Country of Origin Information Report
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MSF Médecins sans Frontières NGO Non Governmental Organisation NHRC National Human Rights Commission NPC National Police Commission NCPA National Child Protection Authority OCHA Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs OHCHR Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights PTA Prevention of Terrorism Act RSF/RWB Reporters sans Frontières (Reporters without Borders) SCOPP Sri Lankan Government’s Secretariat for Co-ordinating the Peace Process SLA Sri Lanka Army SLAF Sri Lanka Air Force SLMM Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission STC Save The Children STD Sexually Transmitted Disease STF Special Task Force TI Transparency International TID Terrorist Investigation Department TMVP Tamileela Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal UN United Nations UNAIDS Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS UNHCR United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees UNICEF United Nations Children’s Fund USAID United States Agency for International Development USSD United States State Department WFP World Food Programme WHO World Health Organization Return to Contents Go to list of sources Annex F: References to source material The Home Office is not responsible for the content of external websites. Numbering of source documents is not always consecutive because some older sources have been removed in the course of updating this document. [1] Europa a Europa World Online, Sri Lanka http://www.europaworld.com/entry?id=lk&go_country=GO Date accessed 13 January 2010 [2] US Department of State http://www.state.gov/ a International Religious Freedom Report 2009, issued 26 October 2009 http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2009/127371.htm Date accessed: 9 December 2009 b Country Reports on Human Rights Practices 2009, Sri Lanka, issued 11 March 2010 http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2009/sca/136093.htm Date accessed 22 June 2010 c Trafficking in Persons Report 2009, 14 June 2010 http://www.state.gov/g/tip/rls/tiprpt/2010/142761.htm Date accessed 17 August 2010 d Report To Congress on Measures Taken by the Government of Sri Lanka and International Bodies To Investigate Incidents During the Recent Conflict in Sri Lanka, and Evaluating the Effectiveness of Such Efforts: 11 August 2010 http://www.state.gov/s/wci/srilanka/releases/145884.htm Date accessed 28 September 2010 e Country Reports on Terrorism, Chapter 2 - Country Reports: South and Central Asia Overview, Sri Lanka, 5 August 2010 http://www.state.gov/s/ct/rls/crt/2009/140887.htm Date accessed 16 August 2010 [3] Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/ a Sri Lanka: Unlock the Camps in Sri Lanka: Safety and dignity for the displaced now - a briefing paper: 10 August 2009 http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/ASA37/016/2009/en Date accessed 16 December 2009 b Tens of thousands at risk in Sri Lanka as fighting escalates: 19 August 2008 http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/news/tens-of-thousands-at-risk-in-sri-lanka-as-fighting-escalates-20080819 Date accessed: 26 August 2008 c Report 2010, on Sri Lanka (covering events from January – December 2009): undated, released on 28 May 2010 http://thereport.amnesty.org/sites/default/files/AIR2010_AZ_EN.pdf#page=248 Date accessed 25 June 2010 d Sexual Minorities and the Law: A World Survey, updated July 2006 (accessed by via asylumlaw.org) http://www.asylumlaw.org/docs/sexualminorities/World%20SurveyAIhomosexuality.pdf Date accessed 1 June 2009 e Sri Lanka urged to end post-election clampdown on dissent: 1 February 2010 http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/sri-lanka-urged-end-post-election-clampdown-dissent-20100201 Date accessed 25 August 2010 f Sri Lanka: Twenty years of make-believe. Sri Lanka’s Commissions of Inquiry [ASA 37/005/2009], 11 June 2009 http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/ASA37/005/2009/ta Date accessed 7 January 2010 h Sri Lanka's displaced face uncertain future as government begins to unlock the camps: 11 September 2009 http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/news/sri-lanka-displaced-uncertain-future-government-unlock-camps-20090911 Date accessed 5 January 2010 i Sri Lankan army clashes with detainees: 24 September 2009 http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/news/sri-lankan-army-clashes-detainees-20090924 Date accessed 24 September 2009 j Sri Lanka: Presidential Commission of Inquiry fails citizens: 16 June 2009 http://www.amnesty.org/en/for-media/press-releases/sri-lanka-presidential-commission-inquiry-fails-citizens-20090617 Date accessed 7 January 2010 k Sri Lanka: Silencing dissent: Media workers under attack in Sri Lanka: 3 May 2010 http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/ASA37/001/2010/en Date accessed 26 August 2010 [4] Thompson Reuters Foundation - AlertNet a Lankan war displaced register on police order: 21 September 2008 http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/COL330644.htm