Sri Lanka's Killing Fields: War Crimes Unpunished
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| Genre | Documentary |
| Directed by | Callum Macrae |
| Presented by | Jon Snow |
| Narrated by | Jon Snow |
| Composer(s) | Wayne Roberts |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English Tamil Sinhala |
| No. of episodes | 1 |
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| Executive producer(s) | Chris Shaw |
| Producer(s) | Callum Macrae |
| Location(s) | Sri Lanka United Kingdom |
| Running time | 50 minutes |
| Production company(s) | ITN Productions |
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| Original network | Channel 4 |
| Original release | 14 March 2012 |
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| Preceded by | Sri Lanka's Killing Fields |
| Followed by | No Fire Zone : In the Killing Fields of Sri Lanka |
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| Sri Lanka's Killing Fields: War Crimes Unpunished | www |
Sri Lanka's Killing Fields: War Crimes Unpunished was an investigatory documentary about the final weeks of the Sri Lankan Civil War broadcast by the British TV station Channel 4 on 14 March 2012. It was a sequel to the award winning Sri Lanka's Killing Fields which was broadcast by Channel 4 in June 2011. Made by film maker Callum Macrae, this documentary focused on four specific cases and investigated who was responsible for them. Using amateur video from the conflict zone filmed by civilians and Sri Lankan soldiers, photographs and statements by civilians, soldiers and United Nations workers, the documentary traced ultimate responsibility for the cases to Sri Lanka's political and military leaders. The documentary was made by ITN Productions and presented by Jon Snow, the main anchor on Channel 4 News. The Sri Lankan government has denied all the allegations in the documentary.
During the final months of the Sri Lankan civil war in 2009 and after its end in May 2009 evidence in the form of video, photographs etc. started emerging showing what appeared to be gross violations of international and humanitarian law by both the Sri Lankan military and the rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). British broadcaster Channel 4 was one of a number of foreign media organisations who publicised this evidence. In August 2009 Channel 4 News broadcast video showing naked and blindfolded victims being executed by Sri Lankan soldiers. The Sri Lankan government denounced the video as fake but forensic analysis by independent experts and the United Nations confirmed that the video was genuine. In November 2010 Channel 4 News broadcast additional video of the same incident. On 14 June 2011 Channel 4 broadcast a 50-minute documentary called Sri Lanka's Killing Fields which featured amateur video from the conflict zone filmed by civilians and Sri Lankan soldiers depicting "horrific war crimes". This documentary received significant international publicity, eliciting reactions from foreign governments and international human rights groups. The documentary was re-broadcast in India, Australia and Norway. It was also screened specially for legislators in Washington, D.C., Brussels, Ottawa and Wellington. The Sri Lankan government denounced the documentary as a fake. It subsequently released a documentary titled Lies Agreed Upon which claimed to counter the allegations made in Sri Lanka's Killing Fields but failed to deal with the specific incidents detailed by Sri Lanka's Killing Fields. In November 2011 Channel 4 announced that it had commissioned a follow-up film Sri Lanka's Killing Fields: War Crimes Unpunished from ITN Productions with new evidence concerning the final days of the conflict.
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