I Witnessed Genocide: Inside Sri Lanka's Killing Fields

I Witnessed Genocide: Inside Sri Lanka's Killing Fields is a 2011 investigative documentary film by Ms. Priyamvatha of the Indian news channel Headlines Today. Ms. Priyamvatha went undercover to the Vanni to report on the survivors of the Sri Lankan Civil War.[1]

Not to be confused with Sri Lanka's Killing Fields.

I Witnessed Genocide: Inside Sri Lanka's Killing Fields
Directed byMs. Priyamvatha
Country of originSri Lanka
Release
Original release
  • 2011 (2011)

The documentary telecasts on-ground interviews with survivors who narrate accounts of sexual abuse in internment camps, the use of chemical and cluster bombs by the Sri Lankan armed forces, killing of thousands of civilians in aerial bombardment and artillery attacks and continued denial of their basic rights.[1]

Priyamvatha received the prestigious "Best investigative news report" award for the documentary, in the 2012 News Television Award in New Delhi.[2] Findings from the documentary were quoted during debates in both houses of India's Parliament and in the Tamil Nadu Assembly.

References
  1. "Headline Today's 'I witnessed Genocide' wins journalism award in New Delhi". TamilNet. Retrieved 12 April 2014.
  2. "Headlines Today bags 7 National Television Awards". India Today. Retrieved 12 April 2014.


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