Sri Lanka’s Killing Field – People for Equality and Relief in Lanka

Is This Ban’s ‘Never Again’ Moment?

By pearlaction | August 1, 2011 |

[Huffington Post] We failed to prevent a massacre in Sri Lanka. We must not fail to seek justice for it. ‘Never again’ is the promise that has followed the Holocaust, Cambodia, Rwanda and Srebrenica; issued each time with outrage and contrition, and, in recent years, a report on the failure of the international community to…

Why should we care about the suffering of Tamils?

By pearlaction | July 8, 2011 |

[Independent UK] On Tuesday 14 June, a shocking, heart-wrenching documentary was shown on Channel 4. ‘Sri Lanka’s Killing Fields’, broadcast just after 11pm, displayed what presenter Jon Snow described as “devastating evidence of war crimes and crimes against humanity, and a powerful case for bring those guilty of these crimes to justice.” [Full Story]

Lifting the lid on Sri Lanka’s war crimes

By pearlaction | June 13, 2011 |

[Guardian UK] It is a moment that speaks volumes. While the Kfir combat jets of the Sri Lankan airforce scream overhead and the heavy artillery of the Sri Lankan army maintains a remorseless barrage on the ground below, a family of terrified Tamil civilians huddle in a shallow trench. [Full Story]