Date accessed 25 September 2008 b Interview - World may never know Sri Lanka death toll – UN: 29 may 2009 http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N29443707.htm Date accessed 3 June 2009 c Sri Lanka says opening road to former war zone: 21 December 2009 http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/SGE5BK0FL.htm Date accessed 21 January 2010 e Sri Lanka president wins first post-war national poll: 27 January 2010 http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/SGE60P0F7.htm Date accessed 28 January 2010 f Pressure on to free people trapped in Sri Lanka war: 30 January 2009 http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/COL358910.htm Date accessed 6 January 2009 g Sri Lanka hospital shelled, at least 9 dead – ICRC: 2 February 2009 http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/SP417491.htm Date accessed 2 February 2009 h Sri Lanka government wins key election in east: 11 May 2008 http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/COL217735.htm Date accessed 12 May 2008 i Suicide blast kills S.Lanka minister, 14 others: 6 April 2008 http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/SP90754.htm Date accessed 7 April 2008 j Last phase of Sri Lanka war killed 6,200 troops – govt: 22 May 2009 http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/SP463682.htm Date accessed 29 May 2009 [5] Jane’s Sentinel Country Risk Assessments [subscription only] http://sentinel.janes.com/public/sentinel/index.shtml a Country Report, Sri Lanka: 10 June 2010 http://www4.janes.com/subscribe/sentinel/SASS_doc_view.jsp?Sent_Country=Sri%20Lanka&Prod_Name=SASS&K2DocKey=/content1/janesdata/sent/sassu/srils020.htm@current Date accessed 23 August 2010 [6] United Nations/UNHCR a Map of Sri Lanka (Map No. 4172 Rev.1): January 2004 http://www.un.org/Depts/Cartographic/map/profile/srilanka.pdf Date accessed 3 October 2008 b UN News Service, Civilian casualties in Sri Lanka conflict ‘unacceptably high’ – Ban: 1 June 2009 http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=30984&Cr=sri+lanka&Cr1 Date accessed on 2 June 2009 c Coming Home: Sri Lankan refugees return: 13 August 2010 http://www.unhcr.org/4c657ec69.html Date accessed 11 October 2010 d United Nations Population Division, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Abortion Policies, Country profiles: Sri Lanka: undated (last modified 23 November 2005) http://www.un.org/esa/population/publications/abortion/doc/srilanka.doc Date accessed 27 January 2010 e Report of the Secretary-General on children and armed conflict in Sri Lanka: 13 April 2010 http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/pdfid/4bfcce6a2.pdf Date accessed 27 August 2010 f World Abortion Policies 2007: undated http://www.un.org/esa/population/publications/2007_Abortion_Policies_Chart/2007_WallChart.pdf Date accessed 27 January 2010 g UNHCR Treaty Body Database, Ratifications and Reservations, Status by Country, undated http://www.unhchr.ch/tbs/doc.nsf/Statusfrset?OpenFrameSet Date accessed on 20 September 2010 h UNHCR Eligibility Guidelines for Assessing the International Protection Needs of Asylum-Seekers from Sri Lanka: 5 July 2010 http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/country,,,,LKA,,4c31a5b82,0.html Date accessed 10 August 2010 i UN News Service, Ban meets panel of experts on human rights issues in Sri Lankan conflict: 17 September 2010 http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=35966&Cr=SRI+LANKA&Cr1= Date accessed 27 September 2010 [7] Sri Lanka Police Service http://www.police.lk a Divisions, Special Task Force, undated http://www.police.lk/divisions/stf.asp Date accessed 20 September 2010 [8] Political Parties of the World, 6th edition, John Harper Publishing 2005 [9] BBC News OnLine/BBC Sinhala.com a LTTE women leader further detained: 5 August 2009 http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2009/08/090805_tamilini_court.shtml Date accessed 5 January 2010 b Profile: Gen Sarath Fonseka: 17 September 2010 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/8356676.stm Date accessed 12 October 2010 c Deadly strike on S Lanka hospital: 2 February 2009 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/7863538.stm Date accessed 2 February 2009 d Tamil children 'being abducted': 20 May 2009 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/8060564.stm Date accessed 3 June 2009 e Living in fear: 15 September 2008 http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2008/09/080915_kilinochchi_civilians.shtml Date accessed 15 September 2008 f Two key Tamil Tigers given bail: 11 September 2009 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/8251587.stm Date accessed 22 September 2009 g Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger suspects 'won't be freed soon': 10 January 2010 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/8450914.stm Date accessed 13 January 2010 i Timeline: Sri Lanka: updated 23 January 2010 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/country_profiles/1166237.stm Date accessed 21 January 2010 k