Posts Tagged ‘war crimes’
Japan urges Sri Lanka to probe war crimes
[AFP] Japan, a top aid giver to Sri Lanka, on Wednesday urged the island’s government to probe war crimes allegedly committed while defeating Tamil rebels and pressed Colombo to improve human rights. [Full Story]
Read MoreSri Lanka ‘counting civilian war deaths’
[BBC] Sri Lanka is close to completing a census of the number of civilians who died in the final phase of the civil war, the defence secretary has said. Gotabhaya Rajapaksa said the count proves the number of people killed as a result of government action was “far too small” to constitute war crimes. [Full…
Read MoreSri Lankan president receives response to scathing U.N. report
[CNN] Sri Lanka’s response to a scathing United Nations report alleging war crimes and human rights violations has reached the president’s desk. [Full Story]
Read MoreSri Lanka war probe calls for new inquiry
[Al Jazeera] A Sri Lankan government probe into the civil war against ethnic Tamil rebels has concluded that further investigations of alleged abuses committed in the final stages of the country’s 25-year conflict are necessary. [Full Story]
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]
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