Sri Lanka warns UN over Channel 4 film

[lkdood]

(Sri Lanka's ambassador to the UN in Geneva Ravinatha Aryasinha.)

Sri Lanka has warned the United Nations against allowing a British-made documentary about the Asian country's civil war to be shown on the sidelines of a human rights meeting.

The island nation's ambassador to the U.N. in Geneva says the Channel 4 documentary, titled "No Fire Zone: The Killing Fields of Sri Lanka," contains a narrative that is "discredited, uncorroborated and unsubstantiated."

The film alleges Sri Lankan troops engaged in war crimes during the final stages of the conflict with the Tamil Tiger rebels in 2009.

Sri Lankan ambassador Ravinatha Aryasinha told the head of the U.N. Human Rights Council in the letter dated Sunday that the global body could be violating its own rules if the film is screened Friday in Geneva at a meeting hosted by rights groups.

 

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[lkdood]

UPDATE:

Full letter (PDF):
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/465065/Letter-to-the-President-Human-Rights-Council-2.pdf

 

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[djjaya]

 

[NUWAN BUWA]

 

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[whizzkid]

niyamai ..... paharayo apey ratatama kelinna enawa....

 

[whizzkid]

(Sri Lanka's ambassador to the UN in Geneva Ravinatha Aryasinha.)

Sri Lanka has warned the United Nations against allowing a British-made documentary about the Asian country's civil war to be shown on the sidelines of a human rights meeting.

The island nation's ambassador to the U.N. in Geneva says the Channel 4 documentary, titled "No Fire Zone: The Killing Fields of Sri Lanka," contains a narrative that is "discredited, uncorroborated and unsubstantiated."

The film alleges Sri Lankan troops engaged in war crimes during the final stages of the conflict with the Tamil Tiger rebels in 2009.

Sri Lankan ambassador Ravinatha Aryasinha told the head of the U.N. Human Rights Council in the letter dated Sunday that the global body could be violating its own rules if the film is screened Friday in Geneva at a meeting hosted by rights groups.

Rep5+ good news!

 

[azarox]

ela wade...
me sare mona weida bnz apita??
me sareth ara ponsi indiawa denne US walatada chande??
api dinai da?

 

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ElaZZ

 

[lkdood]

UPDATE:

Amnesty International said they have shown the film to numerous United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) delegates in Genava.

Amnesty International is campaigning for the U.S.-led resolution against Sri Lanka at the UNHRC.

Sri Lanka's representative to the UNHRC said the film was not authentic.