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Sri Lanka MPs receive controversial civil war report

By pearlaction | December 16, 2011 |

[BBC] A commission set up by Sri Lanka’s president to investigate the conduct of the civil war has said the government did its best to protect civilians. It concluded the military gave the “highest priority” to protecting civilians and said Tamil Tiger rebels had had “no respect for human life”. [Full Story]

UN screens Channel 4 Sri Lanka war crimes film

By pearlaction | June 3, 2011 |

[Channel 4] A special investigation by Channel 4 featuring devastating new evidence of alleged war crimes in Sri Lanka is screened at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, as pressure mounts for action. [Full Story]

Sri Lanka: 16 patients killed in hospital shelling

By pearlaction | February 10, 2009 |

[AP] At least 16 patients being treated at a makeshift hospital in the northern Sri Lankan war zone were killed by shelling, the Red Cross said Tuesday, as the military accused rebel fighters of killing 19 other civilians fleeing the area. The United Nations, meanwhile, said it was outraged by the “unnecessary” deaths of hundreds of…