Posts Tagged ‘sri lanka’
Sri Lankan Report Doesn’t Fully Address War Crimes
[Amnesty USA] I’ve been waiting for months for the final report from Sri Lanka’s Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (often referred to as the “LLRC”). The commission had been appointed by President Rajapaksa in May 2010 to examine events during the last seven years of the war between the government and the Tamil Tigers (the…
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: Report Fails to Advance Accountability
[Human Rights Watch] The report of the Sri Lankan government’s Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) disregards the worst abuses by government forces, rehashes longstanding recommendations, and fails to advance accountability for victims of Sri Lanka’s civil armed conflict, Human Rights Watch said today. The serious shortcomings of the 388-page report, which was posted on…
Read MoreFailed asylum seekers flown home
[Independent UK] A charter plane has been used to fly failed asylum seekers and foreign criminal offenders back to Sri Lanka after the failure of an 11th hour High Court bid to halt the flight. [Full Story]
Read MoreSri Lankan civil war: Use of the image for corrupt ends
[Independent UK] The photograph once served as a relatively removed document of warfare, now the image has become a powerful weapon within it. The distance between the photographer and the activities of war has moved closer proportionate to the increasing accessibility of the camera. Replacing a limited number of commissioned photographers are the proliferating numbers…
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