India cancels visa of American human-rights activist critical of Sri Lanka...

American physician and human rights activist Ellyn Shander -known for her outspoken views on the alleged atrocities on Sri Lankan Tamils -was forced to cancel her trip to Delhi when India nixed her visa on the eve of departure. Her visa was valid till July 15, 2014.

Shander, awarded the Bruno Lima award for her work in disaster psychiatry and humanitarianism, was due to address a meet arranged by the Delhi Tamil Students Union on "genocide of Tamils in Sri Lanka.''

A letter issued by the Indian consulate in New York on September 10 informed her that her visa was cancelled with immediate effect. Shanders was due to travel on September 11 for India.

Addressing the 200-strong gathering through a taped message at the India Islamic Centre on Thursday, Shander, who is vice-president of the Tamil Political Action Council in US, was scathing in her indictment of the Rajapaksa government. About an estimated 3 million Tamils are currently living in rehabilitation camps since the war with LTTE ended earlier this year. More...

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