Sri Lanka

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.

After bowling at David Cameron, Sri Lanka’s cricketing legend Muttyah Muralitharan tells Jon Snow that the PM was “misled” over Tamils in the north, and the country must “forget and forgive”.

David Cameron threatens to push for an independent international inquiry into allegations of war crimes at the end of Sri Lanka’s civil war if the island nation does not conduct its own probe by 2014.

Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa tells Jonathan Miller that he is ready to investigate allegations of war crimes – declaring: “We have nothing to hide. It’s a free country”.

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.

President Mahinda Rajapaksa has made much of the development of Sri Lanka’s north following the carnage of war – but has life really improved for the Tamil community living there?

Having refused to attend the 2013 CHOGM because of Sri Lanka’s human rights record, the Mauritius prime minister tells Channel 4 News his country will not be hosting the next meeting in 2015.

David Cameron tells Jon Snow Sri Lanka’s leadership has a chance to bring the country together – but he pledges to shine a light on what happened after the civil war and on what is happening now.

Jonathan Miller asks why the Sri Lankan president missed the press conference on day one of CHOGM and why Sri Lanka has been slow in bringing justice to families whose loved ones have disappeared.

Prince Charles opens the heads of government meeting in Sri Lanka, saying the Commonwealth organisation can “bring that touch of healing” to its member countries.

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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Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa, who has been accused of war crimes, says his country has a “system” to deal with complaints of human rights violations.

The prime minister says he will use the Commonwealth summit in Sri Lanka to challenge the Sri Lankan president over allegations of abuses by the country’s security forces.