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found \u0026quot;credible allegations of war crimes \u0026amp; crimes against humanity\u0026quot; committed in Sri Lanka. \nSri Lanka\u0026#39;s criminal justice system have failed to deliver justice.\nInternational laws were blatantly violated.  \nBut Ban Ki moon and the UN security council are silent and inactive."},"link":[{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/vannimassacre.blogspot.com\/feeds\/posts\/default"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/4564570884155420964\/posts\/default\/-\/Sri+Lanka?alt=json-in-script\u0026max-results=5"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/vannimassacre.blogspot.com\/search\/label\/Sri%20Lanka"},{"rel":"hub","href":"http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/"},{"rel":"next","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/4564570884155420964\/posts\/default\/-\/Sri+Lanka\/-\/Sri+Lanka?alt=json-in-script\u0026start-index=6\u0026max-results=5"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"hr Alert"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/15745495003387147010"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"28","src":"\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEicPjYmYc9kx_cWeQ1hpAS0N8jnhNUp2sAIO-Qd1DD15RBk8-RMME_FFs9rfmDm9btSkNruwV5paba4oQ05f0DzCd1VD1LOLvV8O8Xgz-DoiE10tBHK3yW_dGs_GCVWRw\/s220\/cry.jpg"}}],"generator":{"version":"7.00","uri":"http://www.blogger.com","$t":"Blogger"},"openSearch$totalResults":{"$t":"86"},"openSearch$startIndex":{"$t":"1"},"openSearch$itemsPerPage":{"$t":"5"},"entry":[{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4564570884155420964.post-469996365563247694"},"published":{"$t":"2011-06-23T05:49:00.000-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2011-06-23T06:03:21.960-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Channel 4 News"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Genocide"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Human Rights"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Human Rights Council"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Sri Lanka"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Sri Lankan President"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Tamil Eelam"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"UN"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"UNHRC"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Vanni Massacre"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"War Crimes"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"war criminals"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Sri Lanka's Killing Fields - Channel4 News Documentary"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cp\u003EJon Snow presents \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.channel4.com\/programmes\/sri-lankas-killing-fields\/4od#3200170\"\u003Ea forensic investigation\u003C\/a\u003E into the final weeks of  the quarter-century-long civil war between the government of Sri Lanka  and the secessionist rebels, the Tamil Tigers.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWith disturbing and  distressing descriptions and film of executions, atrocities and the  shelling of civilians the programme features devastating new video  evidence of war crimes - some of the most horrific footage Channel 4 has  ever broadcast.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECaptured on mobile phones, both by Tamils under  attack and government soldiers as war trophies, the disturbing footage  shows: the extra-judicial executions of prisoners; the aftermath of  targeted shelling of civilian camps; and dead female Tamil fighters who  appear to have been raped or sexually assaulted, abused and murdered. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe  film is made and broadcast as UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon faces  growing criticism for refusing to launch an investigation into 'credible  allegations' that Sri Lankan forces committed war crimes during the  closing weeks of the bloody conflict with the Tamil Tigers. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn  April 2011, Ban Ki-moon published a report by a UN-appointed panel of  experts, which concluded that as many as 40,000 people were killed in  the final weeks of the war between the Tamil Tigers and government  forces. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIt called for the creation of an international mechanism  to investigate alleged violations of international humanitarian law and  international human rights law committed by government forces and the  Tamil Tigers during that time. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis film provides powerful  evidence that will lend new urgency to the panel's call for an  international inquiry to be mounted, including harrowing interviews with  eye-witnesses, new photographic stills, official Sri Lankan army video  footage, and satellite imagery. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAlso examined in the film are  some of the horrific atrocities carried out by the Tamil Tigers, who  used civilians as human shields. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EChannel 4 News has consistently  reported on the bloody denouement of Sri Lanka's civil war. Sri Lanka's  Killing Fields presents a further damning account of the actions of Sri  Lankan forces, in a war that the government still insists was conducted  with a policy of Zero Civilian Casualties. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe film raises  serious questions about the consequences if the UN fails to act, not  only with respect to Sri Lanka but also to future violations of  international law.