“War Crimes” and Democracy in Sri Lanka
Photo courtesy Online Focus Lieutenant William Calley of the Charlie Company was a confused man. It was just two months ago that his company and others took a heavy toll when the…
War Crimes
Sri Lanka ‘Killing Fields’: Will there be progress and what does that mean?
‘Killing fields’ can be a phrase used to describe a most mundane fact known to humanity, or it could be a most provocative phrase to an ethnic majority or minority group. When…
Thoughts on a documentary: We are complicit in Sri Lanka’s Killing Fields
It was the most gruesome of visual feasts and it when it ended, the most disorienting sense followed. One is struck, not by the extremity of human suffering; but by stillness, by…
Exclusive interview with Callum McCrae, Director of ‘Sri Lanka’s Killing Fields’ produced by Channel 4
caught up with Callum McCrae, Director of the highly controversial and very disturbing film by Channel 4, Sri Lanka’s Killing Fields, in New York, a day before the film was due to…
The Story of the Hypocrite in a Tamil Man
Reaction to the recent programme by UK’s Channel 4, , has great variety, ranging from “Ah, didn’t we tell you all along, the Sinhalese and their army are nasty people,” from the…
Assessing the Validity of Legal Challenges to the UN Panel Report
Apologists for the Sri Lankan government have marshaled a number of arguments in response to the growing pressure on accountability for war crimes and crimes against humanity. Some are less clever than…
Sri Lanka’s Post-War Crisis: War Crimes and Channel 4
Following the broadcast of ‘Sri Lanka’s Killing Fields’ on the 14th of June and its public release – for seven days – on Channel 4’s website, there has been an overwhelming international…
The ramifications of the Channel 4 documentary ‘Sri Lanka’s Killing Fields’
The recently telecast Channel 4 documentary on ‘Killing Fields of Sri Lanka’ sheds no new light (despite claims to the contrary), in terms of groundbreaking evidence, regarding the incidents related to the…
Twitter explodes with reactions and responses to Sri Lanka’s Killing Fields
Channel 4 broadcast Sri Lanka’s Killing Fields tonight in the UK, which it describes as “a hard-hitting investigation into the final weeks of the Sri Lankan civil war, featuring devastating video evidence…
Checkmate, Rajapakse! The UN Report, Militarism and Public Religion in Sri Lanka
The author of this article, in January 2012, wanted us to take it down. Although published under a pseudonym on , the real name of the author and the full content of…
When allegations become evidence
Media and advocacy groups make mistakes. It’s true. The reason for the errors can vary from simple human error, time constraints resulting in insufficient research to subtle manipulation of facts and wording…
Giving the middle finger: Sri Lanka’s conflicting responses to war crimes allegations
Mr. A Nawan, Deputy Solicitor General of Sri Lanka This symbolic screen grab is from a short video on Channel 4’s website, on the occasion of screening in Geneva a one-hour documentary…
How Sri Lanka Defeated Terrorism, Defence Seminar: Observations from a participant
From the 31st of April to the 2nd of May I attended the Defense Seminar organized by the Sri Lankan Army. I wish to draw on what I saw as some of…
Mojo for mayhem or source of serendipity? Sri Lankan Army’s model to defeat terrorism
Since May 2009, we have been told by government that the Sri Lanka army defeated the LTTE using a combination of new tactics and strategies, undergirded by an unswerving political will helped…
US Defence Attache’s observations on the end of war in Sri Lanka (Updated with US State Department response)
The on-going ‘Defeating Terrorism: The Sri Lankan Experience‘ seminar is providing much food for thought. by Dr. David Kilcullen published on this site is based on a speech delivered at this seminar….