Screening of “Sri Lanka’s Killing Fields” Documentary and Panel Discussion

Crisis Group, in association with Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International, would like to invite you to a special screening of the Channel 4 documentary "Sri Lanka's Killing Fields", followed by an expert panel discussion.

Date & Location

The screening and panel discussion will take place in Brussels at 13h-15h on 12 October 2011 at the European Parliament, JAN 4Q1.

Panelists

Alan Keenan, Project Director, Sri Lanka, International Crisis Group 
Lotte Leicht, EU Director, Human Rights Watch
Yolanda Foster, Sri Lanka Researcher, Amnesty International
Callum Macrae, Director and Producer of the documentary film “Sri Lanka’s Killing Fields” 
Moderator: Ana Gomes, MEP, S&D
Edward McMillan-Scott, Vice President Responsible for Democracy and Human Rights, MEP, ALDE 
Laima Andrikiene, MEP, EPP 
Raul Romeva i Rueda, MEP, Greens/EFA 
Paul Murphy, MEP, GUE/NGL

Registration process

Please RSVP to adv_ib1@hrw.org confirming your attendance.

Background 

Commissioned and first aired by British broadcaster Channel 4 Television in June, “Sri Lanka’s Killing Fields” features devastating video evidence of apparent war crimes and crimes against humanity committed by Sri Lankan government forces and the LTTE. The documentary provides powerful evidence - including photographic stills, official Sri Lankan army video footage and satellite imagery - that contradicts the Sri Lankan government’s claims of a policy of ‘Zero Civilian Casualties’. It raises serious questions about the failures of the international community to intervene to prevent the deaths of up to forty thousand people. The film was recently screened to wide acclaim at the United Nations in New York and Geneva and on Capitol Hill in Washington DC, and has lent new urgency to the call by the UN Secretary-General’s panel of experts for an international investigation.