Posts Tagged ‘UN Human Rights Council’
UN screens Channel 4 Sri Lanka war crimes film
[Channel 4] A special investigation by Channel 4 featuring devastating new evidence of alleged war crimes in Sri Lanka is screened at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, as pressure mounts for action. [Full Story]
Read MoreSri Lanka under renewed pressure over violations
[AFP] Sri Lanka came under renewed pressure this week at the UN Human Rights Council over video footages detailing violations allegedly committed by soldiers during the country’s civil war. A UN investigator authenticated some of the footage early this week, while at the end of the week, a documentary by Britain’s Channel 4 detailing the…
Read MoreUN says Sri Lanka war crimes footage is ‘authentic’
[BBC] The UN special investigator into extrajudicial killings in Sri Lanka says video footage showing soldiers apparently executing civilians is evidence of serious rights abuses. Christof Heyns presented the video footage to the UN Human Rights Council. He said that after careful analysis, he had concluded that it was authentic. The government has angrily denied…
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