By Karthiyayini | Truthdive
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The team including Luis Arber, former Human Rights High Commissioner of the UNHRC, and chair of the International Crisis Group and Callum McCrae, the producer of the film spoke to a packed audience at the Cinémas du Grütli, on problems related to war crimes and liability in Sri Lanka’s bloody civil war in 2009.
Sri Lanka’s Killing Fields: War Crimes Unpunished presents dreadful new video footage with substantiated evidence of war crimes and crimes against humanity which trace ultimate responsibility up the highest ranks of the chain of command.
The chilling video capture of war crimes looks at four specific cases and investigates who was responsible. The cases are: the premeditated heavy shelling of civilians and a hospital in the ‘No Fire Zone’; the calculated denial of food and medicine to thousands of trapped civilians – defying the legal responsibility to allow humanitarian aid into a war zone; the killing of civilians during the ‘rescue mission’ and the methodical execution of naked and bound prisoners.
The horrendous and chilling video footage of Lankan war crimes has sent shock waves through the audience in the international community, sources say.
Former Commissioner of the UN Human Rights Council Loise Arbour, member of the UN Expert Panel Yasmi Sooka, Britain writer and Film maker Callun Macrae , SriLankan journalist Sunnanda Deshapriya and Channel-4 television Journalist Jonathan Miller had shared their opinions and thoughts at this event.
However, diplomats during debates have focused on the significance of independent investigations on genocidal attack unleashed by the Lankan government on innocent civilians. Human Rights Watch also was a key part of the dialogue.
Channel-4 television for the first time, has scheduled to screen the second edition of Lankan war crimes on 11th of March, Sunday at 18:45 at the 10th film festival of UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC), sources said.
Special exhibitions and discussions on human rights’ abuse are also a part of the agenda at the festival.
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