Possible Geneva Convention breaches in Sri Lanka

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Updated June 17, 2009 20:42:45

The next US ambassador to Colombo says she will press the Sri Lankan government to deal humanely with the Tamil population and bring to justice to those responsible for extrajudicial killings and attacks on the media. Almost 300,000 Tamils, including three Australians, have been interred in camps since the Sri Lankan military claims to have defeated the Tamil Tigers separatists in May. And now the International Commission of Jurists says more governments should be applying pressure on Sri Lanka to observe its obligations under the Geneva Convention.

Presenter: Karon Snowdon
Speaker: John Dowd, president, Australian branch, International Commission of Jurists; Stephen Smith, Australian foreign minister

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