Amnesty International is disappointed at the deportation
from the UK of the Sri Lankan national known
as Karuna, who is alleged to have committed war crimes and crimes
against humanity in Sri Lanka.
Amnesty International today expressed disappointment at the deportation
from the UK of Sri Lankan national Vinayagamoorthi Muralitharan, known
as Karuna, who is alleged to have committed war crimes and crimes
against humanity in Sri Lanka. He was deported following his conviction
on immigration charges.
Sri Lanka is a conflict where journalists face unjustified restrictions on reporting and there are very few established facts.
Press release: Amnesty International today called on the Sri Lanka government to make human rights the priority by allowing the organisation into the country to make an impartial assessment of its and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) human rights record, following accusations from Defence spokesman Keheliya Rambukwella that the organisation was biased against the government.
Since the resumption of armed conflict in Sri Lanka in 2006, threats to the media and media freedom have become very serious.
Press release: As hostilities in Sri Lanka intensify and human rights abuses increase, threats to the media and media freedoms inside the country have increased dramatically, says a new Amnesty International report, Silencing Dissent, published today.
A number of journalists in Sri Lanka have received death threats in the
wake of knife attacks on two journalists in the past eleven days.
Press Release: As yet another bomb exploded in Sri Lanka killing 12 civilians and wounding 17 others today, Amnesty International condemned the targeting of civilians by the LTTE.
Press Release: Amnesty International today condemns the killing of more than 10 civilians and two homeguards in the southern village of Thanamalwila. The shootings were allegedly carried out by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE).
Press release: Amnesty International is gravely concerned that the end to the Ceasefire Agreement between the Sri Lankan government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) today will lead to an increase in hostilities that will result in a dramatic rise in indiscriminate attacks against the civilian population.
