A US State Department report on possible violations of the laws of war in Sri Lanka made public on October 22, 2009 shows the need for an independent international investigation, Human Rights Watch said today. The report details violations of the laws of war committed by both government forces and the separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam […]
A Sri Lankan Presidential Commission which investigated into disappearances of persons between 13-09-2006 to 01-10-2009 period, confirmed that 1,830 are still missing. According to the Presidential Commission, 1,830 persons had not been found so far though inquiries were continuing. The missing comprises: Western Province (418), East (614), Vanni (323), Jaffna peninsula (148), NCP (73), Uva […]
Evidence Submitted to: The People’s Tribunal on Sri Lanka – Dublin, Ireland 14th, 15th January 2010 CONCLUSION 1. The SLA and Sri Lankan state agents, in a joint criminal enterprise with common criminal purpose and design and which operated under the military command responsibility of multiple persons, including but not limited to President Mahinda Rajapakse, […]
In Dublin today at 2 pm the Peoples Tribunal chairman Francois Houtart read the preliminary findings of the Peoples Tribunal on the war in Sri Lanka and its aftermath. There are 4 findings: That the Sri Lankan Government is guilty of war crimes That the Sri Lankan Government is guilty of crimes against humanity That […]
Despite verbal acrobatics reminiscent of George Orwell’s 1984, Sri Lankan officials have been unable to dismiss a shocking mobile phone video from last January purportedly showing Sri Lankan soldiers summarily executing naked and bound captives. The government has consistently claimed the video is fake, without providing any evidence that the gruesome scene was staged or […]
Even before the war between the Tamil Tigers and the Sri Lankan Government came to an abrupt end in May last year, serious allegations of war crimes were flying thick and fast between both sides. Dateline reporter, Ginny Stein, recently travelled to Sri Lanka and to New York to test the claims of the survivors […]
Sri Lanka: Beyond Lawful Constraints – The International Commission of Jurists “..Although the conflict between the Government of Sri Lanka (GoSL) and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) ended in May 2009, the GoSL continues to detain approximately eight thousand individuals under administrative detention without charge or trial. “Beyond Lawful Constraints: Sri Lanka’s Mass […]
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The decades-long conflict between the Sri Lankan government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) greatly intensified in early 2009. In the last few months of this conflict there have been widespread allegations of massive human rights and international humanitarian law violations.Numbers and reports of violations widely vary. As of May 2009 […]
US embassy cables: Rajapaksa shares responsibility for 2009 Sri Lankan massacre Source: Guardian UK “..US ambassador to Colombo said that the main reason there will not be a Sri Lankan enquiries into the mass killings that marked the end of the war with the Tamil Tigers last year was that President Mahinda Rajapaksa, bears much […]
By Ashish Kumar Sen | The Washington Times | 6:20 p.m., Sunday, December 5, 2010 The Sri Lankan government has appointed a senior army officer accused of war crimes in the conflict with Tamil rebels as its deputy permanent representative to the United Nations. Maj. Gen. Shavendra Silva’s presence in New York coincides with U.N. […]
