01/31/2011
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Asia Pacific Forum, radio
LINK TO RADIO (MP3): In the devastating final months of Sri Lanka’s 30-year civil war, tens of thousands of Tamil civilian women, men and children were killed, with scores denied necessary food and medical care. More than a year and a half later, the Sri Lankan government is still shirking war crimes investigations. Last week, it cut off talks for bringing a UN War Crimes panel to Colombo. We'll talk to Vasuki Neisah, a lawyer and Sri Lankan activist, about the ongoing struggle for accountability and justice in Sri Lanka.
03/28/2010
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Sri Lanka Campaign for Peace and Justice
The United States Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor criticized the Sri Lankan Government, pro-government paramilitary forces and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) for blatant human rights violations in its "2009: Human Rights Report on Sri Lanka", released on March 11, 2010.