Australia calls to review SL civil war

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Australian Foreign Affairs Minister Kevin Rudd says new information about atrocities against Sri Lankan civilians at the end of the civil war is appalling.

A new British television documentary has shown evidence of civilians being killed by government troops.

The 26-year war, which ended in 2009, was waged between Tamils seeking to create their own state and the Sri Lankan government and military.

Last year, a United Nations panel of experts found there was credible evidence that up to 40,000 civilians were killed in the war.

Mr Rudd says the UN's Human Rights Council needs to reinvestigate the issue.

"I believe their deliberation on it was inadequate and I would call upon - as does the Australian Government through its mission in Geneva - the Human Rights Council to revisit this matter and to examine once again whether their original findings can any longer be regarded as well founded," he said.

(Radio Australia)

Comments - 19

good_guy Tuesday, 05 July 2011 06:02 AM

LOL @ RUDD...I think he has seen ch4's fake video which was shown on ABC Australia....

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Luv Lanka Wednesday, 06 July 2011 02:50 AM

Aus can't managage its own human rights violation against the Aborogines and refugees but interfere overseas, Rudd is aiming for the UN so he'll stick his nose where ever

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Ranga Tuesday, 05 July 2011 08:40 AM

Palitha Kohana?

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cw Tuesday, 05 July 2011 08:42 AM

Smat Alec, Cat out of the bag. What about brutalities done by the LTTE? Why the deaths at the end of war need to investigated? When US and its allies commit war crimes it is to restore democracy, and when Sri Lanka fought a war against terrorists it is a war crime. What a world? Do the Sri Lankans have to live their live as the western world want? Mr Rudd, save the Australian Labor Party first.

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Ranga Tuesday, 05 July 2011 08:28 AM

You don't need a phD for saying what you said.

The LTTE was in the same situation with international Community but it was in it's own world. It's supports were hoping against hope that LTTE will pullout Rabbit out of hat and we have seen what happened.

Now Mahinda aiya's turn. If educated guys like you, if you really are, should come out to tell the obvious.

Above all Sri Lanka's image is far more important than those of the war criminals.

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Nighthawk Tuesday, 05 July 2011 08:18 AM

Do you want him to believe the new video dubbed in Tamil? now the cat is out of the bag, initially Govt. said this never happened and now changed the story with the new video saying it was committed by the tigers. Trying to fool the people?

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Smart Alec Tuesday, 05 July 2011 08:17 AM

I think Mr. Rudd should take up the matter of Gen. Fonseka
at inter national level

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raju Tuesday, 05 July 2011 07:56 AM

MR. MIKE FERNANDO DONT TRY TO JUSTIFY YHE ATROCITIES DONE BY THE SRILANKAN ARMY, TRY TO THINK AND ACT AS A HUMAN BEIN, WITHOUT MAKING SUCH FOOLISH COMMENTS.

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Mike Fernando Tuesday, 05 July 2011 06:19 AM

Let be clear with the facts, in times of war innocent civilians will get caught up in the crossfire, remember the LTTE used tamils civilians as war fodder by shooting at the military from civilian settlements or the famous NFZ. The LTTE used maximum death and destruction of its own people the Tamils as an effective propaganda tool to hoodwink the West and they still continue to do it owing to their strong lobbying and political influence in the west. The West including America is guilty of horrendous genocide on innocent people in both Iraq and Afghanistan wars but nothing is done because they are the super powers of the world.
Dr Mike Fernando MD/PhD USA.

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Tom Tuesday, 05 July 2011 06:11 AM

Common wealth game talks!

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neutralingo Tuesday, 05 July 2011 01:26 AM

case should be handle neutrally

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jacoob Tuesday, 05 July 2011 02:56 AM

Momentum increases , motion of the wheel, it appears, may not stop and the vortex is directed to the preparators .. God is almighty regardless of cast , religion and language !!!

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Bud in Oz Tuesday, 05 July 2011 02:37 AM

Well said mate!

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Sinha Tuesday, 05 July 2011 02:36 AM

In your dreams

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Sam Tuesday, 05 July 2011 02:38 AM

That is why refugees come to take refuge in your country. The pain and suffering they have gone through the civil war will ever be in thier minds and they want a new start in life. So without first saying the human council to look into the matter first look after the refugees and given them what they want

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Nighthawk Tuesday, 05 July 2011 02:26 AM

The spirits of the innocent people killed during the war is going to haunt the perpetrators in years to come!

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Tara Tuesday, 05 July 2011 02:04 AM

We need Australia to lead the UN intiative against Sri Lanka. Australian Greens, who accept the right of self determination of Eelam Tamils, have the balance of power in the Australian parliament and are in a position to move things.

We have Dr Gareth Evans ( a influential person within the international social democratic legal and intellectual circles) , the head of the ICG, on our side.

We have no better friend than Mr Rudd who would stand up to Sri Lanka’s backer, China. Mr Rudd recently went to Burma , the other regime China backing and met Aung Sung. Mr Rudd is well known as the ”a brutal realist on China” and had warned that Australian intelligence agencies closely watched its military expansion in the region. He also warned that China must integrate into the international community and said that Australia and US must be prepared to deploy force in China if everything goes wrong.

Look! Things are changing very rapidly.

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MH Tuesday, 05 July 2011 01:45 AM

Do not worry man Julia Gillard will tell you how ,like how you got ousted from your own party is also appaling

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WIKI Tuesday, 05 July 2011 01:32 AM

why you are so late ?

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