CALLUM’S children of A LESSER GOD

For people who are so passionate about revealing the truth, getting justice and showcasing to the world how horrible Sri Lanka’s Armed Forces are would there be any need for 'sequels'. The best thing would have been to pool everything available against Sri Lanka’s Armed Forces – mobile phone pictures, videos, eye witnesses and spill the beans – so what is the objective of these sequels every year close to Geneva sessions or some other international event?

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IS GORDON WISE OR otherwise ?

The main thrust of Gordon Weiss’s latest fusillade against the Sri Lankan government is to dismiss the ground situation analysed objectively by the visit of Julie Bishop, the deputy leader of the Liberal Party. Having got the inconvenient facts out of his way he cites the report of the International Crisis Group produced in distant New York as the acceptable analysis of the current situation in Sri Lanka.

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Only upheaval can stem flow from Sri Lanka

The federal Coalition's account of its recent mission to Sri Lanka is jarring when contrasted with a new report from the International Crisis Group, and with recent UN reports. With the boat people bogeyman running amok over Australia's electoral landscape, and Australia due to scrutinise Sri Lanka's record on postwar reconciliation and allegations of war crimes next month at the UN Human Rights Council, a fuller account is necessary.

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