Sri Lanka Archive

  • Keith Locke

    Chogm fails to challenge Sri Lanka on human rights - by Keith Locke



    Human rights was the loser at this year’s Commonwealth Prime Ministers’ conference (GHOGM). Endorsing Sri Lanka to host the next (2013) conference was a slap in the face for those calling for an independent international investigation into the 2009 massacre in northern Sri Lanka and an end to the ongoing persecution of the Tamils. To [...] read more
    October 31, 2011 12:17 pm - 5 Comments
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    MPs stunned after seeing “Sri Lanka’s Killing Fields” - by Keith Locke



    With some trepidation I helped organise a showing of “Sri Lanka’s Killing Fields” in the Beehive Theatrette last Tuesday.  It is a shocking film, mainly using cell-phone footage to show what it was like for the 300,000 civilians repeatedly bombed and shelled by the Sri Lankan military in the final weeks of the civil war. [...] read more
    August 19, 2011 8:18 am - 23 Comments
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    Need for War Crimes Investigation in Sri Lanka - by Keith Locke



    It’s pleasing to see Foreign Minister Murray McCully has responded positively to my Parliamentary Question asking if he would support the call by a UN Secretary General’s Panel calling for an independent international investigation into credible allegations of human rights violations during the Sri Lankan civil war, “some of which would amount to war crimes [...] read more
    May 16, 2011 8:55 am - 3 Comments
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    NZ should assist boat people fleeing Sri Lanka - by Keith Locke



    In 2001 the Clark Government stepped in and gave a helping hand to some people in pretty dire circumstances when we accepted a number of asylum seekers fleeing Afghanistan. read more
    November 10, 2009 4:44 pm - 83 Comments
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    Unlock the camps - by Keith Locke



    “Unlock the Camps” has been the call of Sri Lankan Tamils on demonstrations I attended in Auckland and Wellington recently. It is horrendous that 300,000 Tamils are still detained in camps in northern Sri Lanka. The response of the world community has been pathetic, given the scale of suffering. read more
    September 17, 2009 2:24 pm - 14 Comments