06/19/2011
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AFP
Sri Lanka's president Mahinda Rajapakse has cited constitutional immunity and refused to go before a US court where he is being sued for $30 million over the killing of a Tamil man, an official said Sunday.
03/07/2011
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CTV
Tamil migrants who arrived on B.C. shores last summer from Sri Lanka may have a better chance of staying in Canada after the federal government lost a refugee hearing.
03/01/2011
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TamilNet
In a draconian order, the SL military occupying the country of Eezham Tamils has asked the people of Valveddiththu’rai, a densely populated town in the northern coast of Jaffna, to register themselves with the military, along with family photos, before 10:00 a.m. Wednesday. The shocked Eezham Tamils wonder whether their country is fast turning into an open concentration camp for them. The order comes even as there is a case against such registrations filed by TNA is pending in the court. The notice to the public to register within 24 hours and forms for that are distributed by the SL Army to local shops. On the order of the Army, the local village officials were seen carrying out the work even during the night. People feel that the show of terror is a revenge for the participation of the people of VVT in the funeral of Parvathi Amma, despite military harassment.
02/25/2011
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BBC, BBC Sinhala
A Tamil political party in Sri Lanka has submitted a petition to the Supreme Court against forcibly registering Tamil residents in Jaffna allegedly by the security forces.
02/24/2011
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Sunday Times
The Court of Appeal today issued an interim order to prevent the holding of elections to 19 local government bodies in the Jaffna district after taking into consideration election petitions filed by both the UPFA and the UNP.
07/21/2010
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ColomboPage
July 21, Jaffna: A Sri Lankan court has ordered the exhumation of the body of a midwife who died under mysterious circumstances in the North last week.