Sri Lankan in UK hunger strike

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A Sri Lankan Tamil immigrant has launched a hunger strike against a deportation order by British authorities.
Subramaniyam Alosius Jude Christie, 44, has launched his protest on 09 July in Harmondsworth Immigration Removal Centre, in Middlesex, against his removal from the United Kingdom.

A resident of northern Sri Lankan town of Jaffna, Subramanium says his life is in danger if the UK authorities send him back to Sri Lanka under current circumstances.

Detained in Boossa

"In Sri Lanka, peace talks have collapsed. Every Tamil is regarded as Tamil Tiger," he told BBC Sandeshaya.

He was arrested and sent to infamous Boossa detention camp, he says, where he was tortured by security force personnel.

Subramaniyam says he managed to escape from the camp after paying a ransom to the camp officials.

His application for asylum in UK was rejected twice by the authorities and he was given the air ticket to fly back to Sri Lanka, Subramaniyam told bbcsinhala.com.

Nearly 4000 killed and more than 200,000 displaced as violence escalated in the north and east since August 2006.

Some Internally Displaced People (IDPs) have fled to neighboring Tamil Nadu.

Tamil ministers in the Mahinda Rajapaksa government have accused security forces of detaining Tamils in Boosa camp without charging them.

- BBC Sinhala.com

 

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71 Asylum seekers are on hunger strike from 4 Immigration Removal Centre in UK. User Rating: / 3 PoorBest Written by Administrator Jul 24, 2007 at 07:29 PM 71 Asylum seekers are on hunger strike from 4 Immigration Removal Centre in UK. Members of the Tamil Lawyers Association had an emergency meeting at the Tharisanam TV office to discuss the situation. Chairman of the TLA Mr Kris Savanan chaired the meeting and after long discussion the members of the TLA decided to contact the British Political leaders and request them to stop sending the asylum seekers back home until the situation improves in Sri Lanka. Mr Sivagilingam a Sri Lankan Parliamentarian attended the meeting and briefed on the current security situation in Sri Lanka. The Tamil Lawyers Association will be releasing a Press release tomorrow on this matter. They spoke by phone to some of the immigrants in the removal centre and Mr Ranjith a asylum seeker who was released that afternoon from Tinsley House Immigration Removal Centre. Ranjith said that although they were well treated in the Centre the inmates were depressed and needed urgent help. Mr Sujeevan from Tinsley House Immigration Removal Centre tried to kill him self yesterday because of fear of being sent back, He was taken to hospital immediately and the doctors managed to save him. He had been sent back to the centre but his inmates informed the Tharisanam TV that he was safe but was unable to talk due to illness. Another asylum seeker at Harmondsworth Immigration Removal Centre who fell ill due to hunger strike was temporarily sent to his sister’s home in Harrow when his sister visited the centre. Councilor Thaya Iddaikader visited this centre today and spoke to the asylum seekers. .

28 ON HUNGER STRIKE at Harmonsworth Immigration Removal CentreColnbrook by Pass, Harmondsworth, West Drayton, UB7 0HB Telephone: 020 8283 3850, Fax: 020 8750 5231

10 ON HUNGER STRIKE at Haslar is an Immigration Removal Centre 2 Dolphin Way, Gosport, Hampshire, PO12 2AW Tel: 023 92 604000, Fax: 023 92 604001

23 ON HUNGER STRIKE at Oakington Reception Centre Rampton Road, Longstanton,Cambridgeshire CB24 3ZQ Tel: 01954 783 333 Fax: 01954 783 378

10 ON HUNGER STRIKE at Tinsley House Immigration Removal Centre perimeter Road South,Gatwick Airport,Gatwick,West Sussex,RH60PQ Tel: 01293 434800 Fax: 01293 423221

http://www.uktamilnews.com/index.php?optio...40&Itemid=1

Tharisanam TV: learns that another Tamil refugee who was deported from London last week was arrested in Sri Lanka and is being detained in Negombo. CID sources at the Katunayake international airport confirmed that the Mr Sivaruban who was sent back to Sri Lanka was arrested on the 18th of this month (Flight UL504) and placed under detention in Negombo.

Tharisanam TV spoke to Maharajan this morning at 9.40 am and he said that 15 from C Block and 13 from D Block ARE ON HUNGER STRIKE since Saturday afternoon. More that 100 detainees from different countries are in the said Harmondsworth refugee detention centre.

