Channel 4 Documentary ‘Sri Lanka’s Killing Fields’ to be screened in Canadian Parliament

Human Rights Watch is screening the Channel 4 documentary “Sri Lanka’s Killing Fields” in Canadian Parliament on Wednesday, September 28, 2011 at 6 p.m. The event will be hosted by Patrick Brown, Member of Parliament for Barrie and will include a discussion with Elaine Pearson, Deputy Asia Director at Human Rights Watch.

First aired on British television in June, “Sri Lanka’s Killing Fields” captures, through live footage and extensive interviews with witnesses, the atrocities committed against civilians during the Sri Lankan Armed Forces’ final campaign to defeat the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in early 2009.

The film was recently screened by Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch to wide acclaim at the United Nations in New York and Geneva, and has fueled renewed calls for an international response to these crimes.Courtesy:  TamilCanadianPublished on:     Sep 27, 2011 1:47:34 GMT
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Gota using Shavendra as guinea pig and his case for his own – Mahinda returns hastily when case is filed in NY

Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Gota using Shavendra as guinea pig and his case for his own – Mahinda returns hastily when case is filed in NY(Lanka-e-News -26.Sep.2011, 11.50P.M.) Gotabaya Rajapakse is anxiously awaiting the case filed by US district court against SL Deputy High Commissioner to the UN , Shavendra Silva. He is looking forward to using this case to serve his own ends , according to reports reaching Lanka e news.
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Tuesday, September 27, 2011

U.N. review on response in Eelam War IV

COLOMBO, September 27, 2011
Signalling more trouble for Sri Lanka, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has initiated a review of the U.N.'s actions regarding the implementation of its humanitarian and protection mandates during the Eelam War IV and its immediate aftermath.      Full Story>>>