War Without Witness in Sri Lanka

Lawsuit filed against Sri Lankan Army General

Saturday, 24 September 2011 05:02
Lawsuit filed against Sri Lankan Army General Responsible for Executions, Torture & Attacking Civilians; Currently Living in NYC NEW YORK, N.Y., SEPT. 23, 2011 – This morning, American University Washington College of Law’s UNROW Human Rights Impact Litigation Clinic filed a lawsuit in the Southern District of New York (SDNY) against Sri Lankan General Shavendra Silva, who currently resides in New York City. General Silva was the commander of the 58th Division of the Sri Lankan Army during its brutal counter-insurgency campaign that costs the lives of up to 40,000 civilians in spring 2009. General Silva currently resides in New York City, and is Sri Lanka’s Acting Permanent Representative to the United Nations. As the United Nations General Assembly is ongoing, this lawsuit shines a spotlight on a war criminal in its midst.
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UN Secretary Generals Letter to President of 18th HRC - 12 Sept 2011

Saturday, 17 September 2011 08:11
UN Secretary Generals Letter to President of 18th HRC - 12 Sept 2011
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UK Foreign Secretary David Miliband

"..Sri Lankan Government are engaged in a
war without witness
in the north of the country..."
- Press Release , Hanzard
30th April 2009

UK Foreign Secretary David Miliband

Jim McDonald - Amnesty International USA

"..Until more steps are taken to
protect human rights in
Sri Lanka’s
war without witnesses,
civilians will continue to
pay the ultimate price..."
- Citizen Times
30th April 2009

Jim McDonald - Sri Lanka
country specialist
for Amnesty International
USA

Barbed-wire Detention Camps

Sri Lankan Government detain
fleeing Tamils behind
barbed wire detention
camps and in some
classified
Sri Lankan Military Intelligence
Screening Camps