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UN must learn lessons of Sri Lanka tragedy
The disturbing United Nations report on how it handled the final stages of Sri Lanka’s civil war, goes to the heart of what the UN is for, writes Callum Macrae, director of Sri Lanka’s Killing Fields.
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UN guilty of ‘systematic failure’ in Sri Lanka
An internal United Nations report accuses the organisation of a “systematic failure” in the last months of Sri Lanka’s civil war.
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Sri Lanka’s Killing Fields: Eyes On The Ground
A film by an Italian documentary maker based on Channel 4’s award-winning Sri Lanka’s Killing Fields has been made public.
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UK to deport 60 Sri Lankan Tamils
The British government will force up to 60 Sri Lankan Tamils on to an aeroplane on Wednesday and send them back to a a country still recovering from a brutal civil war. Inigo Gilmore reports.
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David Cameron presses Sri Lankan president over war crimes
Amid confusion as to the exact direction of British foreign policy towards Sri Lanka, Channel 4 News has learned that the British Prime Minister in fact demanded accountability for alleged war crimes when the two leaders met.
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Rajapakse speech halted but he still meets the Queen
A meeting in the City of London, due to have been addressed on Wednesday morning by the president of Sri Lanka, has been cancelled, owing to concerns over policing amid the threat of large demonstrations by Tamil rights groups.
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UK returns 36 asylum-seekers to Sri Lanka
Colombo sources tells Channel 4 News that an aircraft chartered by the British government to forcibly return failed Sri Lankan asylum-seekers has landed in the city.
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Last-minute reprieve for Sri Lankan deportees
Scores of Sri Lankans, due to have been deported from the UK on a government charter flight on Thursday afternoon, have had their removal orders overturned by high court judges.
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Sri Lanka continues to threaten and bully journalists
There have been repeated reports of intimidation and harassment of exiled Sri Lankan journalists by Sri Lankan diplomats around the world.
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UN Human Rights Council urges Sri Lankan accountability
The United Nations Human Rights Council has backed a resolution urging the Sri Lankan government to prosecute commanders guilty of misconduct during its civil war against Tamil insurgents.
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Sri Lanka film sparks Indian parliament debate
India’s parliament erupted in uproar today when opposition MPs challenged the government’s reluctance to confront Sri Lanka over allegations of war crimes, brought to light by a Channel 4 film.
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UK ‘to deport 100 Tamils’ as Sri Lanka fights UN resolution
A plane chartered by the British government is to deport about 100 Tamil asylum seekers to Sri Lanka, according to a human rights charity.
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RTS television awards hat-trick for Channel 4 News
Channel 4 News scoops three awards from the Royal Television Society, including recognition for the documentary Sri Lanka’s Killing Fields made by ITN Productions.
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Sri Lankan civilians ‘not targeted’, says report
A government-appointed panel finds the Sri Lankan military did not target civilians in the last stages of the civil war, but admits for the first time a “considerable” number were killed in crossfire.
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Sri Lankan ex-army chief jailed for war crime ‘lies’
Sri Lanka adds three years to a former army chief’s jail sentence for “making false allegations” that the defence secretary ordered government forces to commit war crimes.