Tharisanam TV spoke to the newly elected Member of Parliament for Southall Mr Virendra Sharma in his resident this morning who promised to speak to his senior members and personally go to Harmondsworth refugee detention centre and meet these asylum seekers. He also said that he was aware of the unsafe situation in Sri Lanka and also that Asylum seekers who were returned to Sri Lanka were arrested and tortured by the Sri Lankan forces and also about a asylum seeker who had died in police station in Sri Lanka.

 

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More Lankans join hunger strike

Foreign Ministry seeks report from London

By Easwaran Rutnam
The Foreign Ministry has sought a detailed report from the Sri Lankan Embassy in London on the reported hunger strike by Sri Lankans at detention centres in Britain and has also sought information from the British Foreign Office, Foreign Ministry sources told the Daily Mirror yesterday.


Meanwhile the Daily Mirror has learnt that the protest which began at the Harmondsworth Immigration Removal Centre last week has spread to several other detention centres around Britain including Hampshire, Cambridgeshire and Gatwick.


“So far we have not got any information on the said hunger strike but we are still following it up. We contacted the British Embassy here, the Sri Lankan Embassy in London and the British Foreign Office,” a Foreign Ministry official said.


Meanwhile the BBC reported that there were about 28 detainees on hunger strike at Harmondsworth in London, 23 were refusing food at Oakington, Cambridgeshire and 10 were protesting at Haslar, Hampshire.


A Government spokeswoman said staff cannot force detainees to eat as it would be seen as an assault.


The spokeswoman said: “The situation remains calm at all three centres and the Border and Immigration Agency is actively engaging with detainees to discuss their concerns. “Detention is an essential element in the effective enforcement of immigration control. We are unable to force detainees to eat or drink as this would be against their wishes and would be classed as an assault. We do ensure, however, that they receive medical treatment as and when necessary.”


Earlier on July 9, two Tamil Jaffna residents, Subramaniam Aloysius Jude Christy and Kobalasamy Illayarajah who had sought refugee status in Britain after fleeing the conflict in the North started a fast unto death as their applications had been turned down and they were subsequently placed at the Harmondsworth refugee detention centre in London. However by Saturday a further 27 Sri Lankan Tamils at the same detention centre joined in the strike further complicating the issue for the British authorities.


Latest reports from London said that members of the Tamil Lawyers Association in London met on Tuesday to discuss the latest developments. The group decided to contact British political leaders and request them to stop sending the asylum seekers back home until the situation improves in Sri Lanka. TNA Parliamentarian S. Sivagilingam also attended the meeting. One detainee at the Tinsley House Immigration Removal Centre had reportedly tried to kill himself because of fear of being sent back to Sri Lanka, reports said. Another asylum seeker at the Harmondsworth Immigration Removal Centre who fell ill due to hunger strike was temporarily sent to his sister’s home in Harrow when his sister visited the centre. The detainees are insisting they will not return to Sri Lanka because of the conflict and fear of maybe being arrested by Sri Lankan authorities once they return, a civilian source in London told The Daily Mirror earlier this week after speaking to one of the detainees.


One such detainee who was deported from London last week was arrested in Sri Lanka and is being detained in Negombo. CID sources at the Katunayake international airport confirmed to the Daily Mirror that the immigrant was arrested on the 18th of this month and placed under detention in Negombo.

http://www.dailymirror.lk/2007/07/26/front/3.asp

 

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Twenty eight Sri Lankan Tamil nationals are on Hunger Strike at a controversial detention centre in London opposing moves by the British authorities to deport them back to Sri Lanka tomorrow, sources from London told the Daily Mirror.

Can you can help them? for furter details you may contact them:
Maharajan 00447792067426,
Ragavan 00447506559495,
Jeyakumar 00447943597091

 

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are u crazy to help stupid LTTE ppl..

 

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Twenty eight Sri Lankan Tamil nationals are on Hunger Strike at a controversial detention centre in London opposing moves by the British authorities to deport them back to Sri Lanka tomorrow, sources from London told the Daily Mirror.

Can you can help them? for furter details you may contact them:
Maharajan 00447792067426,
Ragavan 00447506559495,
Jeyakumar 00447943597091

Who cares ban..let the fuckers die i'd say!! if they're "clean" tamils, why fear going back to Lanka?? How many tamils live around Colombo without any problems??

I reckon all these suckers are either LTTE or LTTE supporters..thats why they dont wanna go back.. so yeah..hope they will be sent back!!

 

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