The Times/UK, Jan 8, 2010
A photograph taken by The Times from a Sri Lankan helicopter flying the UN Secretary-General shows a devastated refugee camp in the ‘no-fire’ zone
Catherine Philp, Diplomatic Correspondent, and James Bone in New York
A leading United Nations expert called yesterday for a war crimes inquiry in Sri Lanka after his investigation concluded that a video showing soldiers summarily killing Tamil prisoners last year was authentic.
In a damning report citing top scientific experts, Philip Alston, UN Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial Killings, dismissed the Sri Lankan Government’s claims that the footage shown by Channel 4 had been fabricated. He urged Colombo to allow UN experts to investigate “persistent” allegations of war crimes in the final stages of its three-decade civil war.
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Tamil Tiger video killing is genuine, declares the UN
The Times/UK, Jan 8, 2010
A photograph taken by The Times from a Sri Lankan helicopter flying the UN Secretary-General shows a devastated refugee camp in the ‘no-fire’ zone
In a damning report citing top scientific experts, Philip Alston, UN Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial Killings, dismissed the Sri Lankan Government’s claims that the footage shown by Channel 4 had been fabricated. He urged Colombo to allow UN experts to investigate “persistent” allegations of war crimes in the final stages of its three-decade civil war.
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