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LTTE Proscription
[see also
[see also
United States & the Tamil Eelam Struggle for Freedom "Resolved, that
the Massachusetts House of Representatives hereby urges the President and
the Congress of the United States to support the
Struggle for Freedom by the Tamil Nation for the
Restoration and Reconstitution of the
separate
sovereign state
of Tamil Eelam and to recognise publicly the
right of self determination by the Tamil people of Tamil Eelam"
House
of Representatives Resolution, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, USA, 18
June 1981 ]
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LTTE Proscription
[see also United States
& the Tamil Eelam Struggle for Freedom] |
"Resolved, that the Massachusetts House of
Representatives hereby urges the President and the Congress of the United
States to support the
Struggle for Freedom by the Tamil Nation for the
Restoration and Reconstitution of the
separate
sovereign state
of Tamil Eelam and to recognise publicly the
right of self determination by the Tamil people of Tamil Eelam"
House
of Representatives Resolution, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, USA, 18
June 1981
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8 October 1997 |
US Bans
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, |
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10 October 1997 |
Response by LTTE to US 'terrorist' categorisation
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6 November 1997 |
LTTE
Authorisation of Appeal Against Ban to US Federal Court, |
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7 November 1997 |
Christian World Service Appeal to US on Categorisation of LTTE
as a Terrorist Organisation |
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20 March 1998 |
US Antiterrorism Law challenged in courts |
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9 June 1998 |
US Court rules on First Amendment case |
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3 March 2000 |
Judgment of United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth
Circuit |
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10 March 2001 |
On the U.S. Supreme Court Decision on Anti-Terrorism Law and
Tamil Activism in the US
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24 December 2000 |
Petition against Antiterrorism Law ruling filed in US Supreme
Court |
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27 April 2001 |
US Patterns of Global Terrorism Report, Excerpts related to Sri Lanka & LTTE |
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5 May 2001 |
Dr.Rajan Sriskandarajah writes to US Secretary of State, Colin Powell on
Global Terrorism Report |
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30 May 2001 |
US
Department of State responds to Dr.Rajan Sriskandarajah on Global
Terrorism Report |
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5 October 2003 |
US
Tamils launch Constitutional challenge to US Patriot Act |
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15 October 2003 |
Cole, Chang lead US Patriot Act challenge by Tamils |
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27 January 2004 |
U.S Court declares Patriot Act provision Unconstitutional |
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4 March 2004 |
Amended US court
ruling protects WTCC, FeTNA |
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18 March 2004 |
Judgment on
constitutionality of USA PATRIOT Act and Antiterrorism and Effective Death
Penalty Act (the “AEDPA”) which prohibit the provision of material support,
including “expert advice or assistance,” to designated foreign terrorist
organizations |
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30 September 2004 |
U.S Court curbs FBI powers granted in Patriot Act |
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10 May 2005 |
Tsunami &
'Material Support' for 'Terrorist' Organisations ' Testimony by American
Civil Liberties Union of Southern California |
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11 May 2005 |
Civil Group advocates changes to US Terrorism Laws |
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30 July 2005 |
Key provisions in US Patriot Act struck down |
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2 August 2005 |
Judgment on
Constitutionality of prohibition on providing material support or resources,
including “training,” “expert advice or assistance,” “personnel,” and
“service,” to designated foreign terrorist organizations. |
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18 October 2005 |
Constitutionality of Economic Powers Act challenged |
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21 November 2006 |
Law on
"Terror Finances" Ruled Unconstitutional
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20 April 2007 |
Federal Judge Withdraws Ruling Against Bush Terror Designations |
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25 April 2007 |
World Tamil Coordinating Committee representative arrested in New York
says U.S. Justice Department |
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10 July 2007 |
The
Current Status of U.S. "Material Support" Laws - Viswanathan Rudrakumaran |
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15 October 2007 |
US to freeze TRO Assets |
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10 December 2007 |
Humanitarian Law Project v. Mukasey
A statute "must be sufficiently clear to put a person
of ordinary intelligence on notice that his or her contemplated conduct
is unlawful." The language covered by the ruling remained
unconstitutionally vague despite congressional amendments to the Patriot
Act meant to remedy the problems, the appeals court ruled.
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4 November 2008 |
U.S. State Department Undertakes Review of Designation of LTTE
as a Terrorist Organisation |
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12 February 2009 |
United States imposes sanctions on Tamil Foundation |
