Comments on: Child Soldiers, a Stolen Innocence

By: Rosanne

Rosanne — Sat, 25 Apr 2015 10:36:00 +0000

In reply to Vishnu.

I just returned from watching BUTTERFLY at the A&K Lit fest.
I found it powerful, moving … and very sad. So many innocent lives lost or scarred for (as Arun Dias Bandaranaike commented in the Q & A session ) sheer stupidity on both sides.
Congrats on an enlightening documentary.

By: n. ethirveerasingam

n. ethirveerasingam — Fri, 19 Sep 2014 16:57:00 +0000

Kaush,
The eminent persons with their experience are not going to be swayed by TNA or any others trying to direct them. They will give credence to witnesses based on the submissions. They will decide who they want to interview. They are the best persons to bring justice to all the dead and living victims. We really dont have any other alternative to move forward. I will accept whatever verdict they deliver.

By: Vishnu

Vishnu — Fri, 19 Sep 2014 14:39:00 +0000

Hello dears, This is Vishnu i am the filmmaker of BUTTERFLY. Thank you for participating in this healthy conversation. i would be very happy to meet all you beautiful and concern readers and possibly watch BUTTERFLY together. There is so much more to share. Give a shout. >> [email protected]

By: Fitzpatrick

Fitzpatrick — Fri, 19 Sep 2014 11:29:00 +0000

In reply to Kaush. Before worrying about the TNA taking people for a ride for political agenda's, consider the government which is very famous for taking people for a ride, case in point UVA and the international community, India promising 13 + and giving 13 -

By: Kaush

Kaush — Fri, 19 Sep 2014 07:01:00 +0000

ethirveerasingam, I like your comment and have the same feelings. But as a person loves the country, would fear entry of the investigation team and how they would be directed by the TNA politicians can bring double blow to the victims as these innocent people would be taken for a ride again to accomplish their political agendas

By: n. ethirveerasingam

n. ethirveerasingam — Thu, 18 Sep 2014 19:24:00 +0000

“Butterfly” is another compelling reason to permit the investigation team appointed by the UNHRC to have access to Sri Lanka to offer a chance for all those who were victims or their immediate families were victims and to all the eyewitnesses to bring to light the atrocities committed during the war years by all parties to the war. It will give an opportunity for the survivors of the horrors inflicted upon them to tell their experience to independent investigators who can bring the perpetrators to justice if they are living, and if they are dead to assign them, by name, publicly by the commission the atrocities they committed.
The children who suffered still need therapy and they need more assistance than what they received or receiving. An international investigation can recommend adequate remedies to bring the former child soldiers a renewed life. Otherwise they will be forgotten and left to fend for themselves. The anger bottled up inside them are yet to be released in beneficial and productive ways.