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Fernandopulle c. Canada (Ministre de la Citoyenneté et de l'Immigration)

8 March 2005 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court of Appeal | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Changes of circumstances in home country - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Tamil - Well-founded fear of persecution | Countries: Canada - Sri Lanka

Secretary of State for the Home Department v. PS (LTTE - Internal Flight - Sufficiency of Protection) Sri Lanka

This determination was updated and superseded by AN & SS (Tamils - Colombo - Risk?) Sri Lanka CG [2008] UKAIT 00063.

28 October 2004 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Effective protection - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution based on political opinion - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Tamil | Countries: Sri Lanka - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Secretary of State for the Home Department v. VK (Risk - Release - Escapes - LTTE) Sri Lanka

This determination was subsequently replaced by LP (LTTE Area - Tamils - Colombo - Risk?) Sri Lanka CG [2007] UKAIT 00076.

17 October 2003 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Ceasefire - Country of origin information (COI) - Persecution based on political opinion - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Tamil | Countries: Sri Lanka - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Sri Lanka: The treatment of ethnic Chinese in Sri Lanka

30 April 2003 | Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Query Responses

UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination: State Party Report, Sri Lanka

20 November 2000 | Publisher: UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) | Document type: States Parties Reports

Sri Lanka: Update to LKA29682.E of 6 July 1998 on treatment of Muslims who are of Tamil ethnic origin, or who speak Tamil, by government authorities and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) (January 1999 - February 2000)

24 February 2000 | Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Query Responses

Sri Lanka: A copy of the Immigrants and Emigrants (Amendment) Act No. 42 of 1998; reports confirming that Tamils have recently been arrested under this law; the reasons for the arrests; how long they are detained if arrested; their treatment while in prison; and information on the newspaper Tamil Guardian

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

Sri Lanka: Freedom of Sri Lankan and foreign journalists and press agencies to seek information from independent sources (not under the control of the government) and to verify for themselves information regarding ethnic minorities; membership of the Free Media Movement (FMM) and history of organization; whether the organization has experienced problems with the Sri Lankan authorities (1998-1999)

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

Sri Lanka: Janasavia Trust Fund, including when it was set up and by whom; funding, activities and where they are carried out; names of executive officers, number of employees; to whom it is accountable; any connections to the government; ethnic make-up; when it was closed down and by whom; the reasons for its closure; and any international connections including to the World Bank (since 1985)

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

Sri Lanka: Update to Response to Information Requests LKA27504.E, LKA20885.E, LKA15605.E and LKA20638.E regarding the current treatment of Muslims who are of Tamil ethnic origin by the LTTE and the Sri Lankan army in the eastern region of Sri Lanka, particularly the Batticaloa region, and on whether the LTTE extort money from Muslim and Tamil businessmen

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

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