Events

November 2009

December 2009

Sri Lanka:Human Rights Issues and Media Representation

Tuesday 10 November, 2009

As boatloads of asylum seekers put their lives at risk trying to find refuge, attention is shifting to the conditions that are forcing so many people from their homes. The war in Sri Lanka has finished, but the persecution of its Tamil minority has not.

Hundreds of thousands of Tamils continue to be kept in detention centres in sub-human conditions, there are reliable reports of regular extra-judicial killings and other gross human rights abuses, and the media and aid organizations have been barred from access. Freedom of speech has all but ended in Sri Lanka, with journalists being murdered, jailed or fleeing for their lives.

In the interim, the conditions that led to Sri Lanka’s recently ended civil war continue to be compounded leaving many to believe that, without a sustainable political solution, it will again flare up.

The seminar ‘Sri Lanka: Human Rights Issues and Media Representation’ will consider these issues, addressing what led to the current situation, how we understand it, where it stands, and what might be done about it.

Date: Tuesday 10 November, 2009

Address: Lecture Theatre K321, 3rd floor, Building K, Monash University Caulfield

Caulfield

Time: 6 pm - 8 pm

Contact: David Feith

Phone: 99034397

Email: david.g.feith@gmail.com

Price: Free