Fears for British Tamil held for four years in Sri Lanka

The charity Fair Trials International has filed an application before the UN human rights committee challenging Gopithas's indefinite detention under the PTA, and asked the British government to raise the matter with Colombo.

"The Sri Lankan conflict ended years ago but thousands of people, including Mr Gopithas, still languish under so-called 'emergency laws' with no trial and no end date to their detention," said Jago Russell, the charity's chief executive.

"British authorities must pressure the Sri Lankan authorities to either try Mr Gopithas fairly or put an end to his arbitrary detention, and allow him to return home to his wife and two young daughters in London."