UN envoy concludes Sri Lanka execution video authentic
- Published: 31/05/2011 at 12:31 AM
- Online news: Asia
A UN envoy confirmed Monday that a video allegedly depicting Sri Lanka troops executing Tamil Tigers was authentic, and that the action were "definitive war crimes".
This handout screen grab taken off video provided by Journalists for Democracy in Sri Lanka and shot in January 2009 allegedly shows a Sri Lankan soldier (R) after firing a shot to execute a prisoner. A UN envoy confirmed Monday that a video allegedly depicting Sri Lanka troops executing Tamil Tigers was authentic, and that the action were "definitive war crimes".
"What is reflected in the extended video are crimes of the highest order -- definitive war crimes," said Christof Heyns, UN special rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions.
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