robberies are daily taking place in the Batticaloa district amid the presence of emergency laws which being are renewed monthly…….….. read more
Tamil youth reported missing after SLA-arrest in Batticaloa |
[TamilNet, Friday, 20 May 2011, 17:06 GMT]
19-year-old Diluxon Anandarajah, taken away by the Sri Lanka Army intellligence from his house located in Zone-A of “Swiss” village at Kokkuvil in Batticaloa on 15 May has been reported missing, according to a complaint lodged by his mother with the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka. According to the complaint, SLA intelligence officer Suresh had taken away her son for ‘investigation’………… read more
300 Tamils to be deported from UK |
Around 300 Sri Lankans are to be deported from the United Kingdom to Sri Lanka on June 16, by special charter flight to Sri Lanka at 5.00 pm.
UK Border Agency had arranged a special charter flight to deport around 300 persons whose asylum requests had been turned down by the authorities.
Mr. Nishan Paramjorthy, a human rights advocate in the UK told Tamil Mirror online that some of his clients had got notice about their “removal” from the UK Border Agency. He said most of the persons to be deported were Tamils.
UK to deport 300 Lankans
The scheduled time of departure of the special charter flight to Sri Lanka, from the UK, is 5.00 pm — on June 16, according to the sources.
Tens of thousands of Sri Lankan Tamils migrated to the UK during the war between the security forces and the LTTE; and an estimated 120,000 Sri Lankan Tamils live in the UK. The Sri Lankan Tamil Diaspora in the UK is the second largest — after that of Canada…………. read more
