Posts Tagged ‘reconciliation’
Berman Calls on Sri Lankan Government to Hold Accountable Human Rights Abusers
[US Foreign Affairs News] Congressman Howard Berman, Ranking Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, made the following statement on the recent release of Sri Lanka’s Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission Report. [Full Story]
Read MoreSri Lanka report falls short of addressing war crimes
[Amnesty UK] The final report of Sri Lanka’s Lesson Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC), released publicly today, acknowledges serious human rights problems in Sri Lanka but falls short of fully addressing the war crimes and crimes against humanity committed during the final phases of the conflict between the government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil…
Read MoreSri Lanka: Still struggling to find reconciliation
[BBC] Sri Lanka is still a country struggling to put decades of civil war behind it. The final stages – in 2009 – were of particular concern to human rights groups as reports suggested thousands of civilians had been killed. [Full Story]
Read MoreIn Sri Lanka, a ‘negative peace’ prevails
[Al Jazeera] Seriously injured in a shell attack, his Tamil Tiger comrades dead, Mano (pseudonym) tried to end his own life by biting on the cyanide pill that, like all hardened fighters, he wore around his neck. But an elderly woman nearby rushed to give him water and he survived. Alone, he languished on the…
Read MoreWhat South Africa can do to help with reconciliation in Sri Lanka
[International Crisis Group] As South Africa knows better than most, a country cannot begin to overcome decades of internal conflict without a sustained effort at revealing the truth of the past and a committed push for reconciliation. If only Sri Lanka could learn that lesson. [Full Story]
Read More