TAVIS SMILEY | Guest: Dr. Palitha Kohona | PBS

Foreign secretary of Sri Lanka responds to recent controversial comments about his government made by hip-hop artist M.I.A.

Check local listings for airdates of Tavis Smiley on PBS. For more information, see http://www.pbs.org/kcet/tavissmiley/archive/200902/20090218.html. For full interview with M.I.A. see http://www.pbs.org/kcet/tavissmiley/archive/200901/20090128.html

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[gayana]

Tamils who live in other country's don't care about the tamils who live in Sri Lanka..All they care about is there REFUGEE status,because if the war ends they wil have to leave there perfect lifes in for an ex:Canada,UK,there for they will do what ever it takes to keep the war switched on while the innocent tamil people,there own people gets killed by there own group of people witch is LTTE, witch has banded all over the world as a terrorist Organization. And MIA's Father was one of the leaders.

[Dr196903]

MIA's father is an active LTTE member so she is white-painting the LTTE.

But pointing finger as genocide is totally BS. Dr. Kohona clearly and concisely says what she needs to do.

[MegaContented]

@tmorgan1000 Srilankas genocide was terminated by the Srilankan army . Genocide was what LTTE attempted. All non Jaffna tamils to be anhiliated. They killed all Sinhalese in Jaffna, kicked out tamil muslims. For them even Kadiragamar is not tamil. Estate tamils are not tamils, Jaffna representatives still don't want to eat in the same table with Estate tamils. Srilankan people are one. If anybody has a problem with that go to Tamilnadu. Tamils who left Srilanka under

[wickralive]

Foreign secretary can't explain why sri lanka disallows the UN and independat investigators in to sri lanka.

They call Tamil people brothers and sisters, but which brother rapes there own sister, hangs her in the living room, and tortures the kids right in front of the gang raped mother. The Sri lankan government is known as the 21st nazi's. however the treatment the Tamils have seen are far worse.

[nathanfornash]

Why are you still living in 1983?

[tmorgan1000]

Google Lanka war crime allegations surface ABC

"nothing to suggest Dr Kohona was directly responsible for committing these alleged war crimes, though international law does recognise principles of what's called command responsibility..."

- Don Rothwell, professor of international law at the Australian National University

The Prevention of Terrorism Act / media black out is used to shield international criminals in the military/police/govt of Sri Lanka.

[MaHaSinHaLe]

Dr Palitha , Thanks for explaining the truth to the entire world.

That artist should learn a lesson from this ..they should not give false information to the world ..

Government is thousand times powerful than a single Artist .. Keep that in your mind

[Silwathpora]

Tamils in north is 6%. lie 2 be 20%.No any other minority is unsatisfied. Tamil LTTE challenged the sovereignty of sri Lanka.That's how the formed LTTE.Invited 4 war. U got it. Where the wrong comes.

[Silwathpora]

They a 6% + Up country tamils 6% . Altogether 12%. Where did u got 20 %.Ur dad was the leader of terror group called ERROS in Lanka.

[trekkiesrule1]

She says what everyone already knows, and his response is... wait for it...."stick with music."

LMFAO. Shame on PBS for broadcasting this.

[netbuwa2000]

Tamil Eeelam ??????? Not in Srilanka. but in Tamilnadu (Toilettenadu)

[Rajadahana]

Can we have solid points to prove what you are saying. (Not assumptions, which many people are murmuring) Like to see how investigative you (Saminea1) are before coming to a conclusion and spreading your word.