The Ministry of Home Affairs has asked the UK to lift the ban on the LTTE in Britain.
UK’s Home Secretary Priti Patel has been ordered by a secretive tribunal to review the ban on the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), one of the world’s most dangerous terrorist groups.
Last year, the Commission of Appeals ruled that the Home Office’s decision to ban the LTTE as a terrorist organization was “flawed” and illegal. Based on that decision, the Commission has asked that the ban be lifted.
The Proscribed Organisations Appeal Commission (POAC), an independent body set up under the 2000 Terrorism Act, ruled that the Home Secretary must consider taking the Tamil Tigers off the Government’s list of outlawed bodies
The UK banned the group, formally known as the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), in 2001.
Meanwhile, the British Parliament is scheduled to hold a debate on reconciliation, accountability and human rights in Sri Lanka on March 18.