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Kumudinie Renuka Perera v. Holder, Attorney General 22 April 2014 \| Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit \| Document type: Case Law \| Topic(s): Changes of circumstances in home country - Country of origin information (COI) - Persecution based on political opinion - Police - Rejected asylum-seekers - Tamil \| Countries: Sri Lanka - United States of America
Annachamy v. Holder, Attorney General Petition for review denied on ground that there is no implied exception to the material support bar for individuals who assist organizations engaged in legitimate political violence or who provide support under duress. 3 July 2012 \| Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit \| Document type: Case Law \| Topic(s): Exclusion clauses - Tamil \| Countries: Sri Lanka - United States of America
Pathmakanthan v. Holder, Attorney General of the United States Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals. 16 July 2010 \| Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit \| Document type: Case Law \| Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements - Changes of circumstances in home country - Convention against Torture (CAT) - Minorities - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Tamil - Well-founded fear of persecution \| Countries: Sri Lanka - United States of America
Holder, Attorney General, et al. v. Humanitarian Law Project et al. Certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. 21 June 2010 \| Judicial Body: United States Supreme Court \| Document type: Case Law \| Topic(s): Anti-terrorism law - Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements - Constitutional law - Freedom of assembly and association - Freedom of expression - Kurd - Tamil - Terrorism \| Countries: United States of America
Ahilan Nadarajah v. Alberto R. Gonzales et Al. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of California denying petition for a writ of habeas corpus. 17 March 2006 \| Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit \| Document type: Case Law \| Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Immigration Detention - Persecution based on political opinion - Tamil \| Countries: Sri Lanka - United States of America
People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran v. United States Department of State and Madeleine K. Albright, Secretary of State; Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam v. United States Department of State On Petitions for Review of Orders of the United States Secretary of State. Argued: March 5, 1999 Decided: June 25, 1999 25 June 1999 \| Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit \| Document type: Case Law \| Topic(s): Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements - Tamil - Terrorism \| Countries: Iran, Islamic Republic of - United States of America

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