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SRI LANKA: LA BÚSQUEDA POR LA JUSTICIA SRI LANKA: THE SEARCH FOR JUSTICE (SPANISH VERSION)
SRI LANKA
La búsqueda por la Justicia
Vídeo Guía Una informativo sobre la problematica si el debate en la reunión del Consejo de Derechos Humanos de las Naciones Unidas Septiembre 2015.
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En Septiembre el Consejo de las Naciones Unidas de Derechos Humanos evaluará el product de la Investigación pospuesta si Adelanta Sri Lanka Sobre los Crímenes de Guerra cometidos POR Las Dos contradictorios involucradas.
El Consejo NECESITA Decidir Cuales seran los Pasos Tomar párrafo tiene Garantizar la justicia y Evitar la Impunidad en Sri Lanka.
Este Cortometraje describir organismos europeos de normalización Crímenes -resaltando Aquellos Factores que Deben Ser considerados Asegurar párr La Verdad y Justicia para TODAS LAS las Comunidades en el País ESE.
Es Una Revisión Esencial Para Todos Aquellos involucrados en Estas Discusiones.
Equipo No Zona de Fuego. Septiembre, 2015.
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"Los Ciudadanos no pueden recibir simplemente soluciones en Escenarios Donde Ellos no were considerados ... Las Consultas con Aquellos Cuyos DERECHOS were violentados're escencial"
Comentario por el Sr. Pablo de Greiff, especial en el Reportero promoción de la Verdad, la Justicia y la Reparación Garantías hay ante las Naciones Unidas recurrencia. Sri Lanka, Abril 2015.
#LetThemBeHeard click here https://vimeo.com/137683777
La búsqueda por la Justicia
Vídeo Guía Una informativo sobre la problematica si el debate en la reunión del Consejo de Derechos Humanos de las Naciones Unidas Septiembre 2015.
-----------------------------
En Septiembre el Consejo de las Naciones Unidas de Derechos Humanos evaluará el product de la Investigación pospuesta si Adelanta Sri Lanka Sobre los Crímenes de Guerra cometidos POR Las Dos contradictorios involucradas.
El Consejo NECESITA Decidir Cuales seran los Pasos Tomar párrafo tiene Garantizar la justicia y Evitar la Impunidad en Sri Lanka.
Este Cortometraje describir organismos europeos de normalización Crímenes -resaltando Aquellos Factores que Deben Ser considerados Asegurar párr La Verdad y Justicia para TODAS LAS las Comunidades en el País ESE.
Es Una Revisión Esencial Para Todos Aquellos involucrados en Estas Discusiones.
Equipo No Zona de Fuego. Septiembre, 2015.
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"Los Ciudadanos no pueden recibir simplemente soluciones en Escenarios Donde Ellos no were considerados ... Las Consultas con Aquellos Cuyos DERECHOS were violentados're escencial"
Comentario por el Sr. Pablo de Greiff, especial en el Reportero promoción de la Verdad, la Justicia y la Reparación Garantías hay ante las Naciones Unidas recurrencia. Sri Lanka, Abril 2015.
#LetThemBeHeard click here https://vimeo.com/137683777
Sri Lanka: The Search for Justice (English)
Sri Lanka: The Search for Justice (English)
THE SEARCH FOR JUSTICE
A Powerful video guide to the exits - designed to inform debate at the September 2015 meeting of the Human Rights Council.
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In September the United Nations Human Rights Council Will Consider the publication of the investigation into war crimes by Both Sides in the Sri Lankan war qui ended in May 2009.
The Council needs to Consider what steps shoulds be taken to Ensure Justice and Impunity end in Sri Lanka.
This short video Describes Those crimes - and sets out the issues qui must be regarded in finding a way to truth and justice Ensure for all the Communities of Sri Lanka.
It is essential viewing for anyone with Concerned thesis discussions.
