documentary – People for Equality and Relief in Lanka

Will New Evidence of War Crimes Tip the Scales Against the Sri Lankan Government

By pearlaction | July 6, 2011 |

[Time] On June 14, the British television network Channel 4 broadcast a stunning hour-long documentary presenting footage of horrific abuses allegedly committed by Sri Lankan troops during the last months of the country’s war against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam. The images are graphic and profoundly disturbing. They include the execution of naked, bound prisoners;…

Channel 4 rejects Sri Lanka ‘war crimes’ film criticism

By pearlaction | July 5, 2011 |

[BBC] The film in question appears to show troops executing Tamil prisoners, but Sri Lanka’s government now says the killers were rebels in army uniform. Channel 4 rejected the idea, saying its work had been meticulously checked. [Full Story]

Tamil journalist bound, shot, during Sri Lankan civil war

By pearlaction | June 20, 2011 |

[CPJ] The U.K.’s Channel 4 has screened amateur footage of the body of Tamil news presenter Shoba, indicating that she was shot and killed during the government’s final military surge in the northeast. Shoba, who went by one name, also reported under the name Isaipriya or Isaippiriya for the media division of the secessionist Liberation…