{"id":17042,"date":"2013-02-23T01:00:40","date_gmt":"2013-02-23T06:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=17042"},"modified":"2013-02-23T01:00:40","modified_gmt":"2013-02-23T06:00:40","slug":"channel-4-tvs-new-documentaryno-fire-zonethe-killing-fields-of-sri-lanka20-minute-preview-shows-film-has-deeply-disturbing-evidence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=17042","title":{"rendered":"Channel 4 TV’s new Documentary”No Fire Zone:The Killing Fields of Sri Lanka”20 minute Preview Shows Film has Deeply Disturbing Evidence"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nBy<\/p>\n

Sowmiya Ashok<\/strong><\/p>\n

A week before its official launch in the Geneva Human Rights Film Festival, the capital on Friday caught a 20-minute preview of the film \u2018No Fire Zone: The Killing Fields of Sri Lanka,\u2019 which included footage of the alleged cold-blooded killing of LTTE chief V. Prabakaran\u2019s minor son. <\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a culmination of three years of journalistic investigation on war crimes and crimes against humanity,\u201d said director Callum Macrae in a recorded message from London, adding that he hoped the film would lead to informed debate about the issue in the United Nations. <\/p>\n

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\u201cSri Lanka has demonstrated that it is unwilling and incapable of conducting an investigation. If the world betrays the Tamils again, they will take justice into their own hands.\u201d<\/p>\n

The film, which contains deeply disturbing evidence, powerful eyewitness testimony and personal stories of survival in a war zone, also has a former U.N. staffer, Peter Mckay, publicly speaking about his experience of being trapped in a war zone for two weeks and witnessing first-hand the shelling of the no fire zone. \u201cThere\u2019s a crucial point to be made on why the Sri Lankan government declared the no fire zone\u2026 There is only one intent and that is because you don\u2019t really care you are going to kill the people that are located in that safer zone or more importantly you are actively targeting them,\u201d Mr. Mckay says in the film. <\/p>\n

In a panel discussion that followed the screening, G. Ananthapadmanabhan of Amnesty International India said it was appropriate for India to take a stance on the issue, not only over Sri Lanka\u2019s \u201chistorical accountability\u201d but also to \u201cimprove the current situation.\u201d <\/p>\n

However, IANS Executive Editor M.R. Naryanaswamy drew on his vast journalistic experience from reporting in Sri Lanka and said the footage \u201cdoes not surprise me.\u201d<\/p>\n

With the film including substantial footage that was shot as part of \u201cwar trophy and passed around,\u201d he said: \u201cAs more footage comes out and the evidence mounts up, Sri Lanka will find it very difficult to not take a stand.\u201d<\/p>\n

Communist Party of India leader D. Raja, who was present at the screening, said notices had been given out in Parliament to conduct a meaningful debate on the issue. \u201cWith the screening of the film in Delhi there is enough evidence to show how war crimes and human rights violations have taken place in Sri Lanka. The Indian government should push for an international investigation on the matter.\u201d<\/p>\n

COURTESY:THE HINDU<\/em><\/p>\n

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By Sowmiya Ashok A week before its official launch in the Geneva Human Rights Film Festival, the capital on Friday caught a 20-minute preview of the film \u2018No Fire Zone: The Killing Fields of Sri Lanka,\u2019 which included footage of the alleged cold-blooded killing of LTTE chief V. Prabakaran\u2019s minor son. \u201cIt was a culmination …<\/p>\n

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