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WNINONER:FIRE ZONE

Holding the Sri Lankan
government accountable

for war crimes during
a hidden war.

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NO FIRE ZONE

No Fire Zone tells the story of the final 138 days of the 26-year
Sri Lankan civil war, a brutal offensive which saw between 40,000
and 70,000 civilians die. Through powerful personal stories, eyewitness
testimony and video evidence this film shows how thousands of
civilians were told to gather in what the government promised would
be a no fire zone and were then systematically shelled and deliberately
denied adequate food and medicines.
With direct evidence of war crimes, summary execution, torture and
sexual violence recorded by both victims and perpetrators on mobile
phones and small cameras, this is not just a film of record but also
a call to action.

WHAT THE CRITICS SAID

“A difficult enraging watch… Tragically
it’s essential viewing” —Time Out UK

One World Film Nuremberg Film Festival 2013 Film South Asia 2013
Festival Prague 2014 Winner Audience Award Special Jury Mention
Winner Vaclav Havel
Jury Special Mention

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THE CAMPAIGN

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THE CAMPAIGN CONTEXT IMPACT DYNAMICS NGOs and activists to understand how they
conceptualise their work. More information on the
In 2009 the government of Sri Lanka conducted the As a tool for analysing campaign strategies, BRITDOC impact dynamics can be found in impactguide.org
last few months of their civil war against the Tamil has devised what we call the Four Impact Dynamics; Below we apply the impact dynamics to the campaign
Tigers in virtual secrecy: the UN and international broad categories for the kinds of change you can make goals of No Fire Zone.
media were excluded and local press intimidated into in the world. This has been developed by studying the
silence. The perceived peace in Sri Lanka had cost films that we have worked with as well as working with
as many as 40–70,000 civilian deaths, a massacre
that was virtually unknown around the world; the CHANGING STRUCTURES CHANGING MINDS
overarching aim of the campaign was therefore to
bring worldwide attention to the war crimes and Top down change – whether in politics Mass awareness and understanding –
crimes against humanity that had been committed. or business, directly influencing law and creating a shift in public attitudes.
policy to change the context. Put the call for justice at the heart of the international
Get the UN Human Rights Council to vote agenda.
for an independent international inquiry Emphasise the present-day relevance of what happened
into the crimes at the end of the war and in 2009 by shining a light on ongoing human rights
ongoing human rights abuses in Sri Lanka. abuses, carried out under cover of a perception around
Target audience: the world that the end of the war had brought peace
Diplomats of member countries of UNHRC. and reconciliation to Sri Lanka.
Target audience:
CHANGING BEHAVIOURS International civil society, lawmakers.

Actively mobilising people to do different not BUILDING COMMUNITIES
just think different, whether that’s to buy or
boycott, donate or volunteer. Grassroots organising – providing the focal point around
which people come together.

