Sri Lankan officials dismissed Channel 4 News video evidence that showed LTTE journalist, Isaipriya, alive in Sri Lankan military custody before she was found killed.

The Sri Lankan government said instead, that Isaipriya was a Lieutenant Colonel of the LTTE and died in the final battle with the Sri Lankan army.

Writing in the Radio Times Point of View column, Channel 4 correspondent Jonathan Miller compares reactions to Sri Lanka’s war crimes with the way Syria’s Assad regime is perceived. See Miller’s blog for a version of the article. Extracts reproduced below.

Writing in The Independent, author and practising English barrister, Sadakat Kadri outlined the need to condemn Sri Lanka.

Full opinion reproduced below.

British Tamil Forum members and local constituency residents met the Labour Party leader Ed Miliband MP yesterday to express their views on the UK’s participation in the upcoming Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting.

The BTF press release from the event is reproduced below.

An article by British newspaper the Times has presented evidence of the use of phosphorus shells against civilians, and of the cover-up methods, including blackmail, employed by government medical staff.

The article recounts the experiences of 'Kannaki', a victim of phosphorus shelling left with extensive bodily burns and a disfigured face.

Over 2000 British Tamils gathered today to march through the streets of London today demanding that British Prime Minister boycott the upcoming Common Wealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM), which is set to take place in Sri Lanka later this month.

Starting the rally at Embankment station, the protestors marched along the river towards the Houses of Parliament. Ending their rally at Whitehall in front of Number 10 Downing Street, demonstrators shouted slogans urging Prime Minister David Cameron to reconsider his involvement at CHOGM.

Hundreds of Amnesty International campaigners staged a protest at Parliament Square today, against British involvement at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting.

Sri Lankan’s immigration authorities deported two international journalists, for breaching the country’s visa regulations today.

The two journalists, Asia Pacific Director of the International Federation of journalists (IFJ) Jacqueline Parker and Deputy Director, Jane Worthington, were deported after being detained and interrogated.
Sri Lankan authorities wiped all the data from a journalist's laptop before sending her back to Australia, reports the AFP.

A ceremony of appreciation  was staged for the parents of Sri Lankan Army ‘war heroes’  who were killed in the ethnic conflict, reports the Ministry of Defence.

Parents of 135 perished Sri Lankan military personnel were rewarded with medals and parchments containing certificates.

This week also saw the Sri Lankan military demolish the remaining graveyards of the LTTE.