Jonathan Miller
An open letter to Sri Lankan journalists
Channel 4 News Foreign Affairs Correspondent Jonathan Miller writes an open letter to journalists in Sri Lanka as he returns from Chogm.
Search results for ‘Tamil Tigers’
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UN to vote on ‘monumental’ Sri Lanka war crimes inquiry
Almost exactly five years after Sri Lanka’s civil war ended, the UN Human Rights Council is preparing to vote on a US and UK-led resolution which would mandate the UN to launch a war crimes inquiry.
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Arrests of Sri Lankan activists condemned by Foreign Office
The arrest of two prominent human rights activists in Sri Lanka is condemned as “not acceptable” by British Foreign Office Minister Hugo Swire, writes Callum Macrae.
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Sri Lanka: new video evidence of grotesque violations
There has been no shortage of distressing images emerging from the final two or three years of Sri Lanka’s awful civil war. But this footage is amongst the worst I have seen, writes Callum Macrae.
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Jonathan Miller
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Sri Lanka, ‘impossible journalism’ and Channel 4 News
As the controversial CHOGM in Sri Lanka comes to an end, Channel 4 News Editor Ben de Pear reveals why he is pulling his team out of the country in the face of intimidation.
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Sri Lanka: Cameron mixes diplomacy and strong-arm politics
In Sri Lanka’s Tamil north on day one of the Commonwealth conference, David Cameron tells Channel 4 News he wants to focus on the human rights issues that have dogged the run-up to the summit.
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Who are Sri Lanka’s disappeared?
Sri Lanka’s civil war is officially over, but people are still being “disappeared” – vanishing without a trace, often, allegedly, in the state’s unmarked white vans.
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Jonathan Miller
Chasing the ghosts of Sri Lanka’s disappeared
As Channel 4 News tries to head to Sri Lanka’s militarised north, disturbing reports come in that the relatives of people who have been “disappeared” are being detained by the military.
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Jonathan Miller
Channel 4 News blocked by mob in Sri Lanka
Hundreds of protesters have blocked a train taking a Channel 4 News television crew, in Sri Lanka to cover the Commonwealth heads of government meeting, from travelling to the north of the island.
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Sri Lanka: would you holiday at a mass grave?
The white sand of Sri Lanka’s beaches is a lure for thousands of tourists every year – but dig a little deeper and there are many unanswered questions hanging over the country’s tourist industry.
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The Rajapaksas: who are Sri Lanka’s ruling dynasty?
Sri Lanka’s ruling family are mingling with the Commonwealth’s elite as they host this week’s summit in Colombo. Yet some of them have been accused of war crimes. So who are the Rajapaksas?
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Sri Lanka: UK will not join Commonwealth summit boycott
Prime Minister David Cameron will not boycott the Commonwealth meeting in Sri Lanka despite his Indian counterpart joining Canadian premier Stephen Harper in staying away, protesting rights abuses.
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Sri Lanka, ‘Corrupted Journalism’ and Channel 4 News
Channel 4 News Editor Ben de Pear writes in response to a 222-page book entitled Corrupted Journalism given out to journalists attending the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Sri Lanka.
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Alex Thomson
Banning journalists? It’s time for football clubs to grow up
Should football clubs be allowed to ban reporters from news conferences? Alex Thomson argues it’s time to make a stand.
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UN votes again to urge Sri Lanka to investigate war deaths
For the second time in two years the United Nations Human Rights Council votes to urge Sri Lanka to carry out credible investigations into killings and disappearances during its bloody civil war.
