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Message: <blockquote data-quote="netlife007" data-source="post: 17110203" data-attributes="member: 79514">International Crisis Group – May  1, 2011   Guilty of substituting ‘credible  evidence’ instead of ‘credible allegations’.   Example 1: “Sri Lanka UN panel  of experts 25 Apr released report on accountability in Sri Lanka; finds  “credible evidence” govt, LTTE committed serious violations  amounting to war crimes during final stage of 2009 civil war, says govt shelling  responsible for most of “tens of thousands” civilian deaths. Report recommends  independent international investigation, but UNSG Ban 25 Apr said he first needs  consent of Sri Lankan govt or mandate from UN Human Rights Council, GA or UNSC,  where China and Russia likely to veto.”    Example  2:   “Sri Lanka UN panel  of experts 25 Apr released report on accountability in Sri Lanka; finds  “credible evidence” govt, LTTE committed serious violations  amounting to war crimes during final stage of 2009 civil war, says govt shelling  responsible for most of “tens of thousands” civilian deaths. Report  recommends independent international investigation, but UNSG Ban 25 Apr said he  first needs consent of Sri Lankan govt or mandate from UN Human Rights Council,  GA or UNSC, where China and Russia likely to veto.”    Upon bringing it to  their notice. The ICG corrected it and in the PDF of their website carried *”Sri  Lanka changed 30 May 2011: “credible evidence” replaced with “credible  allegations”. (30 May 2011)     Australian Red Cross  in its  newsletter also used ‘credible evidence’ in referring to  PoE   Human Rights Law Centre  (Australia) on 8 March 2013 also refers to ‘credible evidence’ and quotes 40,000  civilians without proof “The United Nations  estimates that up to 40,000 civilians may have died in the final stages of the  civil war that ended in 2009 and cites credible  evidence of war crimes  committed by both government forces and the opposition Liberation Tigers of  Tamil Eelam (the LTTE or Tamil Tigers).”        ABC Australia – 2 May  2011   Example 1 “Sri Lanka’s  president has rejected calls for a war crimes probe after a UN finding of  "credible evidence" government forces committed atrocities when crushing  Tamil Tiger guerrillas in 2009. Example  2 The UN panel, which  did not have an investigative mandate, accused victorious Sri Lankan government  troops of killing tens of thousands of civilians and said there was "credible  evidence" war crimes were committed by both sides.”   Example 3: Stephen  Dziedzic 5 July 2011 “Last year, a  United Nations panel of experts found there was credible evidence that up to  40,000 civilians were killed in the conflict.”    “Editor’s  note<img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/sad.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":(" title="Sad    :(" data-shortname=":(" />July 27) the article originally reported that there was credible evidence.  There are credible allegations that 40,000 civilians were killed.”   ABC news apologized for the  confusion. Yet, how many would have continued to accept allegations as  evidence.   ABC Four Corners / Press Release  3 July 2011 “In June 2010, the  UN chief asked a panel of experts to advise him on the evidence available  relating to the conduct by both sides in the closing months of the war. In a  report published in April this year, the panel of experts concluded that there  was credible evidence that up to 40,000 people were killed in the final months  of the civil war between the Tamil Tigers and Government forces.”    ABC Radio Australia  - Kanaha Sabapathy - August 2, 2011   “In April when the  UN Advisory panel released its report saying that it had received credible  evidence that both the security forces and the LTTE had committed war crimes the  government rejected it claiming it could not be substantiated.”   ABC acknowledged  the error: We acknowledge that  correspondent Kanaha Sabapathy incorrectly stated that the UN Panel had reported  that they had received credible "evidence" regarding war crimes when in fact the  UN Panel reported they had received credible "allegations". ABC News has added  an editor’s note to the transcript of this story which states: ·          "The use of the  phrase ’credible evidence’ when referring to the United Nations report is  incorrect.The UN’s panel of experts report uses the phrase ’credible  allegations’. The ABC  acknowledges there is a distinct difference”   AFP continued with  use of ‘credible evidence’ in April and October 2011 “A UN panel of  experts recommended an international investigation over the army’s 2009 final  offensive against the Tamil Tiger rebels, saying there was credible evidence of  war crimes on both sides.”    “Rudd said  Australia had urged Sri Lanka to act on United Nations findings of "credible  evidence" of war crimes through its Lessons Learned and Reconciliation  Commission (LLRC), due to report in November.”        BBC – Charles  Haviland – 18 May 2011   “India’s central  government has not commented publicly on a recent UN-commissioned report, in  which a panel of experts said there was credible evidence that both sides in the  Sri Lankan war may have committed war crimes.”    BBC - Charles  Haviland - 24 May 2011 “The lobby group’s  comments came a month after a report commissioned by the UN said there was  credible evidence that both sides may have committed war crimes: the Tigers, for  instance, by shooting escaping civilians, and the government, for example, by  shelling hospitals.”      BBC - Charles  Haviland - 24 May 2011 “The lobby group’s  comments came a month after a report commissioned by the UN said there was  credible evidence that both sides may have committed war crimes: the Tigers, for  instance, by shooting escaping civilians, and the government, for example, by  shelling hospitals.”      BBC - 31 May  2011 “The UN has said  there is credible evidence that both sides may have committed war crimes - the  Tigers by shooting escaping civilians and the government by shelling  hospitals.”    BBC Hardtalk -  Stephen Sackur - 5 July 2011 “The UN panel setup  by the Secretary-General reckons that there is credible evidence that 40,000  civilians were killed in that final phase of the war.”        Channel 4  (UK) Channel 4 - Alex  Thomson - 16 April 2011 “A leaked UN report  reveals the United Nations believes there is credible evidence that war crimes  were committed in Sri Lanka’s civil war. Channel 4 News Chief Correspondent Alex  Thomson recalls the “frustration and the tension” of trying to report on a  ’secret war’.”    Channel 4 News - 03  June 2011 The media release  for the documentary “Killing Fields” contains the same factual  error: “The UN report  found credible evidence that both sides of the conflict committed serious war  crimes. The report called for an international inquiry - that call has so far  has gone unheard.”    Channel 4 - Alex  Thomson - 16 April 2011 “A leaked UN report  reveals the United Nations believes there is credible evidence that war crimes  were committed in Sri Lanka’s civil war. Channel 4 News Chief Correspondent Alex  Thomson recalls the “frustration and the tension” of trying to report on a  ’secret war’.”   Channel 4 News - 03  June 2011 The media release  for the documentary “Killing Fields” contains the same factual  error: “The UN report  found credible evidence that both sides of the conflict committed serious war  crimes. The report called for an international inquiry - that call has so far  has gone unheard.”  Channel 4  documentary “Killing Fields” - Jon Snow During the  melodramatic introduction by Jon Snow to the “Killing Fields” documentary he  makes the same factual error: “The UN recently  published a report that found ’credible evidence’ that both government and Tamil  Tiger rebels committed serious war crimes.” Callum Macrae -  Producer and Director of “Killing Fields” - 21/06/2011 Callum Macrae,  Producer and Director of “Killing Fields”, during an interview with  Groundviews , claims the  Darusman report states: “... credible evidence that the senior command knew of  what was going on ...” “But actually if  you take the total of the report as well, it is true that it does collectively  represent credible evidence”</blockquote>

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