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THE CAMPAIGN HOW THE CAMPAIGN WORKED the UK to Capitol Hill, and from
the UN to the European parliament.
The campaign strategy was driven by high level Key was the use of the film and
influencer screenings organised in conjunction its revelations to generate media
with civil society partners; the team worked closely coverage beyond the usual film
with national and international partners including reviews.
Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch,
International Crisis Group and many Tamil In most cases the team worked
organisations. closely with local NGOs. The
seven-city tour of Australia and New
These screenings were organised premiere at the UN Palais des Geneva, hosted by Amnesty Zealand included a screening at the
into short tours of key regions Nations, the team released extracts International and Human Rights Australian Parliament which was
ahead of political votes and events, from the film and mounted a major Watch. This was effectively the sponsored by 15 separate NGOs.
often including parliamentary Indian publicity initiative. launch of the campaign for an These included the Human Rights
screenings. In a strategy that was to be international inquiry. Law Centre, the Australian Tamil
There were multiple screenings repeated throughout the campaign All 47 countries on the UN Human Congress, the Refugee Council of
in 27 countries over five continents, the team broke a dramatic news Rights Council were targeted as Australia and the Maritime Union
director Callum Macrae attending story, in this case releasing they would vote on any resolution of Australia (important because of
screenings and debates in photographs of Balachandran, on human rights and accountability the contentious issue of many
19 countries. the 12-year-old son of Tiger leader of Sri Lanka; the team sent letters Tamil asylum seekers arriving by
The overall strategy was to Villupillai Prabhakaran, who was to the national missions of every boat).
maximise impact in Asian, African pictured alive and in captivity member country and key
and Latin American countries prior to his execution. embassies as well as their The Global Tamil Forum organised from the film highlighting sexual campaigns were also built around
where Sri Lanka was having partial Macrae wrote an op-ed in The Hindu embassies and High Commissions a meeting in the House of violence. This was shown at three significant events, such as the build
success portraying calls for human newspaper and it later ran the story in London. The team also set up Commons where Macrae spoke separate fringe meetings attended up to the Commonwealth Heads
rights as a “western” agenda. on the front page. It created a a number of private screenings from the platform in the UK, by many national missions, and of Government Meeting (CHOGM)
political storm and dominated the and meetings at embassies ranging along with Labour leader Ed he spoke at all three. Macrae also in Sri Lanka in November 2013 and
CAMPAIGN LAUNCH IN INDIA news agenda in India for the next from Venezuela to Sierra Leone. Miliband, Baroness Warsi of the brought over Dr Vararharajah, one the “Defy the Ban” campaign.
few days as well as creating a wave The campaign also wanted to Conservatives and Deputy Prime of the Tamil doctors who was
The team decided to launch the of international press coverage. maximise pressure on key Minister Nick Clegg who paid trapped in the no fire zone, to DEFY THE BAN
UN Human Rights Council influential western countries tribute to the film, saying it left testify at a meeting at the UN
campaign in India; India’s vote was ADVOCACY AT THE UN including the UK, US, Canada and him “reeling”as well as“shocked, co-organised with HRW - and This campaign was mounted in
judged to be most critical, as it Australia and the countries of distressed and moved”. made a short film from extracts response to a screening in Malaysia
would influence others particularly A month later, in March 2013, the European Union; high profile Generating press and controversy, to accompany that meeting. in July 2013 which was raided by
in the Global South. In February No Fire Zone premiered at the screenings were held in parliaments and continuing to provide new 40 censorship board officials and
2013, a month before the film’s UN Human Rights Council in from Australia to Malaysia, from revelations to the press, was the OTHER CAMPAIGNS the police on the instigation of
key to sustaining pressure on the Sri Lankan government.
politicians. Leading up to the As well as lobbying the UN, specific The campaign in defence of the
UN Human Rights Council vote
in March 2014 Macrae screened
a specially created 10-minute short

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THE CAMPAIGN organisers, one of whom now faces As well as India, free streaming “IT IS HARD TO THINK OF ANY
a maximum of three years in jail, of the film in Sri Lanka, Malaysia FILM TEAM WHO SINGULARLY HAS
significantly raised the profile of the and Nepal provided an effective HAD SUCH AN IMPACT ON MAJOR
issue and of censorship in general. response to censorship bids and ISSUES OF WAR AND PEACE”
In Nepal a similar attempt to ban was intended to bring the film
the film led to protest screenings to the general public to create —
and public debate. sustained pressure on politicians.
The film received 30,000 hits in Erik Solheim
COMMONWEALTH HEADS the two days after free streaming Chief Negotiator, Sri Lankan
OF GOVERNMENT MEETING went live. peace process 2000–2005
A collaboration with Channel
CHOGM was seen as a crucial 4 produced an innovative free
focus for the campaign. For the app based on the film; it allows
Sri Lankan government this marked anyone to download the entire
their return to the international film and access and interact with
diplomatic fold after the successful content including news reports;
closing out of the civil war. Initially United Nations and Red Cross
devised as a boycott campaign,the reports and analysis of the
team responded to diplomatic atrocities; a timeline from 1956
events on the ground to create to the present day; biographies,
significant impact. location maps; video from key
contributors and filmmakers;
Again, Macrae broke a news story and live links to the latest opinions,
in the run up, about the capture and online content and further reading.
subsequent execution of the Tiger The team also produced a special
TV presenter Isaipriya which led to Prezi presentation comprising
widespread demonstrations in a five-minute introduction to the
Tamil Nadu. film and the background to the
story: bit.ly/SriLankaPrezi
MASS AWARENESS

