Posts Tagged ‘Sri Lanka’s Killing Fields’
Sri Lankan civilians ‘not targeted’, says report
[Channel 4] The Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission, appointed by the Sri Lankan government last year, admitted that some isolated allegations of civilian abuses by security forces at the end of Sri Lanka’s civil war in 2009 need to be investigated further. [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…
Read MoreChannel 4 commissions second Sri Lanka war crimes investigation
[Channel 4 News] Channel 4’s Head of News & Current Affairs Dorothy Byrne has commissioned ITN Productions to make a follow-up film to Sri Lanka’s Killing Fields, Jon Snow’s critically-acclaimed investigation into the final weeks of the war between the government and Tamil Tigers. [Full Story]
Read MoreChannel 4’s Sri Lanka documentary cleared by Ofcom
[Guardian UK] Channel 4’s controversial documentary Sri Lanka’s Killing Fields, which featured graphic footage of alleged war crimes, has been cleared of breaching the broadcasting code. [Full Story]
Read MoreFormer Sri Lankan President speaks out on Killing Fields
[Channel 4 News] Former Sri Lankan President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga delivered a landmark speech in Colombo on Sunday in which she spoke of the horror her children expressed after viewing Sri Lanka’s Killing Fields. [Full Story]
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