The No Fire Zone Team. September 2015
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"Citizens can not simply be presented with 'solutions' in the design of qui They Were Given no role ...... Consultation with Those affected by the violations is essential"
Remarks by Mr. Pablo de Greiff, UN Special Rapporteur on the Promotion of Truth, Justice, Reparation and Guarantees of Non-Recurrence, after-His visit to Sri Lanka in April 2015
#LetThemBeHeard
CLICK HERE https://vimeo.com/137574446
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Shocking Yarl's Wood interactive: inside the immigration centre
Special feature: Channel 4 News goes undercover in Yarl's Wood to reveal, for the first time, what life is like inside the UK's notorious immigration removal centre.
Located 50 miles north of London in the Bedfordshire countryside, Yarl's Wood is the main immigration removal centre for women and families in the UK. Most of its near 400 detainees are failed asylum seekers who have committed no crime.
The private contractor Serco took over the management of the centre in 2007. It says its focus is "decency and respect" for the "residents" of Yarl's Wood.
But Channel 4 News has found numerous incidents of self-harm in the centre, raised concerns of the detention of pregnant women, and found guards showing contempt for detainees.
As a result of the findings, the Home Office has ordered "thorough and immediate investigations", while Serco has promised that the former barrister Kate Lampard will "carry out an independent review into our work at Yarl's Wood" in response to the investigation.
"We will not tolerate poor conduct or disrespect and will take disciplinary action wherever appropriate", they told Channel 4 News in a statement. It has already suspended one worker as a result of our investigation.
NOVEMBER 2001
Detention centre opens
FEBRUARY 2002
Fire in the building after a detainee protest
SEPTEMBER 2003
Centre re-opens after repairs
DECEMBER 2003
Daily Mirror investigation finds racism and violence
FEBRUARY 2006
Report finds "inadequate" systems for healthcare provision
APRIL 2007
Serco takes over running of the centre
MAY 2007
Hunger strike involving 100 women
APRIL 2009
Children's Commissioner finds minors denied medical assistance
JANUARY 2011
High court rules detention of asylum seekers' children unlawful
APRIL 2014
UN Special Rapporteur refused entry
NOVEMBER 2014
Serco contract renewed for eight years
'They're all animals.
Caged animals. Right?
Take a stick in with you and beat them up.'
THE GUARDS
Guidance from Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Prisons says staff at detention facilities must "promote a respectful and safe environment".
It says a healthy detention facility is one where: "Staff address women using their preferred name or title and never use insulting nicknames or derogatory or impersonal terms." 90% of inmates in Yarl's Wood are female.
A separate Home Office ruling in 2013 said that male staff should not enter women's rooms without knocking.
The footage above shows a guard revealing that he had been accused of breaking this rule.
"Our male staff are not allowed to enter women's bedrooms and bathrooms without any warning, nor are they allowed to watch women showering, nor when naked, nor when in the toilet.
On the one occasion this year where it has been alleged that a male employee did watch females showering we have taken swift, disciplinary action and this individual has been suspended pending further investigation."
'What's that b***h in there for?
What's she in there for?'
'Headbutt the b***ch.'
THE KINGFISHER UNIT
This is the first ever footage from the most secretive part of Yarl's Wood.
Our undercover filming shows the inside of the Kingfisher segregation unit, where detainees are held as a punishment for committing offences.
Some of the guards' most aggressive language is directed to those held here. The clip below contains offensive language which some may find distressing.
'They are all slashing their wrists apparently.'
'Let them slash their wrists.'
SELF-HARM
On February 24 of this year the Home Office Minister Lord Bates told Parliament that there had been no serious incidents of self-harm at Yarl's Wood in the past two years.
When asked how many "suicides or serious attempts at self-harm" there had been in the centre in the past two years, he said: "the answer is, fortunately, none."
However, Channel 4 News has obtained figures through the Freedom of Information Act that show there were 74 separate incidents of self-harm requiring medical treatment in 2013 alone.