In India the campaign was able
to capitalise on a letter from the
Indian board of film certification
which had refused the film
a theatrical release certificate,
specifically stating as one of the
justifications, that it may “strain
friendly relations with Sri Lanka”.
A free download in English and
Hindi was the campaign response.

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CAMPAIGN
IMPACT

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CAMPAIGN IMPACT & ACHIEVEMENTS The strategy of using media executed, many Indian politicans for a change of government policy
publicity to drive the campaign called for Indian Prime Minister in support of an international inquiry.
achieved its first success in India Manmohan Singh to boycott
during the campaign launch in CHOGM which he then did, An unexpected measure of the
February 2013. Screenings, media as did Canada and Mauritius impact of the film was a major and
and advocacy campaigns constantly in separate actions. well-financed campaign against the
made the front pages and film team by Sri Lankan government
primetime television – over 150 Due to the UK’s role in the supporters including a 222-page
major news stories and dozens of Commonwealth, persuading UK book to which Callum wrote a
interviews over the week following Prime Minister David Cameron detailed 20,000-word rebuttal
the launch, not just in India but to see the film was judged to (described in a tweet by former
internationally. India’s refusal be crucial. It had a high impact: Norwegian Foreign minister Erik
to grant Callum a visa further he publicly cited it on at least 4 Solheim as “the most impressive
increased visibility and was occasions. In November 2013 he rebuttal I have ever read”).
condemned in an editorial in issued a statement: “No Fire Zone…
the Times of India. raises very serious questions that “NO FIRE ZONE... RAISES VERY SERIOUS
the Sri Lankan government must QUESTIONS THAT THE SRI LANKAN
Politically, the DMK party (the answer about what it did to protect GOVERNMENT MUST ANSWER ABOUT WHAT
main opposition party in Tamil innocent civilians. Questions that IT DID TO PROTECT INNOCENT CIVILIANS.
Nadu) withdrew from the Indian strengthen the case for an
governing coalition led by independent investigation. QUESTIONS THAT STRENGTHEN THE CASE
Congress in protest as a result Questions that need answers FOR AN INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION.”
of the Balachandran revelations. if Sri Lanka is to build the truly —
peaceful and inclusive future
This political storm was credited its people deserve.” David Cameron,
with guaranteeing the Indian Prime Minister, UK
government’s support of the While the intention had been
resolution when it was voted on to force Cameron to boycott the One unplanned but notable effect was forgetting the cruel phase of with the UN decision in March
at UNHRC in March 2013. The event, his subsequent attendance was the fact that the film - and this war and seemed to be getting 2014 to set up an international
eventual wording of the resolution was exploited by the campaign its international impact - seemed on. No Fire Zone changed all of inquiry into Sri Lankan war crimes.
– although watered down from and was widely covered in the to restore hope to Tamils in the that. It tugged at the conscience The vote was 23 countries for,
its strongest draft – was seen press. He became the first foreign former war zones in Sri Lanka who of the world. No one who saw it 12 against and 12 abstentions
by informed observers as stronger leader to visit Tamil homelands were despairing of ever getting can carry on as before. And for (many of the abstentions were
than anything that had been since independence in 1948. justice and believed the world had those who had been through it in reality ‘victories’ as they were
expected a few weeks before. Significantly, he also called for forgotten them. personally, it was a vindication persuaded not to oppose). This
a credible international investigation. M A Sumanthiran, the leading of their stories that no one was achievement involved nothing less
COMMONWEALTH HEADS spokesman of The Tamil National willing to listen to.” than a volte face on the part of
OF GOVERNMENT MEETING The Malaysian parliamentary Alliance (Sri Lanka’s main Tamil the UN Human Rights Council;
screening led directly to the party) wrote: “The film No Fire GOAL ACHIEVED – MARCH 2014 after the war ended in 2009, the
Following the campaign’s formation of a parliamentary group Zone was like saline to a person UNHRC had voted to congratulate
revelations that Tiger TV presenter of Malaysian MPs to raise the issue dying of dehydration… The world The team achieved their campaign Sri Lanka for its ‘success’ in
Isaipriya had been captured and of Sri Lankan war crimes and call goal just one year after launch defeating terrorism.

