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A.D. v. Netherlands

24 January 2000 | Publisher: UN Committee Against Torture (CAT) | Document type: Case Law

Sri Lanka: Whether the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) (People's Liberation Front) extorted money from Sinhalese business owners between 1987 and 1989

16 August 1999 | Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Query Responses

Sri Lanka: The current composition of Colombo, including the total number and percentages of Sinhalese, Muslims and Tamils

1 May 1999 | Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Query Responses

Sri Lanka: The terminology a Tamil Hindu child uses to refer to the children of his/her mother's siblings versus that used to describe the children of his/her father's siblings

1 May 1999 | Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Query Responses

Sri Lanka: Information on Sinhalese-language documents that authorities, especially the Colombo police, allegedly force Tamils to sign before being released (since January 1998)

1 May 1998 | Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Query Responses

Sri Lanka: Whether there are recognizable and distinct Batticaloa and Jaffna accents of Tamil language-speakers, and whether it is possible to determine an individual's place of origin based on his/her accent

1 April 1998 | Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Query Responses

Sri Lanka: Information since 1990 on the harassment and abuse of Colombo judges and former judges (both Sinhalese and Tamil) at the hands of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP), the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) or the security forces, with special attention to High Court judges

1 December 1997 | Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Query Responses

Sri Lanka: Information on the steps taken by a police officer in Vavuniya to resign or to obtain a transfer anywhere but to the North or the East; on whether these procedures change if the police officer is Tamil; on the penalty of desertion for a police officer in Vavuniya; on whether Tamil police officers are given more dangerous assignments than Sinhalese or Muslim officers; and on whether the police force is governed by the Emergency Regulations (ER)

1 May 1997 | Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Query Responses

Sri Lanka: Current information on reports of the arrest, detention and abuse of Sinhalese landlords who rent out their properties to Tamils in Colombo

1 March 1997 | Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Query Responses

Sri Lanka: Current Information on the treatment of Sinhalese civilians by the authorities in Colombo

1 March 1997 | Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Query Responses

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