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EYou can follow the programme on Twitter using \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/search\/%23Killingfields\"\u003E#KillingFields\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESri  Lanka's Killing Fields will be shown to MPs and parliamentary officials  at a special showing in the House of Commons next week. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIf you  wish to contact your MP directly on this or any other matter you can go  to Theyworkforyou.com (you can click on the link at the left hand side  of this page) to find out who your representative is and how to contact  them.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: small;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003Etrailer \u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: small;\"\u003E\u003Ciframe allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"349\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/e_p1TfTguW0\" width=\"560\"\u003E\u003C\/iframe\u003E\u003Cb\u003E \u003C\/b\u003E \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: small;\"\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: small;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.channel4.com\/programmes\/sri-lankas-killing-fields\/4od#3200170\"\u003EViewers, please watch this documentary video in Channel 4 News website, found in this link\u003C\/a\u003E \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: small;\"\u003Eor \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: small;\"\u003EChannel4News youtube\u003C\/span\u003E \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: small;\"\u003E\u003Ciframe allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"349\" src=\"http:\/\/youtube.com\/embed\/XADVagA2MUk\" width=\"560\"\u003E\u003C\/iframe\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003Eor here\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: small;\"\u003E\u003Ciframe allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"349\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nEYzH2yJkdg\" width=\"560\"\u003E\u003C\/iframe\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003ERaise your voice for the Tamils killed in Vanni Massacre! \nAct NOW to liberate the Tamil civilians from the barbed wire camps in Sri Lanka!\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/vannimassacre.blogspot.com\/feeds\/469996365563247694\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/vannimassacre.blogspot.com\/2011\/06\/sri-lankas-killing-fields-channel4-news.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/4564570884155420964\/posts\/default\/469996365563247694"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/4564570884155420964\/posts\/default\/469996365563247694"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/vannimassacre.blogspot.com\/2011\/06\/sri-lankas-killing-fields-channel4-news.html","title":"Sri Lanka's Killing Fields - Channel4 News Documentary"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"hr Alert"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/15745495003387147010"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"28","src":"\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEicPjYmYc9kx_cWeQ1hpAS0N8jnhNUp2sAIO-Qd1DD15RBk8-RMME_FFs9rfmDm9btSkNruwV5paba4oQ05f0DzCd1VD1LOLvV8O8Xgz-DoiE10tBHK3yW_dGs_GCVWRw\/s220\/cry.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/e_p1TfTguW0\/default.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4564570884155420964.post-8600965547449473735"},"published":{"$t":"2010-12-03T01:20:00.000-08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2010-12-03T01:22:23.575-08:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Genocide"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Human Rights"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Sri Lanka"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Sri Lankan President"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Tamilnet"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Vanni Massacre"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"War Crimes"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"war criminals"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"War crime suspect in Rajapaksa entourage plans charted flight escape"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Ch1\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-weight: normal; font-size: 16px; \"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.tamilnet.com\/art.html?catid=13\u0026amp;artid=33156\"\u003E[TamilNet, Friday, 03 December 2010, 00:44 GMT]\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/h1\u003E  \u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\" \u003E\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003ESri Lankan Major General Chagi Gallage, a member of Mahinda  Rajapaksa's entourage to London, plans to escape war crimes accusation  in the courts of London by chartering a flight, informed circles in  London said Thursday midnight. Meanwhile, if Mr. Rajapaksa's visit was a  private one as claimed by him, why there were senior ministers like  G.L.Peiris and military commanders in the entourage, wonder media  circles in London. The escape plans of the military commander follows  attempts by the Global Tamil Forum (GTF) to file a war crimes case  against him in London. Valid reasons are suspected behind the escape  attempt of Chagi Gallage. Around 7,000 Eezham Tamils in London protested  the presence of Rajapaksa entourage in London Thursday. