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commissioner
Navi Pillay warned in 2013 that Sri Lanka was becoming increasingly authoritarian. Tamils
the risk of sexual violence, torture, murder, imprisonment, and enforced disappearance. Juan Mndez, UN
Special Rapporteur on Torture, concurs.
Sincefacing
March
Sri Lankan
authorities
have intensified security operations
in Tamil areas. There have been
Tamils
new2014
atrocities
in Sri Lanka
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scores of arrests and several deaths in these regions and freedom of movement has been restricted in these
areas. According to an estimate by The Sentinel Project, the overall risk of genocide in Sri Lanka is medium to
high, as conditions point to a likely renewal of conflict in Sri Lanka that could escalate to mass atrocities
including genocide.
Sri Lankan human rights lawyer Lakshan Dias says that in the past 12 months Australia had deported
numerous formerly India-based Sri Lankan Tamil asylum-seekers to Sri Lanka. He adds that these forced
returnees are sometimes held and interrogated, some are questioned or beaten, and they are unable to
return to India. In 2011, ABC1s Lateline reported (http://www.abc.net.au/lateline/content/2011/s3198518.htm)
the severe beatings of two forcibly returned Sri Lankan asylum seekers, who claimed that Sri Lankan police
beat them in the presence of an Australian Federal Police officer.
Oppressed in India and facing new genocide in their homeland, our latest arrivals have nowhere to go, and
seek Australias mercy. The full High Court has ruled that refusal to give refugees permanent protection visas is
invalid.
Dr Paul White lectured at Australian universities for some years, in the fields of political science and
Middle Eastern studies, and delivered papers at scholarly conferences in several countries. He is
widely published internationally, including both critically acclaimed books, as well as papers in
refereed journals.
Image: Tamils Against Genocide (http://www.tamilsagainstgenocide.org/)
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