US Court Ruling for Ahilan Nadarajah

In March of this year, the US Federal Ninth Circuit Court ruled to release a Sri Lankan Tamil who had been in immigration detention for four years on the basis that he was associated in some way with the LTTE. The American Civil Liberties Union represented Nadarajah.

The panel of Judges accepted and acknowledged that the plaintiff, Ahilan Nadarajah, had been tortured by the Sri Lankan government. This is entered into the court records. The evidence against the plaintiff was by a “secret asset” living in Canada, whose testimony was discredited by the earlier courts, and whose judgments were later accepted by the Ninth Circuit panel.

One point is that the fact of torture by the Sri Lankan government is an accepted fact in the US court system. The second is that the court accepts that there are false accusations being made against Tamils in Canada and the US.

To read the judgment, which is also available on the Ninth Circuit web site under Nadarajah Vs.Gonzales, click here

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