unlawful killing – People for Equality and Relief in Lanka

Sri Lanka condemned over aid workers’ deaths

By pearlaction | August 3, 2011 |

[BBC] There was widespread revulsion following the murders of the 16 Tamils and one Muslim in the north-eastern town of Muttur during the civil war. [Full Story]

Sri Lanka: Military Conference to Whitewash War Crimes

By pearlaction | May 23, 2011 |

[HRW News] Governments should decline the invitation to attend a Sri Lankan military conference that seeks to legitimize the unlawful killing of thousands of civilians during the armed conflict with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), Human Rights Watch said today. The Sri Lankan government has invited 54 countries to its “Seminar on Defeating Terrorism:…