“Glaring hypocrisy, blatant sophistry” Boyle slams Swiss UN Resolution
Pointing out the twelfth operative paragraph of the Draft Resolution sponsored by Switzerland, that is currently pending before the U.N. Human Rights Council, Professor Boyle, expert in International Law and Professor at the University of Illinois College of Law, says this would be the same “as if the U.N. Human Rights Council had invited the Nazi government to investigate and prosecute itself for genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes against the Jews instead of supporting the Nuremberg Charter and Tribunal.”
‘Most appalling’ Ban remarks on IDP camps in Sri Lanka
After visiting a displacement camp in Sri Lanka on Saturday and flying over the site of the last battle in the country’s recently ended civil war, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called the sites “appalling.”
“I have traveled around the world and visited similar places, but this is by far the most appalling scenes I have seen,” Ban told CNN. “I sympathize fully with all of the displaced persons.”
Probe US, UK before charging us with warcrimes: Sri Lankan Defence Secretary
Amid calls for war crimes probe against its military for its conduct during the campaign to eliminate the LTTE, Sri Lanka on Saturday said US and British troops will have to be hauled before tribunals first if any charges are brought against its armed forces.
The remarks came a day after President Mahinda Rajapaksa accused unnamed foreign elements of trying to stop the military offensive “by threatening to haul us before war crimes tribunals” and declared that he was even ready “to go to the gallows” for defeating the Tamil rebels.
Prabakaran’s Death – A Myth
Sri Lankan Television and other media are telecasting the video that Prabakaran was killed and they are showing a body which had claimed as Prabakaran’s. The Myths behind these well directed story as follows.
The second picture shown by Lankan media is more younger than the first picture which was taken on 26th November 2004. How is it possible to be become younger after 5 years. In 2004 Maaveerar Day picture, Prabakaran had some wrinkled skin. But in the video the face is too young and without wrinkles.
(2nd update – Video added) “We Want Cease-Fire” – Tamils block streets outside Westminster
More than 30,000 protestors spilled out to stage a sit-down protest at the south east corner of Parliament Square at its junction with Whitehall and Bridge Street. Demonstrators have broken through police lines and are blocking roads around Parliament. More people are joining in. Thousands of Tamil demonstrators demanding an immediate ceasefire blocked streets outside parliament today, Monday, as soon as they heard the mass killing in Vanni. Close to thousands were killed from midnight to noon today. Casualty figure expected to rise rapidly as the war continues. More than 4000 Tamils are chanting against Sri Lanka and calling to end the war immediately.
(4th update – pictures, video added) Beginning of Bloodbath by Sri Lankan State Terrorists in so called “Safe Zone”; The evil of war: more than 1500 died, 3500 injured in a day
Monday’s SLA attack targeting civilian areas using cluster bombs, gas bombs and heavy weapons was planned to inflict more damage to people and force evict them in to army controlled areas. On Monday’s indiscriminate attack on civilian areas more than 1500 feared dead and 3500 or more injured, including hundreds of children.