This is the story of Esther; one of two detainees to harm herself by jumping down a stairwell.
At the time of filming, Serco were yet to erect a barrier or net to prevent inmates from jumping down.
"We work hard to ensure the safety and wellbeing of all the vulnerable people in our care and last year the number of incidents of self-harm decreased. All incidents of self-harm are treated extremely seriously and any resident who self-harms is seen by a nurse, regardless of the severity of the act.
In the last eight years, there have been three occasions when residents have attempted to self--harm on stairs. We take all such incidents extremely seriously and on each occasion a thorough review was undertaken and actions taken with the individuals to prevent them repeating attempts at self-harm.
As part of these reviews the option of placing nets or barriers was considered but rejected as they would not be effective in preventing acts of self-harm."
'The man in the ambulance said she was bleeding so I thought maybe she was losing it.'
THE PREGNANCY
Official guidance says that pregnant women should only be detained in "exceptional circumstances."
Specifically, they should only be held if their removal is imminent; campaign groups question whether they should be in custody at all.
Now Channel 4 News has uncovered the story of a pregnant woman in custody -- who had suffered a miscarriage the previous day but still had to wait three and a half hours for an ambulance to take her back to hospital.
Watch the clip below to hear the distressing story in full.
Healthcare in Yarl's Wood is subcontracted to G4S, another private contractor.
"While this resident's miscarriage was understandably a deeply distressing experience for her personally, she received an excellent standard of clinical care from both G4S medical staff and the pregnancy unit at the local NHS hospital."
'He's about 85.
It's like your grandparents being detained...
He's not going to run anywhere.'
THE ELDERLY
Like pregnant women and other people from vulnerable groups, the Home Office says that the elderly should only be detained in "exceptional circumstances."
Our investigation found guards talking about the detention of a very elderly man inside Yarl's Wood. It is not clear what the "exceptional circumstances" leading to his confinement are.
Home Office:
'We expect... thorough and immediate investigations'
OFFICIAL RESPONSE
"The dignity and welfare of all those in our care is of the utmost importance -- we will accept nothing but the highest standards from companies employed to manage the detention estate.
Last month, the Home Secretary commissioned an independent review of detainees' welfare to be conducted by former prisons ombudsman Stephen Shaw, but these are clearly very serious and disturbing allegations which merit immediate scrutiny.
Serco has already suspended one member of staff. We expect Serco and G4S to conduct thorough and immediate investigations into all matters raised by this programme, and we will not hesitate to take whatever action we think appropriate in response.
All of our detention centres are part of a regular and rigorous inspection regime operated by Her Majesty's Inspector of Prisons. Lapses in standards, when they are identified, are dealt with swiftly and effectively.
A sense of fairness must always be at the heart of our immigration system -- including for those we are removing from the UK."
"We will not tolerate poor conduct or disrespect and will take disciplinary action wherever appropriate.
We work hard to ensure that the highest standards of conduct are maintained at Yarl's Wood and Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Prisons has found the Centre to be a safe and respectful place. We are conscious that we are working in a particularly challenging environment at Yarl's Wood, looking after 300 women detained during the final stages of their removal proceedings.
The public will want to be confident that Yarl's Wood is doing its difficult task with professionalism, care and humanity. Accordingly, we have asked Kate Lampard, who has immense experience and credibility, to carry out an independent review into our work at Yarl's Wood."
-- James Thorburn, Managing Director of Serco's Home Affairs Business, which manages Yarl's Wood
The private contractor Serco took over the management of the centre in 2007. It says its focus is "decency and respect" for the "residents" of Yarl's Wood.
But Channel 4 News has found numerous incidents of self-harm in the centre, raised concerns of the detention of pregnant women, and found guards showing contempt for detainees.
As a result of the findings, the Home Office has ordered "thorough and immediate investigations", while Serco has promised that the former barrister Kate Lampard will "carry out an independent review into our work at Yarl's Wood" in response to the investigation.