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CAMPAIGN IMPACT & ACHIEVEMENTS While this result was the combined “It is hard to think of any film team
effort of many organisations who singularly has had such an
working together, there is impact on major issues of war and
acknowledgement that the film and peace.”
the campaign played a critical role: ­— Erik Solheim; Chief Negotiator,
Sri Lankan Peace Process
“No Fire Zone has achieved what no 2000–2005. Formerly the
other has in opening a window on Norwegian Minister of
the final days of hell at the end of Environment and International
the Sri Lanka civil war... its impact Development 2005–2012.
on the international community is
undisputed. I have no doubt that it
is such evidence as this that led
to the passing of the UNHRC
resolution in March 2014 calling
for an investigation into
accountability at the end of the war
and after, as the GoSL continues
to wage the war by other means
against the Tamil population.”
— International human rights
lawyer Yasmin Sooka, formerly
a leading member of the Truth and
Reconciliation Commission of South
Africa and author of its final report.

“Few films in recent years – few
films ever, perhaps – have had such
an extraordinary advocacy impact
as the series of films on Sri Lanka’s
Killing Fields culminating in No
Fire Zone. No Fire Zone made the
impossible seem possible, through
dedication and commitment to the
truth. I salute that achievement.
This has changed the prospects for
justice in Sri Lanka, and sent
important signals for justice
worldwide.”
— Steve Crawshaw; Director, Office
of the Secretary General, Amnesty
International.

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WHO SAW IT TELEVISION TERRITORIES SOCIAL MEDIA INTERNATIONAL DIPLOMACY BY TWEET AWARDS

8 ,008 After seeing the film, and one The Indian writer Meena Kandasamy — CPH:DOX Copenhagen
followers week before travelling to Sri Lanka has tweeted several times in 2013
Twitter.com/Callum_Macrae for the Commonwealth Heads support of the team. F:ACT Award Jury Special
5,650 of Government Meeting, Mention
followers David Cameron tweeted — Festival des Libertes 2013
Twitter.com/nofirezonemovie @meenakandasamy Callum Winner FIDH Best Film
@Number10gov Been Macrae stopped from going to the Award
1 ,888 watching @NoFireZoneMovie. North through orchestrated mob. — Nuremberg Film
followers on the No Fire Zone Chilling documentary on Sri Lanka. #NoFireZone #Commonwealth Festival 2013
Facebook page Serious questions to put to #CHOGM fb.me/1KRjTQW8Q Winner Audience Award
@PresRajapaksa next week.
The hashtag #NoFireZone has been — F ilm South Asia 2013
The inclusion of President Special Jury Mention
Rajapaksa’s Twitter handle in the used extensively and during the — WatchDocs Poland 2014
tweet meant the PM actually Channel 4 transmission it trended
tweeted the message to Winner Audience Award
Rajapaksa; a fact which generated at no.1 in the UK. MPs, Australian — O ne World Film Festival
further comment on social media. senators, Indian politicians and Prague 2014
The chief negotiator of the Sri writers have joined the conversation, Winner Vaclav Havel Jury
Lankan peace process, former as well as celebrities such as Special Mention
Norwegian Foreign Minister Erik Bianca Jagger.
Finland WEBSITE Solheim tweeted in response. — Docudays UA Kiev 2014
Denmark Winner Jury Special Mention
United Kingdom 82,000nofirezone.org @SolheimDAC What Cameron However, the internet has also been — Festival internacional
Sweden unique visitors does in #SriLanka is the litmus used by Sri Lankan government
India test. But he has started off well supporters in a sustained series de Cine y Video de
6 ,450 by watching #NoFireZone! of attacks. A Sri Lankan diplomat Derochos Humanos
ONLINE TRAILER called Bandula Jayasakara, who Buenos Aires 2013
Other prominent tweets included was formerly President Rajapaksa’s Winner Jury Special Mention
The team released the trailer and that of Hugh Grant who said he media advisor, has issued dozens — G rierson
selected extracts for downloading; was left “reeling” by No Fire Zone. of tweets attacking Callum Nominated, Best
the trailer alone has been uploaded describing him as being in the pay Documentary on
on 300 separate websites. of the Tamil Tigers and threatening Current Affairs
to “make sure you don’t get a visa”. — International Emmy
Other government supporters Nominee, Best Documentary

