{"id":112606,"date":"2021-03-14T16:22:36","date_gmt":"2021-03-14T23:22:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=112606"},"modified":"2021-03-14T16:22:36","modified_gmt":"2021-03-14T23:22:36","slug":"britains-ban-on-tamil-tigers-terrorist-group-may-be-lifted-after-secretive-tribunal-ordered-priti-patel-to-conduct-a-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2021\/03\/14\/britains-ban-on-tamil-tigers-terrorist-group-may-be-lifted-after-secretive-tribunal-ordered-priti-patel-to-conduct-a-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Britain&#8217;s ban on Tamil Tigers terrorist group may be lifted after secretive tribunal ordered Priti Patel to conduct a review"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Courtsy MailonLine<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Ruling told Home Secretary to consider taking Tamil Tigers off list of outlaws&nbsp;<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Group founded in Sri Lanka in 1976&nbsp; and credited with devising the suicide vest&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>UK banned group, formally known as Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam,&nbsp; in 2001&nbsp;<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/priti-patel\/index.html\">Priti Patel<\/a>&nbsp;has been ordered by a secretive tribunal to review the ban on one of the world&#8217;s most dangerous terrorist groups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>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&#8217;s list of outlawed bodies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The separatist group, founded in Sri Lanka in 1976, is widely credited with devising the suicide vest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The UK banned the group, formally known as the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), in 2001.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2021\/03\/14\/01\/40435896-9359637-image-a-36_1615684968188.jpg\" alt=\"A Sri Lankan Buddhist monk holds a cover of a document detailing war crimes committed in the island by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE)\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A Sri Lankan Buddhist monk holds a cover of a document detailing war crimes committed in the island by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2021\/03\/14\/01\/40436492-9359637-image-a-31_1615685840731.jpg\" alt=\"The POAC ruled that Priti Patel must review the ban, saying the grounds for renewing it were flawed\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The POAC ruled that Priti Patel must review the ban, saying the grounds for renewing it were flawed<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But another group, the Trans-national Government of Tamil Eelam (TGTE) \u2013 the self-styled government of exiled Tamils around the world \u2013 brought a case against the Home Secretary over the ban, saying the Tamil Tigers are no longer engaged in terrorism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, the Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre (JTAC), which assesses the terrorist threat in the UK, said the Tamil Tigers should stay banned because they have failed to renounce violence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The POAC ruled that Ms Patel must review the ban, saying the grounds for renewing it were flawed.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The TGTE has mounted a separate bid in the Court of Appeal to get the ban automatically lifted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Home Office said: &#8216;We accept POAC&#8217;s judgment &#8230; and await the appellant&#8217;s final response on this. 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