"We will not tolerate poor conduct or disrespect and will take disciplinary action wherever appropriate", they told Channel 4 News in a statement. It has already suspended one worker as a result of our investigation.
NOVEMBER 2001
Detention centre opens
FEBRUARY 2002
Fire in the building after a detainee protest
SEPTEMBER 2003
Centre re-opens after repairs
DECEMBER 2003
Daily Mirror investigation finds racism and violence
FEBRUARY 2006
Report finds "inadequate" systems for healthcare provision
APRIL 2007
Serco takes over running of the centre
MAY 2007
Hunger strike involving 100 women
APRIL 2009
Children's Commissioner finds minors denied medical assistance
JANUARY 2011
High court rules detention of asylum seekers' children unlawful
APRIL 2014
UN Special Rapporteur refused entry
NOVEMBER 2014
Serco contract renewed for eight years
'They're all animals.
Caged animals. Right?
Take a stick in with you and beat them up.'
THE GUARDS
Guidance from Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Prisons says staff at detention facilities must "promote a respectful and safe environment".
It says a healthy detention facility is one where: "Staff address women using their preferred name or title and never use insulting nicknames or derogatory or impersonal terms." 90% of inmates in Yarl's Wood are female.
A separate Home Office ruling in 2013 said that male staff should not enter women's rooms without knocking.
The footage above shows a guard revealing that he had been accused of breaking this rule.
"Our male staff are not allowed to enter women's bedrooms and bathrooms without any warning, nor are they allowed to watch women showering, nor when naked, nor when in the toilet.
On the one occasion this year where it has been alleged that a male employee did watch females showering we have taken swift, disciplinary action and this individual has been suspended pending further investigation."
'What's that b***h in there for?
What's she in there for?'
'Headbutt the b***ch.'
THE KINGFISHER UNIT
This is the first ever footage from the most secretive part of Yarl's Wood.
Our undercover filming shows the inside of the Kingfisher segregation unit, where detainees are held as a punishment for committing offences.
Some of the guards' most aggressive language is directed to those held here. The clip below contains offensive language which some may find distressing.
'They are all slashing their wrists apparently.'
'Let them slash their wrists.'
SELF-HARM
On February 24 of this year the Home Office Minister Lord Bates told Parliament that there had been no serious incidents of self-harm at Yarl's Wood in the past two years.
When asked how many "suicides or serious attempts at self-harm" there had been in the centre in the past two years, he said: "the answer is, fortunately, none."
However, Channel 4 News has obtained figures through the Freedom of Information Act that show there were 74 separate incidents of self-harm requiring medical treatment in 2013 alone.
This is the story of Esther; one of two detainees to harm herself by jumping down a stairwell.
At the time of filming, Serco were yet to erect a barrier or net to prevent inmates from jumping down.
"We work hard to ensure the safety and wellbeing of all the vulnerable people in our care and last year the number of incidents of self-harm decreased. All incidents of self-harm are treated extremely seriously and any resident who self-harms is seen by a nurse, regardless of the severity of the act.
In the last eight years, there have been three occasions when residents have attempted to self--harm on stairs. We take all such incidents extremely seriously and on each occasion a thorough review was undertaken and actions taken with the individuals to prevent them repeating attempts at self-harm.
As part of these reviews the option of placing nets or barriers was considered but rejected as they would not be effective in preventing acts of self-harm."
'The man in the ambulance said she was bleeding so I thought maybe she was losing it.'
THE PREGNANCY
Official guidance says that pregnant women should only be detained in "exceptional circumstances."
Specifically, they should only be held if their removal is imminent; campaign groups question whether they should be in custody at all.
Now Channel 4 News has uncovered the story of a pregnant woman in custody -- who had suffered a miscarriage the previous day but still had to wait three and a half hours for an ambulance to take her back to hospital.
Watch the clip below to hear the distressing story in full.
