Sri Lanka: Follow-up to Response to Information Request LKA25597.E of 18 February 1997 on the security check procedures performed on Jaffna Tamils in Vavuniya who wish to go to Colombo; on the information provided on the pass that clears Jaffna Tamils for travel to Colombo, on whether the pass is needed to cross the various checkpoints and whether it is required upon arrival in Colombo; on the type of security checks carried out on Jaffna Tamils leaving by boat; on the numbers of Jaffna Tamils travelling by land and by boat to Colombo; on whether the same individuals are regularly or frequently detained, released, and then detained again, and on whether the police detain and release an individual on condition that he report to the police station every few days or weekly; on the number of round-ups in Colombo and the treatment of detainees; and on whether any recourse is available to individuals who feel their treatment during detention was improper
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 March 1997 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | LKA26600.E |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Sri Lanka: Follow-up to Response to Information Request LKA25597.E of 18 February 1997 on the security check procedures performed on Jaffna Tamils in Vavuniya who wish to go to Colombo; on the information provided on the pass that clears Jaffna Tamils for travel to Colombo, on whether the pass is needed to cross the various checkpoints and whether it is required upon arrival in Colombo; on the type of security checks carried out on Jaffna Tamils leaving by boat; on the numbers of Jaffna Tamils travelling by land and by boat to Colombo; on whether the same individuals are regularly or frequently detained, released, and then detained again, and on whether the police detain and release an individual on condition that he report to the police station every few days or weekly; on the number of round-ups in Colombo and the treatment of detainees; and on whether any recourse is available to individuals who feel their treatment during detention was improper, 1 March 1997, LKA26600.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6ab0b7c.html [accessed 17 September 2023] |
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For information on these subjects, please consult the attached 7 March 1997 letter sent by the Colombo-based organization Lawyers for Human Rights and Development (LHRD).
For information on LHRD and its activities, please consult the 11 January 1996 letter from LHRD attached to Response to Information Request LKA23043.E of 25 January 1996. The following Responses to Information Requests provide information on LHRD by other organizations: LKA23271.E of 22 March 1996, LKA23902.E of 15 April 1996, LKA24160.E of 14 May 1996 and LKA24472.E of 20 June 1996. All of these Responses are available at all Regional Documentation Centres.
This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the DIRB within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum.
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Lawyers for Human Rights and Development (LHRD), Colombo. 7 March 1997. Letter sent to the DIRB.