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A plane chartered by the British Government to return failed asylum seekers to Sri Lanka has landed in Colombo following the failure of last-minute legal efforts to prevent it leaving.
England take on Sri Lanka amid controversy over alleged war crimes at the end of that country’s civil war. But the English cricket authority tells Channel 4 News it’s sport, not politics.
Lawyers fail in attempts to stop deportations, as MPs, human rights groups and lawyers condemn the removal of failed asylum seekers to Sri Lanka.
Jonathan Miller learns that some of the failed Sri Lankan asylum seekers may not be deported by the UK on Thursday after all.
Jon Snow
“It represents not only the evidence required to convict, but a first ever testament in the digital age to the dawning truth that in this age it is becoming close to impossible for warring forces to cover up what they have done.”
As the UN prepares to publish a report into atrocities committed in the Sri Lanka civil war, Channel 4 News hears the story of a man who has been fighting for justice since his son was killed in 2006.
As Dr Liam Fox calls off a controversial visit to Sri Lanka, Jonathan Miller looks at claims the defence secretary recently discussed “investment opportunities” in the country accused of war crimes.
Our Foreign Affairs Correspondent Jonathan Miller reports on the cancelled personal visit to Sri Lanka by the Defence Secretary, Liam Fox, and looks at what lies behind the decision.
As Sri Lanka’s president Mahinda Rajapakse is given sweeping new powers, the man behind critical posters which have compared him to Hitler has been arrested as foreign affairs correspondent Jonathan Miller writes.
As Sri Lanka’s president is given sweeping new powers, the man behind critical posters which have compared him to Hitler has been arrested as Foreign Affairs Correspondent Jonathan Miller reports.
Exclusive: Former army commander and presidential candidate General Sarath Fonseka, who faces charges in a military court, tells Channel 4 News from his Sri Lanka prison cell that he is being set up.
Sri Lanka’s President Mahinda Rajapakse is declared the winner of yesterday’s elections although his main rival, General Fonseka, rejected the result.
Nick Paton Walsh blogs on the Sri Lankan elections.
Sinhalese Sri Lankans are so relieved their war is over that most appear blinded by patriotism, drunk on victory and deaf to the clamour from outside their island for investigations into possible war crimes. The country’s pliant media speak with one voice, exhorting their loyal compatriots to celebrate this great triumph over terror. But the…