Subject 1 : Plight of Tamils
[INFO ] #1 UNHRC failed, but other doors are opened?British human rights lawyer Geoffrey Robertson thinks so.
He said as well as priests and doctors talking about what happened, there were also graves."This is the way, unfortunately, war crimes are now dealt with, through forensic investigators finding out the story by investigating mass graves. "And there do seem, from aerial photographs, to be some." Read More and see the video that is embedded.
[INFO ] #2 Pressure must be held on UN to release all the facts!
Any parallel for the UN with what has happened in Sri Lanka must be scotched now. That can be done only by Mr Ban speaking forthrightly about what he saw. He is a civil servant rather than an executive; and the cause of historical truth as well as international protest depends on the UN Security Council's having full and public knowledge of what he saw. READ MORE
Sri Lanka's citizens, like so many before them, have been failed by a limp Human Rights Council READ MORE[INFO ] #3 Major-General Ashok Mehta, a former commander of Indian peacekeeping forces in Sri Lanka, said that India's role was "distressing and disturbing". Two international human rights groups said that India had failed to do enough to protect civilian lives."We were complicit in this last phase of the offensive when a great number of civilians were killed," General Mehta, who is now retired, told The Times. "Having taken a decision to go along with the campaign, we went along with it all the way and ignored what was happening on the ground." Read More
Subject 2 : Diaspora
[INFO #1] Please find attached Statement made by Arjunan Ethirveerasingam on behalf of LIBERATION and other NGOs at the UNHRC Special Session on 27 May 2009. VIDEO
[INFO #1] Victims of terrorism will soon have the ability to sue perpetrators and supporters of terrorism in Canadian courts, Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced Sunday. "Our government will introduce legislation to enable victims of terrorism to seek justice against individuals, organizations and foreign states that support terrorism.Read More
Subject 3 : War Crimes
[INFO #2] What is a War Crime? Read More
[INFO #3] US War Crime law: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/18/usc_sec_18_00002441----000-.html
[INFO #4] War Crimes on the Beach: Video
Subject 4 : Political Solution
[INFO #1] No anti-Indian activities in Sri Lankan soil, Mahinda. Video
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