08/09/2011
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ReliefWeb
In recent months, issues relating to alleged violations of human rights and war crimes during the final stages of the civil war (ie early 2009) have acquired prominence in international forums and the media. On June 14, for example, UK's Channel 4 broadcast a documentary, 'Sri Lanka's Killing Fields', which included alleged video evidence of war crimes. This furore has raised questions about the effect of these allegations on post-war development and reconciliation.
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.
08/02/2011
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Radio Australia
The Sri Lankan government has formally conceded that civilians were killed by security forces in the final offensive against Tamil Tiger rebels in 2009.
The Defence ministry's report entitled Humanitarian Operation -Factual Analysis" follows a damning Channel 4 British television documentary of government atrocities and an earlier UN report that blames both sides for crimes against humanity.
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):
07/11/2011
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The Diplomat
The Diplomat speaks with Callum Macrae, director of 'Sri Lanka's Killing Fields,' about his documentary film and the controversy surrounding it.
07/10/2011
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Colombo Page
Sri Lanka : Former Sri Lankan Chief Justice says government cannot file action against Channel 4
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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AFP, Agence France-Presse
Sri Lanka's military said Wednesday it had original footage that exposed the "malicious intentions" behind a British documentary on alleged war crimes committed by government troops.