issued several death threats to
Callum in advance of his attendance
sites have linked to it at CHOGM.

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1940 1980 2000 2010 2012 2013 2014

NO FIRE ZONE TIMELINE 1948 1984 MAY 2009 MAR 2013 NOV 2013

Sri Lanka gains Black July marks Civil war ends. First UN Human Rights Sri Lanka hosts
independence start of civil war Council vote stops Commonwealth
from UK. between the Tamil short of voting for an Heads of Government
Tigers and the Sri independent enquiry. Meeting.
Lankan government.
The majority Sinhalese
begin to exercise JUNE 2011 MAR 2012 FEB 2013 FEB 2014
dominance over the
minority Tamil UK broadcaster Channel 4 screens Completion of Defy The Ban
Channel 4 screens follow up, War feature-length film campaign: free
REAL WORLD EVENTSpopulations. first of two news Crimes Unpunished. bringing story up streaming in
documentaries, to date, No Fire Zone. countries banning
THE FILM Sri Lanka’s the film.
Killing Fields. MAR 2013

Premiere at UN Human
Rights Council,
Geneva.

FEB 2013 MAY 2013 NOV 2013 FEB 2014

Launch of campaign in India. EU Parliament Team flies to Callum Macrae
screening with Sri Lanka to report writes 22,000 word
Global Tamil Forum hosts screening International on CHOGM. rebuttal of Sri Lanka
at House of Commons, UK. Crisis Group. government’s 222
page book: “Corrupted
THE CAMPAIGN MAR 2013 JUNE 2013 Journalism: Channel
4 and Sri Lanka.”
Multiple screenings Commonwealth Tour
with diplomats. of Australia, New
Letters and DVDs Zealand and Malaysia.
are sent to embassies.

JULY 2013 NOV 2013 MAR 2014

Film screening in Canada, India and UNHRC votes to set
Malaysia is raided Mauritius boycott up an independent
by censorship board CHOGM. Cameron international enquiry.
officials. Pusat Komas tweets “Been watching
members arrested. @NoFireZoneMovie.
Chilling documentary
on Sri Lanka. Serious
questions to put to
@PresRajapaksa next
week.”

IMPACT & ACHIEVEMENTS David Cameron is first
foreign leader to visit
Tamil homelands since
independence in 1948.

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THE TEAM

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CALLUM MACRAE ORGANOGRAM TRADITIONAL
DISTRIBUTION
DIRECTOR

ZOE SALE IMPACT
CAMPAIGN
PRODUCER

DIRECTOR PRODUCER JOANNA NATASEGARA CALLUM / DIRECTOR

Callum Macrae is a BAFTA and Zoe Sale is an award-winning STRATEGY CONSULTANT + Fundraising
Grierson-nominated director journalist and filmmaker. She + Publicity
and writer known for films on worked on both previous UK TV ABIGAIL + Project Management
ANKETELL-JONES + Screenings
+ Partnership Management
STRATEGY ASSISTANT (Two years)

human rights and in defence documentaries about Sri Lanka MARK WILLIAMS ZOE / PRODUCER
of the disenfranchised. He’s and was part of the team
won many awards including nominated with Callum Macrae PROJECT ADMINISTRATION + Fundraising
two Royal Television Society, for the Nobel Peace Prize for + Publicity ABIGAIL
two One World and an Amnesty this. For the last thirteen years SOPHIE TOUMAZIS + Project Management
award in the UK as well as the she has been making current + Screenings Strategy Assistant
PUBLICITY + Partnership Management (6 months)
+ Distribution
(One year) MARK

