09/28/2011
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The Foreigner
Last night’s compelling, and controversial documentary on NRK2 about Sri Lanka’s bloody war with society. It was originally broadcast on the UK’s Channel 4 Dispatches series back in June 2011.
The programme was heavily criticised by Sri Lankan authorities, who initially attempted to halt the Norwegian channel from showing it.
08/21/2011
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Hindustan Times
A key Sri Lankan panel looking into the LTTE conflict will include in its final report the details of its investigation of the two video documentaries aired by the British Channel 4 TV accusing armed forces of war crimes.
08/03/2011
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Voice of America
Sri Lanka has released an official report, and television documentary, attempting to refute allegations its army committed crimes against humanity as its civil war concluded in 2009. Human rights advocates call the campaign a "whitewash", but say there are signs Colombo is responding to international pressure.
08/02/2011
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BBC
Reflecting the political divide in Sri Lanka, pro- and anti-government demonstrations have been taking place in the capital, Colombo. A pro-government rally was held in protest against the British broadcaster Channel 4 which has recently aired two programmes alleging that Sri Lankan forces committed war crimes. In a smaller demonstration, journalists blamed pro-government elements for severely beating up a Tamil journalist in northern Sri Lanka last week.
07/25/2011
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news.yahoo.com
Sri Lanka's former president has warned of a "short-lived peace" unless the government shares power with the ethnic Tamil minority after the end of the island's civil war, her office said Monday.
07/23/2011
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The Hindu
President Mahinda Rajapaksa's roadmap for finding a 13th Amendment-plus political solution will take the Tamil question in Sri Lanka to a Parliamentary Select Committee, which will look into it and propose suitable constitutional amendments, and then on to Parliament. Meanwhile, local elections in the Northern Province, which are being held on Saturday, would be followed by a Provincial Council election.
07/14/2011
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www.southasiaanalysis.org
(I have received a number of mails asking for my comments on the Channel 4 video ‘Killing Fields’ on alleged war crimes committed by Sri Lankan Army, particularly after I participated in a panel discussion on the subject in the Headlines Today TV channel recently. I am giving my views and comments on questions summarised below):
07/10/2011
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Sydney Morning Herald
AUSTRALIANS will not tolerate cruelty to animals. Less clear is our tolerance for bestiality towards people. Or so one might think from the stony silence after a British documentary aired on Australian TV last week. The film proved that Sri Lanka's ''rescue'' of hundreds of thousands of Tamil civilians in 2009 was a bloody and cruel affair.
07/09/2011
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AFP
Sri Lanka has arrested a Briton for allegedly helping a British TV channel produce a documentary accusing Sri Lankan troops of war crimes, a media report said on Saturday.
07/06/2011
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The Hindu
A prominent Sri Lankan political figure on Wednesday accused the British media of conducting a hostile campaign against the Sri Lanka Government singling out The Times and Channel 4 for what he described as their attempts to “falsify” facts.