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AATA Case No. 1318846

28 June 2016 | Judicial Body: Armenia: Administrative Court of Appeals | Topic(s): 1951 Refugee Convention - Credibility assessment - Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity - Flight by land, air or sea - Persecution based on class/wealth/occupation - Persecution based on political opinion - Persecution of family members - Political groups - Rejected asylum-seekers - Tamil - Unlawful departure | Countries: Australia - Sri Lanka

AATA Case No. 1319856

5 May 2016 | Judicial Body: Australia: Administrative Appeals Tribunal | Topic(s): 1951 Refugee Convention - Arbitrary arrest and detention - Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity - Flight by land, air or sea - Freedom of religion - Hindu - Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription - Persecution based on political opinion - Political groups - Political parties - Religious discrimination - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) - Tamil - Unlawful departure | Countries: Australia - Sri Lanka

AATA Case No. 1408481

30 September 2015 | Judicial Body: Australia: Administrative Appeals Tribunal | Topic(s): Complementary forms of protection - Hindu - Persecution based on political opinion - Social group persecution - Tamil - Unlawful departure | Countries: Australia - Sri Lanka

AATA Case No. 1312181

29 September 2015 | Judicial Body: Australia: Administrative Appeals Tribunal | Topic(s): 1951 Refugee Convention - Hindu - Persecution based on political opinion - Physical harm - Tamil - Unlawful departure | Countries: Australia - Sri Lanka

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

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

Application for permission to appeal from the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal (AIT No: AA/14229/2006).

19 January 2009 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Airports - Persecution based on political opinion - Persecution of family members - Tamil - Unlawful departure | Countries: Sri Lanka - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

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

Application for judicial review.

3 December 2008 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: High Court (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Changes of circumstances in home country - Deportation / Forcible return - Persecution based on political opinion - Tamil - Unlawful departure | Countries: Sri Lanka - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

LP (LTTE Area - Tamils - Colombo - Risk?) Sri Lanka v. Secretary of State for the Home Department

This determination replaces the following Country Guidance cases:
- YP (Maintenance - Detention Records) Sri Lanka CG [2003] UKIAT 00145;
- JP (Maintenance – Detention Records) Sri Lanka CG [2003] UKIAT 00142;
- SV (Passport Renewal) Sri Lanka CG [2003] UKIAT 00125;
- VK (Risk - Release - Escapes - LTTE) Sri Lanka CG [2003] UKIAT 00096;
- TK (Ceasefire - Negotiations) Sri Lanka CG [2003] UKIAT 00026;
- VS (Risk - LTTE - Escape) Sri Lanka CG [2003] UKIAT 00003;
- AE FE (PTSD - Internal Relocation) Sri Lanka CG [2002] UKIAT 05237;
- DA (Risk - Return - Reporting Restrictions) Sri Lanka CG [2002] UKIAT 04729;
- IS (Risk - Conviction - Fine Paid - Release) Sri Lanka CG [2002] UKIAT 04230;
- TJ (Risk - Returns) Sri Lanka CG [2002] UKIAT 01869;
- CB (Detailed Appraisal) Sri Lanka CG [2002] UKIAT 01547; and
- PT (Medical Report - Analysis) Sri Lanka CG [2002] UKIAT 01336.
The risk categories were subsequently confirmed by the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal in TK (Tamils - LP Updated) Sri Lanka CG [2009] UKAIT 00049.

6 August 2007 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Passports - Persecution based on political opinion - Pre-trial detention - Rejected asylum-seekers - Tamil - Travel documents - Unlawful departure | Countries: Sri Lanka - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Refugee Appeal No. 76012

18 April 2007 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Abduction - Conflict situation - Country of origin information (COI) - Credibility assessment - Extrajudicial executions - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution based on political opinion - Prosecution vs persecution - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Tamil - Unlawful departure | Countries: New Zealand - Sri Lanka

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