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Who’s for and against investigating 2009 slaughter of Tamils
Tamil Guardian 31 May 2011
At the 17th UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) meeting presently underway in Geneva, UN rights chief Navi Pillai called an international investigation of war crimes in the final months in 2009 of Sri Lanka’s war.
Who supported: US, EU, France, Ireland
Who opposed: Pakistan, China, Cuba
Meanwhile, Sri Lanka’s categorical rejection of an investigation was delivered by Human Rights Minister, Mahinda Samarasinghe.
See the Daily Mirror’s report here
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Tamil Guardian 31 May 2011
Executions in Channel 4 video need international investigation – UN
“I conclude on the basis of the extensive technical evidence we obtained from independent experts that what is depicted in the video indeed happened. [more]
Tamil Guardian 31 May 2011
UN premiere for Sri Lanka war crimes film
Channel 4 is to screen Sri Lanka’s Killing Fields, a special one-hour investigation which features devastating new video evidence of war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Sri Lanka, at the UN this Friday 3 June. [more]
Tamil Guardian 31 May 2011
Remembering Nadesan
Today is the seventh anniversary of the assassination of veteran Tamil journalist Aiyathurai Nadesan by a Sri Lankan government-backed death squad. [more]
Tamil Guardian 31 May 2011
Who’s for and against investigating 2009 slaughter of Tamils
At the 17th UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) meeting presently underway in Geneva, UN rights chief Navi Pillai called an international investigation of war crimes in the final months in 2009 of Sri Lanka’s war. [more]
Tamil Guardian 30 May 2011
Call for UNHRC to reconsider Sri Lanka
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Ms Navanethem Pillay, during her opening statement to the Human Rights Council in Geneva on 30 May 2011.
Let me also refer to the report of the Secretary-General’s Panel of Experts on accountability in Sri Lanka, [more]
Tamil Guardian 30 May 2011
Foreign investors remain net sellers of SL stocks
As speculation drove Sri Lanka’s stock market to a 1-week high, foreign investors net sold $1.5 m (Rs. 165m) worth of shares on Monday, Reuters reported. [more]
Tamil Guardian 29 May 2011
Not one of us …
From the Sunday Times, May 30:
Rehearsals for the Victory Day parade held on Friday began two weeks ago. Among those rehearsing were a group of 23 newly-recruited policemen from Jaffna, six of whom were women constables. [more]
Tamil Guardian 29 May 2011
Recalling …
In the light of President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s categorical refusal to investigate war crimes by Sri Lanka’s military, this is what US Assistant Secretary of State for South Asia, [more]
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