Sri Lanka under renewed pressure over violations
[AFP] Sri Lanka came under renewed pressure this week at the UN Human Rights Council over video footages detailing violations allegedly committed by soldiers during the country’s civil war. A UN investigator authenticated some of the footage early this week, while at the end of the week, a documentary by Britain’s Channel 4 detailing the…
Read MoreThe heavy guns stayed silent
[The Economist] RIGHTS groups had called it an attempt to whitewash war crimes. Many of the delegates who attended this three-day seminar, conducted by Sri Lanka’s army, were of course hoping for something better than that. Its panels were supposed to help teach the world’s counter-insurgency boffins how Sri Lanka’s army defeated the Tamil Tiger rebels while…
Read MoreJournalists’ killings ‘go unpunished’ in 13 countries
[BBC] More than 251 journalists in 13 countries were killed “with impunity” in the past decade, the Committee to Protect Journalists has reported. [Full Story]
Read MoreSri Lanka execution footage: UN calls for investigation
[Channel 4 News] Footage broadcast by Channel 4 News showing the alleged massacre of Tamil prisoners is evidence of “serious international crimes”, the UN says, as pressure mounts for an international investigation. A UN envoy has urged the international community and Sri Lanka to further investigate footage obtained by Channel 4 News purporting to show…
Read MoreUN premiere for Sri Lanka war crimes film
[Channel 4 News] Channel 4 is to screen Sri Lanka’s Killing Fields, a special one-hour investigation which features devastating new video evidence of war crimes and crimes against humanity committed by Sri Lankan government forces and the Tamil Tigers at the UN this Friday 3 June. [Full Story]
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