Deafening Indian silence on war crimes docu

 

  The New Indian Express
Posted on Jun 17, 2011 at 12:22pm IST

CHENNAI: Two days after a British TV channel telecast its documentary “Sri Lanka’s Killing Fields” which had shocking visuals of the final days of Eelam war IV, India’s political class is yet to offer any soundbytes.� In contrast, the British government has given Sri Lanka till the end of the year to launch a “credible investigation” into the allegations of war crimes. �

From September 2008 when the last UN workers left Kilinochchi, the Channel 4 documentary pieces together a damning narrative based on videos shot on mobile phone cameras and eyewitness accounts, that shows the Lankan army systematically shelled Tamil civilians, especially medical points within the No Fire Zone (NFZ). It includes an eyewitness account of gangrape by soldiers. While pointing out LTTE atrocities, the film takes the stance that the Tigers’ acts did not justify the government’s actions.   Full Story>>>
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Sri Lankan Tamils: A Disconcerting Situation for India

17-June-2011

By B. Raman

My attention has been drawn to a disturbing documentary titled “Sri Lanka’s Killing Fields” produced by Mr. Jon Snow of the Channel4 TV channel of the UK.

2. The documentary highlights the results of a forensic investigation into the bloody culmination phase of the counter-insurgency operations of the Sri Lankan Security Forces against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in April-May, 2009. It alleges that the culmination phase, which physically wiped out the leadership of the LTTE for which no right-thinking person opposed to terrorism need shed tears, was also marked by executions, shelling of civilians and other atrocities carried out by the Security Forces. The documentary is available at http://bit.ly/mDpkez .   FullStory>>>