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\" \u003E\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E   \u003Cdiv id=\"tplImgTableright\"\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"width: 176px;\"\u003E\u003Cimg src=\"http:\/\/www.tamilnet.com\/img\/publish\/2010\/12\/Chagi_Gallage.jpg\" alt=\"Chagi Gallage\" border=\"0\" height=\"205\" width=\"176\" \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"pad4\"\u003ESri Lanka Army commander Maj. Gen. Chagi Gallage\u003C\/div\u003E \u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"space\"\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003EMeanwhile, briefing a press  conference Thursday at the High Commission of Sri Lanka in London,  Colombo's minister Dr. G.L.Peiris said that SL President Mahinda  Rajapaksa's ‘freedom of expression’ had been violated in Britain by  Tamil protesters.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EWhen journalists countered him by pointing out  to the status of freedom of expression in the island of Sri Lanka, Dr.  Peiris said that during certain times governments are forced to take  certain measures. He drew a parallel, citing the British way of handling  freedom of expression during the height of IRA struggle.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ESri  Lanka never killed any civilians, Mahinda Rajapaksa told British media  Thursday. “Many of our army officers trained at Sandhurst. That is why  they will never kill a civilian,” he was quoted as saying by James  Harding and Ben Macintyre  of The Times.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EMahinda Rajapaksa’s  visit to London was part of a media offensive orchestrated by the  lobbying firm Bell Pottinger hired by Colombo, says Sam Coates, Deputy  Political Editor of The Times.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIn the mean time, the British Defence Secretary Dr. Liam Fox on Wednesday met Mr. Mahinda Rajapaksa who was on his ‘private visit’. Fox was tight lipped of his half an hour ‘private meeting’ with Rajapaksa.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EBut, it seems,  the British Foreign Office is not happy about the Defence Secretary  getting close to Colombo. Citing a source, Sam Coates said that the  Foreign and Commonwealth Office and the Foreign Secretary Mr William  Hague may step in if the Defence Secretary were judged to be too close  to Colombo.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv id=\"tplImgTablesingle\"\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"width: 445px;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.tamilnet.com\/pic.html?path=\/img\/publish\/2010\/12\/MilitaryCmdVanniMassacre.jpg\u0026amp;width=676\u0026amp;height=571\u0026amp;caption=SLA%20command%20complicit%20in%20Vanni%20massacre%20%28Courtesy:%20Sunday%20Observer%29\"\u003E\u003Cimg src=\"http:\/\/www.tamilnet.com\/img\/publish\/2010\/12\/MilitaryCmdVanniMassacre_90921_445.jpg\" alt=\"SLA command complicit in Vanni massacre (Courtesy: Sunday Observer)\" border=\"0\" height=\"375\" width=\"445\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"pad4\"\u003ESLA command complicit in Vanni massacre (Courtesy: Sunday Observer)\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003ERaise your voice for the Tamils killed in Vanni Massacre! \nAct NOW to liberate the Tamil civilians from the barbed wire camps in Sri Lanka!\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/vannimassacre.blogspot.com\/feeds\/8600965547449473735\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/vannimassacre.blogspot.com\/2010\/12\/war-crime-suspect-in-rajapaksa.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/4564570884155420964\/posts\/default\/8600965547449473735"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/4564570884155420964\/posts\/default\/8600965547449473735"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/vannimassacre.blogspot.com\/2010\/12\/war-crime-suspect-in-rajapaksa.html","title":"War crime suspect in Rajapaksa entourage plans charted flight escape"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"hr Alert"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/15745495003387147010"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"28","src":"\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEicPjYmYc9kx_cWeQ1hpAS0N8jnhNUp2sAIO-Qd1DD15RBk8-RMME_FFs9rfmDm9btSkNruwV5paba4oQ05f0DzCd1VD1LOLvV8O8Xgz-DoiE10tBHK3yW_dGs_GCVWRw\/s220\/cry.jpg"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4564570884155420964.post-353018757400887061"},"published":{"$t":"2010-12-03T00:51:00.000-08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2010-12-03T00:56:15.274-08:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Aljazeera"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Genocide"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Human Rights"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Sri Lanka"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Sri Lankan President"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Vanni Massacre"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"War Crimes"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Rajapaksa 'linked to Tamil deaths'"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv id=\"ctl00_cphBody_dvArticleInfoBlock\"\u003E\u003Cdiv id=\"ctl00_cphBody_dvSummary\" class=\"articleSumm\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EA leaked cable says US believes Sri Lankan president is implicated in mass deaths of Tamils. \u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv id=\"ctl00_cphBody_dvSummary\" class=\"articleSumm\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: small;\"\u003ELast Modified: \u003Cspan id=\"ctl00_cphBody_lblDate\"\u003E02 Dec 2010 10:12 GMT\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E                 \u003C\/div\u003E                      \u003Cdiv id=\"dvToolsList\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAnother leaked US embassy cable released by whiste-blowing website  WikiLeaks has added weight to calls for an independent inquiry into the  final days of Sri Lanka's civil war.