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Press Release: The Tamil refugees walk from Brussels to Geneva

19 February 2012

Original Link: http://www.socialisme.be/psl/archives/2012/02/11/tamouls.html Translated with Google Translater Tamil militants who fled Sri Lanka after the war waged by the Rajapakse dictatorship began a march from Brussels to Geneva to seek justice. These activists are now en route to Luxembourg on the N4. They braved the cold and all kinds of difficulties illustrated how they are angry. Their families

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French News Paper: Tamils are walking towards Geneva to demand for justice

19 February 2012
Tamils are walking towards Geneva to demand for justice

Yesterday, car drivers and residents must have been surprised by noticing a group of people at the side of the road, wearing blue coats and yellow waistcoats. They introduced themselves as members of the Tamil diaspora. These people are a minority in Sri Lanka. In this Island of the Indian Ocean, in the south of

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War crimes in Sri Lanka

12 February 2012
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There are signs that the international community is gearing up for action to hold Sri Lanka accountable for alleged war crimes committed by its forces at the end of the brutal civil war against the Tamil Tiger rebels in 2009. A resolution is being prepared for next month’s session of the UN Human Rights Council

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Independence without justice in Sri Lanka

4 February 2012
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February 3, 2012, A Statement from the Asian Human Rights Commission A statement for the commemoration of the independence of Sri Lanka The 64th commemoration of Sri Lanka’s independence takes place at the time when the country’s justice system is in a hopeless crisis. The abuse of the judicial process for political reasons has created doubts

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Sri Lanka: Women’s Insecurity in the North and East

25 December 2011

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS Women in Sri Lanka’s predominantly Tamil-speaking north and east are facing a desperate lack of security in the aftermath of the long civil war. Today many still live in fear of violence from various sources. Those who fall victim to it have little means of redress. Women’s economic security is precarious,

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Sri Lanka’s Killing Fields

21 December 2011

Watch: Sri Lanka’s Killing Fields – Full 49 Minutes Video Jon Snow presents a forensic investigation into the final weeks of the quarter-century-long civil war between the government of Sri Lanka and the secessionist rebels, the Tamil Tigers. With disturbing and distressing descriptions and film of executions, atrocities and the shelling of civilians the programme

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Allegations of Sri Lankan war crimes in the spotlight

21 December 2011

Australian Federal Police have received documentation from the International Commission of Jurist that alleges war crimes were perpetrated by current Sri Lankan High Commisioner to Australia and two other prominent figures from the country.  

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Exclusive: New Sri Lanka ‘war crimes’ evidence

21 December 2011

Exclusive: two Sri Lankans who witnessed the violent final showdown of the country’s 26-year civil war claim a top military commander and Sri Lanka’s defence secretary ordered war crimes.

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Sri Lanka: Report Fails to Advance Accountability

21 December 2011
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Governments Should Act on UN Panel Call for International Investigation - Human Rights Watch (New York) – The report of the Sri Lankan government’s Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) disregards the worst abuses by government forces, rehashes longstanding recommendations, and fails to advance accountability for victims of Sri Lanka’s civil armed conflict, Human Rights Watch

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