The Canadian Press
Date: Friday Oct. 30, 2009 8:53 PM ET

VANCOUVER — The government is raising security questions during detention hearings for a number of the 76 Tamil migrants who arrived off the West Coast on a decrepit little freighter earlier this month.
The men, at least three of whom crewed the Ocean Lady across the Pacific [...]

Advocacy groups speaking on behalf of 76 Sri Lankan refugee claimants are warning against “unsubstantiated” claims surrounding the detained men’s backgrounds and alleged involvement with terrorist organizations.
The men, seized Oct. 17 from a dilapidated ocean freighter off B.C.’s coast, remain at the Fraser Regional Correctional Centre in Maple Ridge.
The advocacy groups — including the Canadian [...]

26 October 2009
 Amnesty International and the Canadian Council for Refugees are concerned about media reports that the Canadian government authorities have been collaborating with the Sri Lankan authorities in establishing the identity of the 76 individuals who recently arrived by boat in Canada. Such collaboration would violate the internationally-recognized principle of confidentiality for refugee claimaints [...]

Toronto, Canada
The Sri Lankan Government has been in the midst of many human rights problems ever since independence in 1948. More so than ever the country has now become an international concern in which one of the reasons for shutting up journalists who dare to speak against the ruling Government. Sri Lanka which is known [...]

Friday October 23, 2009 – Today the Canadian Human Rights Voice (CHRV) was informed of the pending release of the first of the 76 detainees.
The released individual was a minor who was on board the ‘Ocean Lady’. He was ordered released by the presiding IRB Member who stated “my conclusion is that release, subject to [...]

By: THE CANADIAN PRESS
VANCOUVER, B.C. – Members of a Toronto-based human rights group say 76 Sri Lankans detained after they arrived off the B.C. coast in a rusty freighter are entitled by law to timely refugee hearings.
Todd Ross of Canadian Human Rights Voice says members of the group have come to Vancouver because they’re concerned [...]

The federal immigration minister is taking a tough stance on the Sri Lankan migrants found aboard a cargo ship off British Columbia last Friday.
Jason Kenney says he wants all 76 men held until authorities find out whether they have connections to terrorist or criminal organizations.
The men are being kept in detention at a Vancouver-area corrections [...]

VANCOUVER – Fourteen of 76 Sri Lankan men arrested aboard a boat off Vancouver Island last week have been denied release from jail.
Larry Smeets, a lawyer for four of the men says three of them have made refugee claims and he expects the fourth to follow suit.
All the men were arrested after authorities [...]

The Canadian Press – Broadcast News
Thu Oct 22 2009
Section: Western Regional News

VANCOUVER – Members of a Toronto-based human rights group say 76 Sri Lankans detained after they arrived off the B.C. coast in a rusty freighter are entitled by law to timely refugee hearings. 
Todd Ross of Canadian Human Rights Voice says members of [...]

Waterloo Region Record
Fri Oct 23 2009
Source: The Canadian Press

VANCOUVER
Refugee claimants have the right to speedy hearing, group says
Members of a Toronto-based human rights group say 76 Sri Lankans detained after they arrived off the B.C. coast in a rusty freighter are entitled by law to timely refugee hearings. Potential refugee claimants detained [...]