The associated press – People for Equality and Relief in Lanka

The Fog of an Uncivil War in Sri Lanka

By pearlaction | February 1, 2012 |

[New York Times] It has been nearly three years since Sri Lankan government troops crushed the separatist Tamil Tigers in a gory, scorched-earth campaign that brought an end to three decades of civil war. The final battles — with some 300,000 civilians caught in the crossfire — were fought on the northern beaches and in…

UN says Sri Lanka war crimes footage is ‘authentic’

By pearlaction | May 31, 2011 |

[BBC] The UN special investigator into extrajudicial killings in Sri Lanka says video footage showing soldiers apparently executing civilians is evidence of serious rights abuses. Christof Heyns presented the video footage to the UN Human Rights Council. He said that after careful analysis, he had concluded that it was authentic. The government has angrily denied…