Healthcare in Yarl's Wood is subcontracted to G4S, another private contractor.
"While this resident's miscarriage was understandably a deeply distressing experience for her personally, she received an excellent standard of clinical care from both G4S medical staff and the pregnancy unit at the local NHS hospital."
'He's about 85.
It's like your grandparents being detained...
He's not going to run anywhere.'
THE ELDERLY
Like pregnant women and other people from vulnerable groups, the Home Office says that the elderly should only be detained in "exceptional circumstances."
Our investigation found guards talking about the detention of a very elderly man inside Yarl's Wood. It is not clear what the "exceptional circumstances" leading to his confinement are.
Home Office:
'We expect... thorough and immediate investigations'
OFFICIAL RESPONSE
"The dignity and welfare of all those in our care is of the utmost importance -- we will accept nothing but the highest standards from companies employed to manage the detention estate.
Last month, the Home Secretary commissioned an independent review of detainees' welfare to be conducted by former prisons ombudsman Stephen Shaw, but these are clearly very serious and disturbing allegations which merit immediate scrutiny.
Serco has already suspended one member of staff. We expect Serco and G4S to conduct thorough and immediate investigations into all matters raised by this programme, and we will not hesitate to take whatever action we think appropriate in response.
All of our detention centres are part of a regular and rigorous inspection regime operated by Her Majesty's Inspector of Prisons. Lapses in standards, when they are identified, are dealt with swiftly and effectively.
A sense of fairness must always be at the heart of our immigration system -- including for those we are removing from the UK."
"We will not tolerate poor conduct or disrespect and will take disciplinary action wherever appropriate.
We work hard to ensure that the highest standards of conduct are maintained at Yarl's Wood and Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Prisons has found the Centre to be a safe and respectful place. We are conscious that we are working in a particularly challenging environment at Yarl's Wood, looking after 300 women detained during the final stages of their removal proceedings.
The public will want to be confident that Yarl's Wood is doing its difficult task with professionalism, care and humanity. Accordingly, we have asked Kate Lampard, who has immense experience and credibility, to carry out an independent review into our work at Yarl's Wood."
-- James Thorburn, Managing Director of Serco's Home Affairs Business, which manages Yarl's Wood
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Former President and Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, Chandrika Kumaratunga has urged the Nigerian government to maximize all peaceful effort in addressing the Boko Haram insurgency. She gave this advice in an interview with AYO OKULAJAin Lagos, where she discouraged the use of military onslaught against the fundamentalist on the back drop of the massive civilian casualty suffered in the Sri Lankan onslaught against the Tamil Tigers rebels. She also touched a number of global issues, such as growing inequality, minority demands and inclusive policy.
Your successor, President Rajapaska, completely quelled the Tamil Tigers insurgency with a military onslaught as against your peace initiative with the rebels. How will you advise the Nigerian government to deal with the Boko Haram insurgency; dialogue or an all-out military onslaught?-->
The Mahinda Rajapaksa’s onslaught against the Tamil tigers is a very big issue in the international community now and the United Nations Human Right Commission (UNHRC) is still investigating it but I still believe, it could have taken a bit longer; we could have ended the war in a different war.
The Tamil people have been discriminated against for a long time and they are demanding for their rights and my government was the first to agree to their demands to give their rights, comprehensive right, a federal state and no separate country. But Rajapaska never believed in minority rights. He was the only minister in my cabinet that was against negotiations, he just wanted to go and kill them.
And now the whole world is shouting about the onslaught, the Tamil diaspora are regrouping and condemning the attack and in a few years, there can be another rebel group if the government goes on with its strategy. There was lot of things they violated in the final onslaught such as civilian human rights because the Tigers surrounded themselves by civilians. The government also used fighter jets to shoot thousands of civilians the government had instructed to gather somewhere. Those killings could have been avoided if the government had a more humanitarian approach. There was no need to kill civilians and this is what is going round and everyone is angry. If only the Tamil Tigers were destroyed no one who have being bothered because they were very vicious. They produced the largest number of suicide bombers in the world before Al-Qaeda took over.
