Scores of Sri Lankans, due to have been deported from the UK on a government charter flight on Thursday afternoon, have had their removal orders overturned by high court judges.

There have been repeated reports of intimidation and harassment of exiled Sri Lankan journalists by Sri Lankan diplomats around the world.

The United Nations Human Rights Council has backed a resolution urging the Sri Lankan government to prosecute commanders guilty of misconduct during its civil war against Tamil insurgents.

India's parliament erupted in uproar today when opposition MPs challenged the government's reluctance to confront Sri Lanka over allegations of war crimes, brought to light by a Channel 4 film.

A plane chartered by the British government is to deport about 100 Tamil asylum seekers to Sri Lanka, according to a human rights charity.

Channel 4 News scoops three awards from the Royal Television Society, including recognition for the documentary Sri Lanka's Killing Fields made by ITN Productions.

A government-appointed panel finds the Sri Lankan military did not target civilians in the last stages of the civil war, but admits for the first time a "considerable" number were killed in crossfire.