06/03/2011
|
AFP, Agence France-Presse
Sri Lanka came under renewed pressure this week at the UN Human Rights Council over video footages detailing violations allegedly committed by soldiers during the country's civil war.
06/02/2011
|
Forbes
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka -- Sri Lanka's army chief has dismissed as "doctored" a video clip that shows soldiers shooting bound, blindfolded prisoners and abusing corpses in the final days of the country's 26-year civil war.
05/31/2011
|
Huffington Post
GENEVA -- A U.N. expert called Tuesday for Sri Lanka to investigate and file charges against soldiers shown in a graphic video shooting bound, blindfolded prisoners and abusing corpses in the final days of the country's 26-year civil war.
05/31/2011
|
United Nations
31 May 2011 – An independent United Nations human rights expert has called on Sri Lankan authorities to thoroughly investigate the apparent execution of several men by Government soldiers, saying a disputed video of the incident seems to be authentic.
05/30/2011
|
Associated Press
GENEVA (AP) — A U.N. human rights expert says gruesome new footage from the final days of Sri Lanka's civil war is authentic and proves war crimes took place there, challenging the government's claim that videos showing the army executing captured rebels in May 2009 are faked.
05/30/2011
|
Hindustan Times
War crimes were committed by the military during the final days of conflict in Sri Lanka, a UN expert has said after reviewing footage showing unarmed men being shot dead from close range. Agency reports from Geneva quoted UN human rights expert, Christof Heyns, as saying that the shocking footage showed "definitive war crimes."
04/16/2011
|
Channel 4 (UK)
A leaked United Nations report indicates "credible allegations" of Sri Lanka war crimes. Video first broadcast by Channel 4 News, showing alleged Tamil executions, formed a key part of the evidence.
02/11/2011
|
American Enterprise Institute
VIDEO: Event at the American Enterprise Institute.
LISA CURTIS, Heritage Foundation
JENNIFER LEONARD, International Crisis Group
KARUNYAN ARULANANTHAM, M.D., Tamil American Peace Initiative
DON CAMP, Former Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia
Moderator:
SADANAND DHUME, AEI
12/25/2010
|
NDTV
[video] A year and a half after the LTTE was defeated, the former borders are still obvious. And along the way to Jaffna, there are constant reminders of the war that raged for nearly three decades.
12/09/2010
|
AP, Associated Press
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — New video evidence has emerged linking Sri Lanka's military to the execution of prisoners during the final hours of the country's decades-long civil war last year, international human rights groups said Thursday.