What do you think is the best solution to insurgency?
People don’t become very violent just like that. There are very deep-rooted causes, so you have to find these causes of the conflict and then resolve those causes but when they keep on killing like Boko Haram or Tamil Tigers, then you have to find those individuals and do whatever you can with them. But the agitation will not stop until you find the root causes and like in Nigerian and Sri Lanka, the people recruited by Boko Haram are the poor and those that have suffered discrimination, so you have to first resolve the problem of poverty, bring them in, you have to include them by building an inclusive policy.
What is your take on issues of reserved seats versus the Inclusive policy?
Groups of people, whether they are women, religion or tribes who have been discriminated against for centuries, people who have been trampled upon and cannot rise up to those that have been on top, those who do not have rights and those that have disadvantaged, should be given specialty till they become equal. There should be reserved seats for tribes and communities that have suffered from various types of discrimination. Such as it is done in India for people from lower caste, where it has been very successful.
What happens when the ruling class or those favoured by the status quo fight back in this demand to share power of inclusive policy?
Such groups will or may resist, sometimes, violently. The government must have extensive awareness campaign to tell the majority people also that, unless you share the benefits of development with everyone, there is going to be so much violence and trouble and you are not going to enjoy your wealth. For example in Sri Lanka, we went around the country holding seminars and workshop on these kinds of issues.
In your lecture in Lagos, you lamented the growing rate of inequality in the world noting the poor are even getting poorer in today’s world. Do you think the capitalist system has failed the 21st century?
I admitted that some developing countries are making giant economic strides and some poor people have been moved out of economic poverty but the poor that are getting poorer are mostly people who belong to the minority community. So in countries where this happens, there is discrimination. I don’t think capitalism has failed because it is the economic system adopted all over the world since socialism failed. I was also a socialist but when I came into power, I said I was bringing capitalism with a human face. What is now wrong with today’s capitalist is that they look after only the rich and forget the poor. But if they take a little from the rich via taxation and distribute to the poor, coupled with infrastructural development and provision of education and health care to the poor, then I don’t think capitalism is bad. But capitalism has to be properly managed, governments that are managing capitalist economies have to be not corrupt, or at least there should be minimal corruption and there will be enough to go round.
Considering the growing demands of minorities and battle of inequality, should the world do away with system of dynasty which you have benefited from?
I don’t agree with family dynasty, that is why I have not brought my children into politics. My father and mother were into politics but it is not that we were the only choice. We were elected. My mother refused to come into politics after my father was assassinated. The party wanted her to come, so it was not like we were building ourselves up and wanted to remain in power. My mother later became very popular and I think she did a very good job and after her, the party needed another leader. I said I didn’t want to do politics and I was forced into it after about three years of refusing and then I said dynasty ends with me. I have thought my children that they don’t have to come into politics. I think dynastical politics is not good. It allows the family to grab everything for themselves and corruption is worse in such a system. At the moment, the current President of Sri Lanka has become very corrupt as about 2,000 members of his family are in government positions and his four brothers in the cabinet as well as their sons are in the parliament. Such a system has more disadvantages than advantages because those in power will begin to think of it as a family heirloom and they become corrupt. It is not only the family members that have experience. There are many others who have experience to govern.
Talking about assassinations and suicide bombs how was it for you to have survived a suicide bomb attack?
It was great. I don’t know how I survived but it was almost miraculous. I lost one side of my eye, I am blind in the left eye and I still have steel in my brain. 26 people died in that attack including my driver who has being with me for about 25years.
Mrs Kumaratunga was in Lagos for the annual Osigwe Anyiam Osigwe lecture series where she delivered the keynote speech on Synthesis For Nationhood: Ethnic policy and National Integration From Indigenes to Citizens.
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