UK presses Sri Lanka over Channel 4's 'war crimes' film

South Asia  14 June 2011

14 June 2011

Sri Lanka maintains that no civilians were killed by troops during the war

The UK Foreign Office has pressed Sri Lanka to investigate alleged atrocities during its civil war after "horrific" footage aired in a TV programme.

Britain's Channel 4 showed what it said was previously unseen footage of what purported to be extrajudicial killings of Tamils by the military.
Sri Lanka's defence ministry dismissed the videos as fabricated, saying they were intended to discredit the army.
The army defeated the Tamil Tigers in 2009, ending 25 years of war.
Both the Sri Lankan army and Tamil Tiger rebels have been accused of human rights abuses during the conflict, which killed an estimated 100,000 people.

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