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40 years ago November 21, 1985: Rajiv Gandhi wants Tamil refugees to go back to Sri Lanka
21 Nov 2025 02:10 GMT
… would like the Sri Lankan Tamil refugees in India to go back … .” However, on questions such as human rights violations, the country did take …
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Sri Lankan foreign minister opposes United Nations HRC investigation into human rights abuses
03 Oct 2025 04:55 GMT
… the UNHRC report documents widespread human rights violations under the Dissanayake administration … the disappeared, community leaders and human rights activists. Longstanding land disputes … estimated that about 40,000 Tamil civilians were killed in the final …
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UN Human Rights Council urged to maintain international scrutiny in Sri Lanka
17 Sep 2025 16:49 GMT
… the Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development, Human Rights Watch, and the … of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), Tamil civilians suffered human rights violations perpetrated by both … continue to abduct and torture Tamil civilians. Human Rights Watch has likewise called …
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UK sanctions former Sri Lanka military commanders for serious human rights abuses
25 Mar 2025 12:24 GMT
… , with an estimated 40,000 Tamil civilians killed during the final stages … Lanka, including seeking accountability for human rights violations and abuses which took … Sri Lanka’s unitary structure. Human rights advocates argue that achieving meaningful …
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Sri Lanka security forces continue to abduct and torture Tamil civilians: human rights group report
09 May 2024 17:06 GMT
… impose abduction and torture on Tamil civilians, a Wednesday report from the … to plague Sri Lankan society. Human rights lawyers have said that there …
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Mistreatment of Tamil Refugees on Chagos Islands Under Illegal British Occupation
02 Apr 2024 15:44 GMT
… a hell for Sri Lankan Tamil refugees who are trapped on … has not been entirely defeated.
Human Rights Watch declared that the US … vacuum that consumes Sri Lankan Tamil refugees. The refugees sail from Sri … a role in this. Tamil refugees who return to Sri Lanka …
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The LTTE Is Gone — But Eelam Isn’t
04 Dec 2025 21:14 GMT
… strongly by diaspora lobbies, international human rights platforms, and global Tamil networks … and UN mechanisms
Thousands of Tamil refugees resettled in Europe, Canada, Australia …
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London sends Tamil refugees to Kigali
01 Apr 2023 12:02 GMT
… not yet been identified. The Tamil refugees had fled law enforcement persecution … a missive to the two Tamil refugees stating that they will not … has been criticized for respecting human rights and failing to ensure people …
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New Administration Fails to Reverse Damaging Policies of Its Predecessor: Human Rights Watch
12 Jan 2023 06:05 GMT
… in the country’s human rights record, Human Rights Watch said today in … 2023, its 33rd edition, Human Rights Watch reviews human rights practices in close to … evidence of past human rights violations, including attacks on Tamil civilians during and since …
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International noose tightens against human rights abusers
12 Jan 2023 00:44 GMT
… and systematic violations of human rights during armed conflict in … brutal massacre of nine Tamil civilians – including three teenagers … in wartime and gross human rights abuses. Banned from setting … justice for victims of human rights violations, there is no …