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Sarath Fonseka is Bluffing on War Crimes

Sarath Fonseka admitted that secretary of defence Gotabaya Rajapaksa was bypassing him and directly in touch with a few army commanders on the ground.

(PARIS) - A reputed newspaper in the United Kingdom, “The Independent”, published a disturbing news item and an article on 18 February 2013, under the headlines, ““Handed a snack, and then executed: the last hours of the 12-year-old son of a Tamil Tiger” (Photographs show boy was held before he was killed at close range) and “This is proof, beyond reasonable doubt, of the execution of a child – not a battlefield death”.

The author of this news item is Callum Macrae, director of No Fire Zone: The Killing Fields of Sri Lanka.

Without Truth, There Can Be No Justice or Peace

Callum Macrae insists that revealing the truth is essential to create peace and justice and that is his job.

(NEW DELHI Times of India) - Macrae‘s documentary No Fire Zone: Sri Lanka’s Killing Fields is making waves, showing war crimes during the LTTE-government conflict. Speaking with  Manoj Ramachandran for Times of India, Macrae discussed his views on the Sri Lankan government, why accountability is crucial — and how India can help:

What’s significant is the shocking scale of war crimes committed by a government which claims democratic legitimacy and adherence to international humanitarian law.

Solitary Confinement: a Day in the Life of Bradley Manning

After 1,000 days in prison, shocking new material reveals full extent of state-sanctioned brutality toward Private First Class Bradley Manning

(WASHINGTON DC) - Charged under the Espionage Act of 1917 with aiding the enemy, Private First Class Bradley Manning faces life imprisonment for allegedly leaking classified government documents, including the infamous "Collateral Murder" gunsight video to WikiLeaks.

Who Killed Lassantha??

As the UNCHR meeting nears - the heat is intensifying against Sri Lanka.

(COLOMBO, Sri Lanka ) - Dear Mr. Wickramatunge and Mr. Kurukulasuriya, I refer to the letter written by Mr. Wickramatunge and delivered to Ms. Navi Pillai, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, through Mr. Kurukulasuriya in London.

Since we will be circulating this letter to the general public I am adding the link to the article published in the Colombo Telegraph, hereunder, for reference purposes.

Burmese Authority Supplies Guns to Rakhine, Second Time in Northern Maungdaw

Rakhine can move and carry their activities openly as there are no barriers and attachments from government.

(RANGOON) - The Burmese government supplies ten guns to each Rakhine village on 16 February 2013 in Northern Maungdaw.

The Arakan Liberation Party (ALP) and Rakhine National Development Party (RNDP) formed a youth group having a leader to every Rakhine village who are under training with gun and long swords to attack Rohingya at any time.

Call for Strong Action Oriented Resolution on Sri Lanka at the 22nd UNHRC Session

Signed by the Bishop of Mannar and 132 men and women Christian clergy and religious from different churches in North and East Sri Lanka

(MANNAR, Sri Lanka) - This letter is signed by the Bishop of Mannar and 132 men and women Christian clergy and religious from different churches in North and East Sri Lanka.

Sri Lanka: Skeletons in the Cupboard?

The high commissioner again called for an international investigation into alleged war crimes committed as the 27-year-long war drew to a close four years ago.

(LONDON Channel 4) - The UN Human Rights Commissioner didn’t mince her words this week when she accused the Sri Lankan government of ‘triumphalism’ in the Tamil north, home of the vanquished Tamil Tiger insurgency.

In a report published on Monday, Navi Pillay said civilians in the region known as ‘the Vanni’ have been forbidden from commemorating those killed in the war.

Report of UN High Commissioner Navi Pillai on Sri Lanka

Pillai calls for a truth-seeking mechanism

(NEW YORK) - The UN High Commissioner Human Rights report on reconciliation and accountability in Sri Lanka, has been released.

A number of conclusions and recommendations were issued...

WANTED - A Psychiatric Diagnosis of Nazi Holocaust Denial

Why would anybody deny the Nazi holocaust when evidence proves many Jews were exterminated?

(LONDON) - While I was reading some of the responses on various web sites to my last post (Understanding the real significance TODAY of the Nazi holocaust), the following question occurred to me. Does it really matter HOW Jews were exterminated in Nazi concentration camps?

Even if you chose to believe that gas chambers were not part and parcel of the Nazi extermination programme, there is irrefutable evidence that Jews were shot, hanged, burned, injected and starved to death and, also, that many died from diseases that were only terminal because of the conditions of their incarceration.

Osama Where Art Thou?

Evidence should convince skeptics that bin Laden was indeed killed by Navy SEALS on May 2, 2011.

(SAN FRANCISCO) - Under the prevailing narrative, Osama bin Laden was killed by Navy SEALS at bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, on May 2, 2011, at zero dark thirty, spy-jargon for "half past midnight," the time of bin Laden's death.

According to this narrative, the raid was videotaped and photographs were taken. The body was then taken to the supercarrier USS Carl Vinson where traditional procedures for an Islamic burial were followed. The body was then placed in a weighted bag and slid into the sea.