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Sril Lankan girl to be deported as soon as flight available
stuff.co.nz,
02 February.
A sexually abused Sri Lankan girl will be deported as soon as the flight arrangements are finalised, despite a last-ditch battle to keep her here, the Immigration Service said today. The service said it would rely on its own report that she was mentally fit to fly and not on a report from an Auckland consultant that she could be a risk on an airplane and should not leave the country. Lawyers fighting the 16-year-old's deportation order say she will head back to an horrific life if she is returned to Sri Lanka.Lawyer Carole Curtis said she would be killed or continue to be raped by her relatives. If not she faced a life of prostitution or the prospect of suicide to end her torment.
Ms Curtis said a psychiatric report she received today from Auckland Hospital consultant Dr Karl Jansen was quite clear she should not go back."She is a flight risk," she said.
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Published: Sun Feb 1 20:17:23 EST 2004
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LTTE hands over ten youths to transit camp
Alladin Hussein in Colombo,
February 1, 2004, 10.02 pm.
The LTTE peace secretariat today claimed that their organisation had handed over ten youths to the transit centre, which is organised and managed by UNICEF and Tamil Rehabilitation Organisation, after they learnt that these youths were under aged children eager to join their organisation.
According to the LTTE, these ten youngsters enrolled themselves to the Tiger organisation as Tiger cadres submitting false particulars including their age. During a routine check by the LTTE peace secretariat it had been revealed that these youths were under age.
These ten youths are presently at the transit camp. Their rehabilitation would proceed either by way of educating to return them to their parents or by facilitating them to learn a trade to develop their skills to earn their living. In the case of the youngsters reluctant to rejoin their parents, care would be extended until such time they are of age or deemed matured enough to be independent, the LTTE secretariat said.
Published: Sun Feb 1 11:07:55 EST 2004
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Sri Lankan president seeks dialogue with Tamil rebels on truce ...
xinhuanet.com,
01 February.
Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga has proposed direct dialogue with the Tamil Tiger rebels to ensure the smooth continuation of the ongoing ceasefire agreement amid current political crisis in the country, the SundayTimes said. The paper said that the Defense Secretary Cyril Herath has senta letter to Prabagan, head of the Peace Secretariat of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) rebels in which he has assuaged the rebels fears about the future of the ceasefire agreement.The report said that the move made by the defense secretary waspart of many overtures by President Kumaratunga to pave way for the LTTE rebels to have direct talks with her.The president wrested control of three key ministries includingthe defense from her arch political rival Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe on Nov. 4 last year and the power struggle between the two feuding leaders remain unresolved despite efforts by both sides to try to reach a compromise.
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Published: Sun Feb 1 06:15:38 EST 2004
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