\u003C\/div\u003E  \u003Cp\u003EUS diplomats in Sri Lanka believe the country's president carries  much of the responsbility for the mass deaths of ethnic Tamil  civilians in the final days of the civil war.\u003C\/p\u003E \u003Cp\u003EAccording to the cable written by Patricia Butenis, the US  ambassador, Mahinda Rajapaksa, his generals and family members are  implicated.\u003C\/p\u003E \u003Cp\u003EThe UN has said that at least 7,000 ethnic Tamil civilians were killed in the final months of fighting.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EButenis  wrote in January that responsibility for many of the alleged crimes  rests with the country's senior civilian and  military leadership,  including President [Rajapaksa] and his brothers and opposition  candidate General Fonseka,\" she said, according to WikiLeaks.\u003C\/p\u003E \u003Cp\u003EGotabaya Rajapakse, the president's brother, is defence secretary.\u003C\/p\u003E \u003Cp\u003EFormer general Sarath Fonseka led the army's defeat of the Tamil  Tigers but was arrested shortly after losing a presidential bid this  year.\u003C\/p\u003E \u003Cp\u003ERajapaksa has resisted external pressure for an international probe  into allegations that both the rebel Tamil Tigers and the military  committed war crimes during the conflict.\u003C\/p\u003E \u003Cp\u003EHe has instead opted for an internal investigation, a move that was also questioned by Butenis.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAccording  to the cable, Butenis, said that \"there are no examples we know of a  regime undertaking wholesale investigations of its own troops or senior  officials for war crimes while that regime or government remained in  power.\"\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EFurther doubts\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E \u003Cp\u003EThe document also shows Butenis questioning whether the Tamil Tiger  fighters captured by government forces will receive a fair trial. \u003C\/p\u003E \u003Cp\u003E\"The Government of Sri Lanka is holding thousands of mid- and  lower-level ex-LTTE [Tamil Tiger] combatants for future rehabilitation  and\/or criminal prosecution. It is unclear whether any such prosecutions  will meet international standards.\" she said.\u003C\/p\u003E \u003Cp\u003ELast year, the army killed the top Tamil Tiger leadership, during a  nearly four-decade campaign in which they fought for a separate Tamil  homeland.\u003C\/p\u003E \u003Cp\u003EThe revelations coincide with Rajapaksa's visit to the United  Kingdom. Noisy protests at London's Heathrow Airport greeted the Sri  Lankan president when he arrived on Monday.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003Ethe Oxford Union,  Britain's prestigious debating society,, has cancelled a speech he was  due to give, citing security reasons, as Tamil activists were said to be  planning a large demonstration outside the venue.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESource: \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/english.aljazeera.net\/news\/asia\/2010\/12\/201012253747795885.html\"\u003EAl Jazeera English\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003ERaise your voice for the Tamils killed in Vanni Massacre! \nAct NOW to liberate the Tamil civilians from the barbed wire camps in Sri Lanka!\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/vannimassacre.blogspot.com\/feeds\/353018757400887061\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/vannimassacre.blogspot.com\/2010\/12\/rajapaksa-linked-to-tamil-deaths.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/4564570884155420964\/posts\/default\/353018757400887061"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/4564570884155420964\/posts\/default\/353018757400887061"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/vannimassacre.blogspot.com\/2010\/12\/rajapaksa-linked-to-tamil-deaths.html","title":"Rajapaksa 'linked to Tamil deaths'"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"hr Alert"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/15745495003387147010"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"28","src":"\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEicPjYmYc9kx_cWeQ1hpAS0N8jnhNUp2sAIO-Qd1DD15RBk8-RMME_FFs9rfmDm9btSkNruwV5paba4oQ05f0DzCd1VD1LOLvV8O8Xgz-DoiE10tBHK3yW_dGs_GCVWRw\/s220\/cry.jpg"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4564570884155420964.post-6432981150863827012"},"published":{"$t":"2010-12-02T07:19:00.000-08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2010-12-02T08:09:29.852-08:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Channel 4 News"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Genocide"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"GTF"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Human Rights"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Sri Lanka"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Sri Lankan President"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Tamil Eelam"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Vanni Massacre"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Video"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"War Crimes"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Sri Lanka - Evidence for war crimes published by GTF and Channel 4 UK"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Ciframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/video.g?token=AD6v5dwW6Bch1VhmsxbptUY_FxuDSMesGIioHsivVya3z2w0lHtlKfa6oOddmRKwOvypX-dHXkIip20m-oTSkeaBxw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'\u003E\u003C\/iframe\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIn the First video Col. Ramesh a senior LTTE leaders is investigated by the army after his surrender or capture at the end of the war. Later the army reported he was killed in war. Col. Ramesh's family reported he was not found after his surrender\/capture.