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Sri Lankan Supreme Court endorses deportation of asylum seekers
By W.A. Sunil
8 October 2014
In a clear attack on basic democratic rights, Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court on September 29 rejected an attempt to prevent the forcible deportation of Pakistani and Afghan asylum seekers. Six human rights activists filed the case requesting the reversal of an earlier appeal court verdict permitting the deportations.
The petitioners’ case explained that the previous ruling, allowing the government to arrest, detain and expel those seeking refuge, was illegal and in breach of international refugee laws. It warned that the deportation of the asylum seekers to Pakistan and Afghanistan endangered their lives.