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Sri Lanka’s white vans deliver fear and oppression

By pearlaction | July 20, 2011 |

[Radio Netherlands Worldwide] First a damning UN report accused both sides in the country’s 30-year civil war of atrocities – a claim the current government refutes categorically. Then in June British TV station Channel 4 broadcast a devastating account of the closing weeks of the conflict in 2009. At this time, the programme said, the Sri…

Sri Lanka: Human Rights Situation Deteriorating in the East

By pearlaction | November 24, 2008 |

[ HRW ] The TMVP was originally the political wing of the armed faction earlier known as the Karuna group. It enjoys the strong backing of the government of President Mahinda Rajapakse. “The Sri Lankan government says that the ‘liberated’ East is an example of democracy in action and a model for areas recaptured from…

Sri Lankan probe into civilian killings has few results after 18 months of work

By pearlaction | March 27, 2008 |

[AP] Nearly 18 months after Sri Lanka launched an independent investigation into a wave of civilian killings during its renewed civil war, not a single case has been resolved, and some human rights groups and lawyers fear no one will ever be held accountable. A credible probe into the incidents, including the slaying of 17…