May 22, 2012
This viewpoint has been shared with us by a Sinhalese Sri Lankan who has been active in human rights work in the country. Sri Lankans have always felt quite strongly about international scrutiny. Many people see it as “foreign interference” and the politicians have...
May 21, 2012
In December 2011, the “LLRC” report on the conduct of the Sri Lankan military and circumstances surrounding the end of the civil was published. Considering it was commissioned by the same state that committed the alleged war crimes, which killed at least 40,000...
Feb 11, 2012
Late last year Sri Lanka launched a “national action plan”. We weren’t impressed and so we wrote a report about it. You can read it here To quote our conclusion: “…. all these measures’ effectiveness is undoubtedly limited when one...
Dec 23, 2011
The Government of Sri Lanka’s long awaited investigation into the end of the civil war, the Lessons Learned and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC), is finally out. At a first read it appeared to be the whitewash we all feared and subsequent detailed study has not...
Dec 16, 2011
Commenting on the release of the Govenment’s Lessons Learned And Reconciliation Commission report Fred Carver, Campaign Director for the Sri Lanka Campaign for peace and justice, said “On a first read it’s the whitewash we all feared but sadly had...