Sri Lanka activist's home is hit by petrol bomb: 22 January 2010 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/8473929.stm Date accessed 13 January 2010 l Daya Master talks of new life: 15 September 2010 http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2010/09/100915_dayamaster.shtml Date accessed 22 September 2010 m UN to help Sri Lanka's displaced: 29 September 2008 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/7642111.stm Date accessed 30 September 2008 n Sri Lanka renews Tamil Tiger ban: 7 January 2009 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/7816585.stm Date accessed 2 February 2009 o Relief efforts in North: 3 December 2008 http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2008/12/081203_unjaffna.shtml Date accessed 5 December 2008 p Rehabilitated LTTE suspects released http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2010/09/100904_detainee.shtml Date accessed 28 September 2010 q Court releases 'LTTE suspects': 17 August 2010 http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2010/08/100817_ltte_suspects.shtml Date accessed 28 September 2010 r KP 'brokers' govt-diaspora link: 28 June 2010 http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2010/06/100628_kp_diaspora.shtml Date accessed 28 September 2010 s S Lanka tells civilians to leave: 2 February 2009 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/7865190.stm Date accessed 3 February 2009 t Former Sri Lanka rebels 'abused in detention': 15 July 2010 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south+asia-10647108 Date accessed 29 September 2010 u Deaths in police custody increase: 9 September 2009 http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2009/09/090909_police.shtml Date accessed 29 September 2010 v Obituary: Velupillai Prabhakaran: 18 May 2009 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/7885473.stm Date accessed 27 May 2009 w Colombo to 'rehabilitate' rebels: 27 May 2009 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/8069469.stm Date accessed 29 May 2009 z Sri Lanka ex-army chief Sarath Fonseka 'found guilty': 17 September 2010 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-11345729 Date accessed 29 September 2010 [10] Department of Government Information/The Official Government News Portal of Sri Lanka http://www.news.lk a Pilleyan sworn in as Chief Minister: 16 May 2008 http://www.news.lk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5871&Itemid=44 Date accessed 17 September 2008 b New Identity Cards to IDPs by Friday: 1 June 2009 http://www.news.lk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=9923&Itemid=44 Date accessed: 1 June 2009 e LTTE is banned by the SL Govt with immediate effect - A proclamation by his Excellency the President of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka: 8 January 2009 http://www.news.lk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7968&Itemid=44 Date accessed 8 January 2009 g Legislation granting citizenship passed: 9 January 2009 http://www.news.lk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7985&Itemid=44 Date accessed 9 January 2009 i Vinayagamoorthi Muralidaran sworn in as Member of Parliament: 7 October 2008 http://www.news.lk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7215&Itemid=44 Date accessed 8 October 2008 l Birth, Marriage and Death certificates for IDPs: 14 May 2009 http://www.news.lk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=9625&Itemid=44 Date accessed: 29 May 2009 [11] Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka) http://www.dailymirror.lk/ and The Sunday Times http://www.sundaytimes.lk/ b Over 18,400 Army and Navy deserters given amnesty: 15 September 2009 http://www.dailymirror.lk/DM_BLOG/Sections/frmNewsDetailView.aspx?ARTID=61515 [currently accessible from http://www.lankatimes.com/fullstory.php?id=21199] Date accessed 24 September 2009 e Lanka for dialogue with gays: 25 June 2010 http://www.dailymirror.lk/index.php/news/4626-lanka-for-dialogue-with-gays.html Date accessed 29 September 2010 f STF under Defence Ministry: 27 May 2010 http://www.dailymirror.lk/index.php/news/3998-stf-under-defence-ministry-.html Date accessed 29 September 2010 g Four LTTE suspects further remanded: 16 September 2009 http://www.dailymirror.lk/DM_BLOG/Sections/frmNewsDetailView.aspx?ARTID=61630 [currently accessible from http://www.lankatimes.com/fullstory.php?id=21227] Date accessed 24 September 2009 h Police interdicted over death: 26 May 2010 http://www.dailymirror.lk/index.php/news/3963-police-interdicted-over-death.html Date accessed 29 September 2010 k SLHRC overloaded with unresolved cases: 27 August 2010 http://www.dailymirror.lk/print/index.php/news/news/19733.html Date accessed 29 September 2010 l LTTE calls up ‘reserves’ as Security Forces close in: 24 August 2008 http://www.sundaytimes.lk/080824/News/sundaytimesnews_01.html Date accessed 5 January 2009 m Online registration for all citizens: 11 January 2009 http://www.sundaytimes.lk/090111/News/sundaytimesnews_02.html Download 1.84 Mb. 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