No Fire Zone: Media Coverage and Campaign Report

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UNHRC must prove its sincerity http://www.sundayobserver.lk/2013/02/24/main_Editorial.asp

Sunday Observer - Feb 23, 2013 The LTTE rump has resorted to various tactics to mislead the international community ahead of every United Nations Human Rights Council session (UNHRC), UN General Assembly (UNGA) or any other international platform such as the Commonwealth ...

Living Under Murderers In A Savage Land? Sunday Leader - Feb 23, 2013 Topping this week's news was the heartrending photograph of 12-year-old Balachandran, showing that he was in army custody before being murdered. The Sinhalese are rightly upset about the CJ's impeachment and the Matale massacres. Yet the absence ...

'Accountability Issues' And 'Transitional Justice' http://www.thesundayleader.lk/2013/02/24/living-under-murderers-in-a-savage-land/

Sunday Leader - Feb 23, 2013 A fortnight has passed since President Mahinda Rajapaksa's Independence Day address to the nation, described by many as denial of autonomy to the Tamil minorities. Yet, no one has asked what he has in mind instead, for an all-embracing political solution ...

Signs Are Ominous For Lanka At Geneva http://www.thesundayleader.lk/2013/02/24/signs-are-ominous-for-lanka-at-geneva/

Sunday Leader - Feb 23, 2013 BBC's Channel 4 produces annual editions of documentaries on the Sri Lankan armed forces alleged war crimes against the LTTE around February – March. The latest edition is out, timed for the UNHCR sessions to be held soon. A main objective appears to ...

Doctored films shootings and petty brawls reigned http://www.nation.lk/edition/politics/item/16102-doctored-films-shootings-and-petty-brawlsreigned.html

Nation on Sunday - Feb 23, 2013 The week began with the releasing of another set of photographs by the usual and known petitioner; Britain's Channel-4 TV against Sri Lanka, while the Presidential Secretariat and the Ministry of External Affairs were getting ready with the necessary ...

Diplomatic dickering and damnable deceit http://www.nation.lk/edition/news-features/item/16104-diplomatic-dickering-and-damnable-deceit.html

Nation on Sunday - Feb 23, 2013 The demolition of the Tamil Tiger war machine by Sri Lanka's security forces in May 2009 took the nation and the world by complete surprise. Our armed forces succeeded in what was thought an impossible mission by wiping out the world's most ruthless ...


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