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Sri Lanka`s Killing Fields: War Crimes Unpunished - depressing and hopelessly excellent documentary

As Sir John Holmes said, the Sri Lankan government didn't believe that anyone would stop them and they were right.

(LONDON) - Last year, Channel 4 broadcast a film containing images that are perhaps the most shocking I have ever seen on TV.

Sri Lanka's Killing Fields was a horrifying portrayal of the final days of the Sri Lankan civil war and the atrocities committed by both sides in it.

Miss Petipa`s Art Class: A Special Story Celebrating Sri Lanka`s Presence at the UN Conference in Geneva

Another new entry from Novelist Roma Tearne.

(LONDON) - By the time he heard about the news SS Ranasingha was almost ready to leave. He was off to launch an exhibition of his paintings, thirty seven new watercolours, in a secret location beginning with the letter D.

Please don’t ask me to divulge the name of the place. I’m just a novelist not a spin-doctor. You’ll have to work it out for yourself, okay?

Humbug Apology and Demand for Deportation

Lankan envoy apologises to Indian MPs.

(NEW DELHI) - The government on Thursday summoned Sri Lanka's envoy to India for a meeting during which he apologised to Indian MPs for his comments that sought to link those questioning Colombo's human rights record with the Tamil Tigers.

"I would like to apologise to MPs of Tamil Nadu if I have caused any discontent or concern or distress in their minds. I feel sorry about that," Kariyawasam told reporters here after the meeting.

I Raised the Question `Was Prabakaran and his entire family executed?` As the War Ended

Today as the full evidence of the horrors of war emerge, India and the United States will find it difficult to disassociate themselves from their “ally”.

(LONDON) - The present crisis facing Sri Lanka is not an exception, it is one that has been played out repeatedly across the world.

In South America, Africa, Middle East, South Asia and South East Asia powerful nations, primarily the United States has over the last century armed and trained local militaries as a bulwark against their perceived Great Satan.

Channel-4 Documentary Proves Sri Lanka Committed War Crimes

Sri Lanka’s Killing Fields: War Crimes Unpunished - more evidence, fewer doubts about a terrible violation of people - watch it right now.

(SALEM / LONDON) - Did Sri Lanka send its army into the northern Tamil region to massacre people three years ago over a smoldering, protracted religious and cultural war, slaughtering countless people, particularly, by bombing them inside safe-zones?

Only if you believe the mounting evidence.

Baalu Moves Amendment; India`s President Remains Mum on SL Tamils

“We will not compromise on... condemnation against rights violations in Lanka,” - Thalikottai Rajuthevar Baalu

(NEW DELHI) - In a major embarrassment for the government, key UPA constituent DMK moved an amendment to the motion of thanks to the President’s address insisting that a paragraph be added on the plight of Sri Lankan Tamils in view of the reported human rights violations by the Lankan army during the civil war.

This is in addition to the disruptions in RS on Tuesday, in which the DMK took part in full measure.

Sri Lankan Tamil Issue Rocks India`s Parliament

The Upper House was adjourned till tomorrow as members continued to raise slogans every time the House met to transact business.

(NEW DELHI Express Buzz) - Government today sought to mollify agitated DMK and AIADMK members who demanded India's support to a resolution at UNHCHR against Sri Lanka for alleged war crimes saying no date has been fixed yet for discussing the matter.

"Our traditional stand has been that we have never supported any country-specific resolution at the UNHCHR," Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee told the Lok Sabha as DMK, AIADMK and CPI members rushed to the Well raising slogans on the issue.

Lake Oswego High: Racist Tweets are Only Tip of the Iceberg

A racially insensitive, antagonizing environment has been the worst kept secret for generations.

(PORTLAND The Skanner) - I wish I could say I was surprised to read that three football players from my Alma Mater Lake Oswego High School were suspended for targeting a former Black teammate with racist tweets, but I know better.

Perceptions of the Syrian Uprising from Shatila Palestinian Refugee Camp

The uprising in Syria has re-opened some old wounds in Shatila camp and between the Baathist Assad regime, now in its 41st year, and Lebanon’s Palestinian refugees.

(BEIRUT) - Shatila Palestinian refugee camp, despite being targeted over the past six decades for numerous crimes including massacres from various sources, in many ways is representative of all the Palestinian camps in Lebanon.

Located in South Beirut, Shatila was one of the first Palestinian refugee camps set up during the 1948 Nakba.

Geneva: The Tangled Web Of Many Deceptions

“This accursed shortsighted statecraft…” Heinrich von Kleist (Prinz Friedrich)
The Rajapaksas are the prime architects of Sri Lanka’s Geneva malaise.

(COLOMBO Sri Lanka Guardian) - The US-backed Resolution on Sri Lanka does not urge Colombo to implement the Darusman Report (or recommendations by some international human rights group).

The Resolution merely urges the Rajapaksa administration to make a time-bound (as distinct from an eternally open-ended) commitment to implement the recommendations of its own LLRC.