They come in unmarked white vans. The people they take are never seen again. Activists say one person is taken this way every 5 days. Leena Manimekalai met the families of Sri Lanka’s disappeared.
The making of White Van Stories was not a scripted journey. It was rather mystical. Maybe my constant urge to tell stories that otherwise had been forgotten pointed me towards that direction.
Jonathan Miller
As Channel 4 News tries to head to Sri Lanka’s militarised north, disturbing reports come in that the relatives of people who have been “disappeared” are being detained by the military.
Jonathan Miller
Hundreds of protesters have blocked a train taking a Channel 4 News television crew, in Sri Lanka to cover the Commonwealth heads of government meeting, from travelling to the north of the island.
A team of Channel 4 News journalists are prevented from entering north Sri Lanka by a mob of protesters blocking their train. Watch how the incident was covered on Sri Lankan national television.
The white sand of Sri Lanka’s beaches is a lure for thousands of tourists every year – but dig a little deeper and there are many unanswered questions hanging over the country’s tourist industry.
Sri Lanka’s ruling family are mingling with the Commonwealth’s elite as they host this week’s summit in Colombo. Yet some of them have been accused of war crimes. So who are the Rajapaksas?
President Mahinda Rajapaksa tells Channel 4 News he is “not concerned” by allegations of war crimes – but Jonathan Miller says people in Sri Lanka could be at risk after speaking to the programme.
Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa is questioned by Channel 4 News Foreign Affairs Correspondent Jonathan Miller about allegations of war crimes, and says he is “not concerned”.
With 41 of the Commonwealth’s 53 member states criminalising homosexuality, will David Cameron speak out for the LGBT community at the Sri Lanka summit?
Prime Minister David Cameron will not boycott the Commonwealth meeting in Sri Lanka despite his Indian counterpart joining Canadian premier Stephen Harper in staying away, protesting rights abuses.
Jonathan Miller
What for lawyers is powerful evidence of a possible war crime is to one family another painful chapter in a prolonged bereavement which is clearly proving hard to bear.
As Canada boycotts the Commonwealth conference in Sri Lanka over the host country’s human rights record, C4 News asks Canada High Commissioner Gordon Campbell whether the move will achieve anything.
Channel 4 News Editor Ben de Pear writes in response to a 222-page book entitled Corrupted Journalism given out to journalists attending the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Sri Lanka.
Foreign Secretary William Hague defends the government’s decision to go to a Commonwealth summit in Sri Lanka, but says the UK backs the UN’s calls for an inquiry.