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ciframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/video.g?token=AD6v5dzleSNX1_69Rt75gGxaz9pRHQnd2yiUgJwhXqHVnO-4H04AUAoHBNZcDC8CPD2Awpt7xFD3nc7mW1Mo34F8Fg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'\u003E\u003C\/iframe\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ciframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/video.g?token=AD6v5dwDuKPpspoURcmhi2Of6m4eguWTqQgKtToEeYvb_z1aYxHewXEyvLGDkgmfg7JI8hFpTlNzhKEzsjkavKMjNw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'\u003E\u003C\/iframe\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003ERaise your voice for the Tamils killed in Vanni Massacre! \nAct NOW to liberate the Tamil civilians from the barbed wire camps in Sri Lanka!\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/video-play.mp4?contentId=39a5d6527a1f56b2\u0026type=video%2Fmp4","length":"0","rel":"enclosure","type":"video\/mp4"},{"href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/video-play.mp4?contentId=60cb39e895ba0785\u0026type=video%2Fmp4","length":"0","rel":"enclosure","type":"video\/mp4"},{"href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/video-play.mp4?contentId=6baf2065305be8ce\u0026type=video%2Fmp4","length":"0","rel":"enclosure","type":"video\/mp4"},{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/vannimassacre.blogspot.com\/feeds\/6432981150863827012\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/vannimassacre.blogspot.com\/2010\/12\/sri-lanka-evidence-for-war-crimes.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/4564570884155420964\/posts\/default\/6432981150863827012"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/4564570884155420964\/posts\/default\/6432981150863827012"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/vannimassacre.blogspot.com\/2010\/12\/sri-lanka-evidence-for-war-crimes.html","title":"Sri Lanka - Evidence for war crimes published by GTF and Channel 4 UK"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"hr Alert"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/15745495003387147010"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"28","src":"\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEicPjYmYc9kx_cWeQ1hpAS0N8jnhNUp2sAIO-Qd1DD15RBk8-RMME_FFs9rfmDm9btSkNruwV5paba4oQ05f0DzCd1VD1LOLvV8O8Xgz-DoiE10tBHK3yW_dGs_GCVWRw\/s220\/cry.jpg"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4564570884155420964.post-7260519725002431664"},"published":{"$t":"2010-12-02T07:13:00.000-08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2010-12-02T07:16:09.716-08:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Genocide"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Rajapakse"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Sri Lanka"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Sri Lankan President"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"The Guardian"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Vanni Massacre"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"War Crimes"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"wikileaks"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"WikiLeaks cables: 'Sri Lankan president responsible for massacre of Tamils'"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv style=\"color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;\" id=\"main-article-info\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size:130%;\"\u003ETamil activists in  Britain - where Mahinda Rajapaksa is currently visiting - are seeking an  arrest warrant for alleged war crimes\u003C\/span\u003E            \u003C\/div\u003E                         \u003Cdiv id=\"content\"\u003E                                                    \u003Cul class=\"article-attributes\"\u003E\u003Cli class=\"publication\"\u003E                                                             \u003Ca class=\"contributor\" href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/profile\/julianborger\"\u003EJulian Borger\u003C\/a\u003E, diplomatic editor \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/\"\u003Eguardian.co.uk\u003C\/a\u003E,                                       \u003Ctime datetime=\"2010-12-01T19:10GMT\" pubdate=\"\"\u003EWednesday 1 December 2010 19.10 GMT                           \u003C\/time\u003E              \u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli class=\"history\"\u003E\u003Ca class=\"rollover history-link\" id=\"history-link-byline\" href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/world\/2010\/dec\/01\/wikileaks-sri-lanka-mahinda-rajapaksa#history-link-box\"\u003EArticle history\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cul class=\"article-attributes\"\u003E\u003Cdiv id=\"article-wrapper\" switch=\"on\"\u003E            \u003Cfigure\u003E        \u003Cimg src=\"http:\/\/static.guim.co.uk\/sys-images\/Guardian\/Pix\/pictures\/2010\/12\/1\/1291222384927\/Sri-Lankas-president-Mahi-006.jpg\" alt=\"Sri Lanka's president, Mahinda Rajapaksa\" height=\"276\" width=\"460\" \/\u003E           \u003Cfigcaption\u003ESri Lanka's president, Mahinda Rajapaksa. Photograph: Keystone\/Rex Features              \u003Cp\u003EAmerican diplomats believed that the Sri Lankan president, Mahinda  Rajapaksa, bore responsibility for a massacre last year that is the  subject of a UN \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/law\/war-crimes\" title=\"More from guardian.co.uk on War crimes\"\u003Ewar crimes\u003C\/a\u003E inquiry, according to a leaked US cable.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ELawyers  for Tamil activists in Britain are seeking an arrest warrant against  President Rajapaksa for alleged war crimes committed last year at the  bloody end of the long-running civil war against Tamil separatists.  