Cross party support grows for a call for an International Independent Investigation.

The All Party Parliamentary Group for Tamils (APPGT) in collaboration with the British Tamils Forum (BTF) hosted an exhibition and situation update event in Westminster on 31 January 2012. The event was held to inform UK Parliamentarians, members of the House of Lords and diplomats from various countries about atrocities that were committed during the war and on the current situation in Sri Lanka.

Several photos, books, publications, documentaries and videos were on display. There were also key eyewitnesses to the bloody war in Sri Lanka present at the event. Over 100 people attended the event and were given packs of information on leaving.

The UN expert panel called for an international mechanism to investigate alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Sri Lanka.

The much-awaited Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) report was released recently by the government of Sri Lanka. The LLRC commission has neither investigated nor dealt with the war crimes charges nor the charges of crimes against humanity.

The whereabouts of the children less than 5 years old who survived the war is still unknown and no information has been provided to date about those who were arrested with alleged connection to the LTTE.

Some of the photographic exhibits in the exhibition provide evidence that some of these people have been killed after being taken into custody.

Last Updated on Thursday, 02 February 2012 12:16