Channel 4 video – People for Equality and Relief in Lanka

War crimes: The world has seen the evidence. Now we must act

By pearlaction | June 19, 2011 |

[Guardian UK] The broadcast last week of Channel 4’s Sri Lanka‘s Killing Fields documentary was a defining moment not just for the media, but for those who investigate war crimes. Chronicling the final bloody weeks in 2009 of the country’s civil war which claimed the lives of at least 40,000 Tamil civilians, it captured in sometimes grainy,…

UK presses Sri Lanka over Channel 4’s ‘war crimes’ film

By pearlaction | June 15, 2011 |

[BBC] The UK Foreign Office has pressed Sri Lanka to investigate alleged atrocities during its civil war after “horrific” footage aired in a TV programme. [Full Story]