Rajapaksa, who is in the UK, is due to meet the defence secretary, Liam  Fox, tomorrow and had an address to the Oxford Union scheduled for  Friday\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/world\/2010\/dec\/01\/oxford-union-cancels-sri-lanka-president\" title=\"\"\u003Ecancelled due to security concerns\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThousands  of Tamils are thought to have died in a few days in May 2009, when a  large concentration of Tamil Tiger guerrillas and civilians, crammed in a  small coastal strip, came under heavy bombardment from Sri Lankan  government forces.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/world\/us-embassy-cables-documents\/243811\" title=\"\"\u003Ea cable sent on 15 January this year\u003C\/a\u003E,  the US ambassador in Colombo, Patricia Butenis, said one of the reasons  there was such little progress towards a genuine Sri Lankan inquiry  into the killings was that the president and the former army commander,  Sarath Fonseka, were largely responsible. \"There are no examples we know  of a regime undertaking wholesale investigations of its own troops or  senior officials for war crimes while that regime or government remained  in power,\" Butenis noted.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\"In \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/world\/srilanka\" title=\"More from guardian.co.uk on Sri Lanka\"\u003ESri Lanka\u003C\/a\u003E  this is further complicated by the fact that responsibility for many  alleged crimes rests with the country's senior civilian and military  leadership, including President Rajapaksa and his brothers and  opposition candidate General Fonseka.\" Fonseka was convicted of  corruption by a court martial this year.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn her cable to  Washington, Butenis seeks to explain why there is so little momentum  towards the formation of a \"truth and reconciliation\" commission, or any  other form of accountability.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMost Tamil Tiger commanders, also  under suspicion for war crimes such as the use of civilians as human  shields, had been killed at the end of the war.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPresident  Rajapaksa had meanwhile fought an election campaign promising to resist  any international efforts to prosecute \"war heroes\" in the nation's  army.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ENot only was the Colombo government not interested in  investigating itself, but Tamils in Sri Lanka – unlike those abroad –  were also nervous about the issue as it might make them targets for  reprisals.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EButenis wrote: \"While they wanted to keep the issue  alive for possible future action, Tamil leaders with whom we spoke in  Colombo, Jaffna and elsewhere said now was not time and that pushing  hard on the issue would make them 'vulnerable'.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\"Accountability is  clearly an issue of importance for the ultimate political and moral  health of Sri Lankan society,\" the ambassador concluded, but she did not  think it would happen any time soon.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ELast month David Cameron  endorsed calls for an independent investigation into the end of the Sri  Lankan civil war in 2009. The UN has set up a inquiry into the events of  last May, but Butenis thinks any overt foreign push for prosecutions  would be counter-productive.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\"Such an approach, however, would  seem to play into the super-heated campaign rhetoric of Rajapaksa and  his allies that there is an international conspiracy against Sri Lanka  and its 'war heroes',\" Butenis argued.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EA spokesman for Fox said:  \"Dr Fox will be meeting President Rajapaksa in a private capacity. This  reflects Dr Fox's long standing interest in Sri Lanka and his interest  in, and commitment to peace and reconciliation there.\"\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESource: \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/world\/2010\/dec\/01\/wikileaks-sri-lanka-mahinda-rajapaksa\"\u003EThe guardian UK\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E                                                                    \u003C\/figcaption\u003E                 \u003C\/figure\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003ERaise your voice for the Tamils killed in Vanni Massacre! \nAct NOW to liberate the Tamil civilians from the barbed wire camps in Sri Lanka!\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/vannimassacre.blogspot.com\/feeds\/7260519725002431664\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/vannimassacre.blogspot.com\/2010\/12\/wikileaks-cables-sri-lankan-president.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/4564570884155420964\/posts\/default\/7260519725002431664"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/4564570884155420964\/posts\/default\/7260519725002431664"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/vannimassacre.blogspot.com\/2010\/12\/wikileaks-cables-sri-lankan-president.html","title":"WikiLeaks cables: 'Sri Lankan president responsible for massacre of Tamils'"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"hr Alert"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/15745495003387147010"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"28","src":"\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEicPjYmYc9kx_cWeQ1hpAS0N8jnhNUp2sAIO-Qd1DD15RBk8-RMME_FFs9rfmDm9btSkNruwV5paba4oQ05f0DzCd1VD1LOLvV8O8Xgz-DoiE10tBHK3yW_dGs_GCVWRw\/s220\/cry.jpg"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}}]}});