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MP and NT (Sri Lanka) v SSHD

20 June 2014 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Persecution based on political opinion - Refugee status determination (RSD) / Asylum procedures - Tamil | Countries: Sri Lanka - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

KK (Application of GJ) Sri Lanka

30 September 2013 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness - Tamil | Countries: Sri Lanka - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

GJ and Others (post-civil war: returnees) Sri Lanka CG v. Secretary of State for the Home Department

3 July 2013 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) | Topic(s): Exclusion clauses - Human rights activists - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Persecution based on class/wealth/occupation - Prison or detention conditions - Tamil | Countries: Sri Lanka - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

R on the Application of Qubert and others v the Secretary of State for the Home Department

18 September 2012 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: High Court (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Deportation / Forcible return - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Non-refoulement - Tamil | Countries: Sri Lanka - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

SS (Sri Lanka) v. Secretary of State for the Home Department

On appeal from the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal.

9 February 2011 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements - Persecution based on political opinion - Tamil | Countries: Sri Lanka - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

SK (Sri Lanka) v. Secretary of State for the Home Department

On appeal from the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal.

4 November 2010 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Persecution based on political opinion - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Tamil | Countries: Sri Lanka - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

RR (Challenging evidence) Sri Lanka v. Secretary of State for the Home Department

25 August 2010 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) | Topic(s): Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Persecution based on political opinion - Tamil | Countries: Sri Lanka - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

R (on the application of JS) (Sri Lanka) (Respondent) v. Secretary of State for the Home Department (Appellant)

On an appeal from [2009] EWCA Civ 364.

17 March 2010 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Supreme Court | Topic(s): Combatants / Former combatants - Exclusion clauses - Tamil - Terrorism - War crimes | Countries: Sri Lanka - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

R (on the application of Vellaokuddi) v. Secretary of State for the Home Department

Application for permission to apply for judicial review.

4 March 2010 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: High Court (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Combatants / Former combatants - Persecution based on political opinion - Tamil | Countries: Sri Lanka - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

TK (Tamils - LP Updated) Sri Lanka v. Secretary of State for the Home Department

Heard at Procession House on 27 & 28 October 2009. The risk categories identified in LP (LTTE area - Tamils - Colombo - Risk?) Sri Lanka CG [2007] UKAIT 00076 and approved by the European Court of Human Rights in NA v. United Kingdom, App. no. 25904/07, remain valid.

11 December 2009 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Combatants / Former combatants - Country of origin information (COI) - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Persecution based on political opinion - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Rejected asylum-seekers - Right to family life - Single heads of household - Tamil - Unlawful departure | Countries: Sri Lanka - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

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