“The new government has made no real move to show it is an different,” said the director of the No Fire Zone documentary speaking on working towards truth, justice and accountability for Sri Lankan atrocities against Tamil civilians.
Noting that Sri Lanka had been given a further 6 months before the UN report into Sri Lanka’s atrocities was released, Callum Macrae suggested that Sri Lanka should take steps to sign up to the Rome Statute, publish lists of prisoners of war, demilitarise the North and return lands seized from Tamils to show that it was committed to truth, justice, accountability and reconciliation on the island.
Commenting on the appointment of Major General Chrishantha De Silva, who claimed that the Sri Lankan government was responsible for zero casualties, Mr Macrae added,
“One has to ask how the Sirisena/Wickemesinghe government can claim it is ready to launch a genuine and credible domestic inquiry into these crimes while appointing such a ‘crime-denier- as head of the army.”
Mr Macrae was speaking about the release of an expanded version of the No Fire Zone documentary, which will also have a Sinhalese version, to the New Indian Express.
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