Britain deports more Tamils despite on-going torture

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Dec 14, 2011

Upto 50 Tamil asylum seekers in the UK are being deported to Sri Lanka on Thursday reported The Guardian newspaper.

The deportation comes despite recent reports by Freedom From Torture (a UK based torture victim NGO) and the UN Committee Against Torture detailing damning evidence of on-going torture.

Activists and campaigners have also heavily criticsed the UK Government's failure to monitor the wellbeing of Tamils following deportation.

According to The Guardian, Tamils Against Genocide (TAG) lodged a petition at the High Court this week, stating the UK government had failed to review its deportations policy after recent allegations of torture.

Freedom from Torture chief executive Keith Best told The Guardian,

"Despite this evidence, which points to an ongoing risk of torture including to individuals with an actual or perceived association with the LTTE, the government is set to return another plane-load of Sri Lankans including refused asylum seekers without sufficient monitoring on return."

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