Canada nudges Lanka over accountability issues

September 15, 2011, 12:00 pm 


By Shamindra Ferdinando

The Canadian High Commissioner in Colombo, Bruce Levy yesterday emphasised the importance of Sri Lanka addressing concerns raised by the international community, regarding accountability issues as early as possible.

Levy said that Sri Lanka couldn’t ignore accountability issues if it was keen to ensure peace and development.

The official was responding to a query by The Island regarding a recent statement attributed to Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper at a round table conference.

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Tamil Tigers on trial: controversial screening of war crimes documentary

The Dutch prosecution of five Sri Lankan Tamils continues in The Hague today in a trial which now promises to drag Dutch criminal law into conflict with the Sri Lankan government.
By Richard Walker and Maike Winters in The Hague

On a day bogged down by the virtually lone voice of Judge Van Rossum reading out witness testimonies gathered from Sri Lanka and neighbouring countries, defence counsel Victor Koppe sparked the potential for controversy by requesting the screening of British Channel 4’s “Sri Lanka’s Killing Fields” documentary. It will be viewed by the court today.
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