04/26/2011
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Channel 4
Ban Ki-Moon has come under attack for failing to push for a war crimes probe in Sri Lanka. But a former UN Deputy Secretary-General tells Channel 4 News Ban is powerless to defy Russia and China.
04/21/2011
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Channel 4
The Sri Lankan government appears to have successfully delayed the publication of a critical UN report. By securing an agreement that the report's release would be held back until a Sri Lankan government response could be prepared, the Colombo authorities look to have forced the deferral of its release. It may be published over the Easter weekend, but is likely to receive much less global attention as a result.
04/20/2011
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Channel 4
Channel 4 News obtains exclusive footage from the "closed off"corner of northern Sri Lanka, showing evidence of camps, repression and abuse, ahead of the publication of the UN's report on war crimes.
04/18/2011
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Channel 4
The former UN spokesman in Sri Lanka Gordon Weiss, tells Jon Snow that a leaked UN report into allegations of war crimes in Sri Lanka is its "Srebenica Moment'.
04/15/2011
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Channel 4
As the UN prepares to publish a report into atrocities committed in the Sri Lanka civil war, Channel 4 News hears the story of a man who has been fighting for justice since his son was killed in 2006.
01/23/2011
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Channel 4
After what seems like an eternity, the rains have stopped. But as families leave their makeshift camps, what awaits them at home? Save the Children reports for Channel 4 News from Sri Lanka.
12/08/2010
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Channel 4
Graphic content. Channel 4 News can name a woman journalist as one of the victims in the Sri Lanka execution video along with damning new details of the date and location where the video was filmed.
05/18/2010
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Channel 4
Now a senior army commander and a frontline soldier have told Channel 4 News that such killings were indeed ordered from the top.
One frontline soldier said: "Yes, our commander ordered us to kill everyone. We killed everyone."
And a senior Sri Lankan army commander said: "Definitely, the order would have been to kill everybody and finish them off.
"I don't think we wanted to keep any hardcore elements, so they were done away with. It is clear that such orders were, in fact, received from the top."