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PIL filed to stop India from touring Sri Lanka

A Public Interest Litigation has been filed at the Madras High Court seeking to stop the Indian team from visiting Sri Lanka for the tri-series

Cricinfo staff
01-Sep-2009
A PIL has been filed with the Madras High Court seeking to stop the Indian team from visiting Sri Lanka for the tri-series citing alleged human rights violation against Tamils by the Sri Lankan government.
The petitioner, Joel Poul Antony, an advocate, said the international community would not respect India if it sent a team to play in Sri Lanka. The Madurai bench of the High Court issued notice to the ministries of Home, External Affairs and Youth and Sports Welfare as well as a private notice to the Indian board.
A 25-year war between the Sri Lankan government and the LTTE finally came to an end in May this year after the rebels, fighting to create a separate nation for Sri Lanka's minority Tamils, were defeated.