SRI LANKA
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN INFORMATION (COI) REPORT
COI Service
4 July 2011
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............................................................................................................ 1.01Map........................................................................................................................ 1.06Public holidays..................................................................................................... 1.072.
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............................................... 3.01The internal conflict (1984 to May 2009) ......................................................... 3.15
Government treatment of (suspected) members of the LTTE........................ 3.28The conflict's impact: casualties and displaced persons................................ 3.43
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May 2011)........................................... 4.01Situation of (suspected) members of the LTTE ............................................. 4.10
Rehabilitation................................................................................................. 4.10
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.......................................................................................................... 5.01The 18th amendment....................................................................................... 5.036.
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.......................................................... 8.01Police ..................................................................................................................... 8.04Armed forces........................................................................................................ 8.15
Desertion............................................................................................................ 8.18
Arbitrary arrest and detention............................................................................. 8.20Disappearances/abductions............................................................................... 8.24Torture ................................................................................................................ 8.31Extra-judicial killings........................................................................................... 8.42
Human rights violations by paramilitary groups.................................................. 8.47
Avenues of complaint.......................................................................................... 8.50
Impunity .............................................................................................................. 8.51Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka ............................................................ 8.53Witness protection .............................................................................................. 8.55
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................................................................................................................ 9.01Organisation......................................................................................................... 9.01
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Independence....................................................................................................... 9.04Fair trial................................................................................................................. 9.06Penal code............................................................................................................ 9.0710.
Emergency Regulations and the Prevention of Terrorism Act ........................ 10.04Bail/reporting conditions..................................................................................... 10.12Arrest warrants
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.............................................................................................. 13.01Freedom of political expression.......................................................................... 13.01Freedom of association and assembly ............................................................... 13.05Opposition groups and political activists.......................................................... 13.06
Sarath Fonseka and supporters......................................................................... 13.07
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Legal framework................................................................................................... 14.01Journalists............................................................................................................ 14.04Internet/mobile phones........................................................................................ 14.14
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Legal framework and demography..................................................................... 17.01Hindus................................................................................................................... 17.04Muslims................................................................................................................. 17.05Christians.............................................................................................................. 17.06
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....................................................................................................... 22.01Legal framework and demography..................................................................... 18.01Sinhalese ............................................................................................................... 18.04Tamils.................................................................................................................... 18.05
Up-Country Tamils............................................................................................. 18.13
Muslims................................................................................................................. 18.1619.
.............................................. 19.01Legal rights........................................................................................................... 19.01Treatment by, and attitudes of, state authorities............................................... 19.08Societal treatment and attitudes......................................................................... 19.1020.
................................................................................................................... 20.01Overview............................................................................................................... 20.01Generallegal rights.............................................................................................. 20.07
Marriage/divorce laws........................................................................................ 20.10
Political rights ....................................................................................................... 20.17Social and economic rights ................................................................................. 20.19
Employment....................................................................................................... 20.20Family planning/abortion.................................................................................... 20.24Single mothers/widows ....................................................................................... 20.30Mixed marriages ................................................................................................. 20.36
Violence against women...................................................................................... 20.37
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.................................................................................................... 20.37Female Genital Mutilation .................................................................................. 20.39Rape/domestic violence..................................................................................... 20.40Violence in resettlement areas and camps (May 2009 to May 2011)............. 20.46
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