Columbia DuPont and Peabody affairs and factual programming JOANNA Project Administration
Awards in the US. In 2013 he for the BBC, ITV, ITN, C4, C5 and (Nov 2013 – present)
gained a Scottish BAFTA National Geographic. Before + Strategy Consultant
Special Achievement Award. training as a journalist she + Distribution
(Six months)

For the past two years he’s worked as a political researcher SOPHIE
been named by Broadcast and environmental lobbyist.
Magazine as one of the top Publicity

three directors across all UK TV
genres. Before working in film
he was an art teacher and,
for two years, a dustman.

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CONCLUSIONAMNESTY INTERNATIONALGLOBAL TAMIL FORUMPUSAT KOMASNo Fire Zone laid bare a hiddencarefully and thoroughly planned and making direct contact with
CAMPAIGN PARTNERS war, combining forensic journalism as a targeted influencing campaign diplomats and embassies from
Key campaign partner. Both the Organised key screenings Malaysian Human Rights NGO with unforgettably shocking video with the goal of nothing less than every country on the UN Human
international HQ office and many including UK Parliament. Used organised a parliamentary screening footage. This impact was brought making a government accountable Rights Council. This was supported
local national offices, notably in the the film extensively in advocacy and a private screening which to bear on the people of influence for its war crimes. The international by rolling journalism on the part
UK, New Zealand, Geneva, the US and linked team with international was raided. Lena Hendry, a Pusat who most needed to see it; Prime nature of this campaign was its of the filmmakers, who continually
and India. Advised and supported activists and groups. Komas staffer, was charged with Ministers, parliamentarians, hallmark, launching in India, updated the story and provided
outreach initiatives, organised censorship offences and faces diplomats and journalists, working premiering at the UN in Geneva, further revelations and news
parliamentary and public screenings TAMILS AGAINST GENOCIDE three years in jail. in concert with human rights screening at the EU Parliament, scoops at critical campaign
and used the film extensively organisations and influencers. visiting the Commonwealth junctures, setting a new precedent
in advocacy. Supported the project from the BUDGET The campaign strategy was “top countries of Malaysia, Australia, for how to conduct a global
start, used the film in advocacy, down” rather than “bottom up”, New Zealand and more, political campaign.
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH organised screenings and liaised Film Budget:
closely on key issues such as £250,000 PEER REVIEW COMMITTEE
Helped organise many key sexual violence. Funders:
screenings particularly in the — Bertha BRITDOC “Overwhelming and inspiring to see how targeted actions helped
EU and UN. Used the film AUSTRALIAN TAMIL CONGRESS the film to achieve their goals in such a short period of time.
extensively in advocacy work Journalism Fund Their work with world leaders, parliaments and international
and facilitated key screenings. Played a critical role in building — C hannel 4
organizations is extremely thorough and could be a powerful
widespread NGO and activist — P ulitzer Center
model for achieving global awareness for other films.”
JOURNALISTS FOR support for the Antipodean tour, — S tichting Democratie en Media
DEMOCRACY IN SRI LANKA organised several screenings — W orldview “No one can come away from watching No Fire Zone without
and used the film extensively Outreach Budget the burning urge to campaign as much as humanly possible to
An organisation of multi-ethnic in advocacy. £217,000 bring Sri Lanka’s government to justice for what it has done… you
independent journalists from Funders: suddenly have a room full of people who had never heard about
Sri Lanka. Many exiled after threats HUMAN RIGHTS LAW CENTRE, AUSTRALIA — Avaaz
these war crimes before, but now felt as though they could
to their lives, they supported the — Bertha BRITDOC Connect Fund
dedicate their lives to fighting for the victims.”
filmmakers particularly in terms Played a key role in the Australian — General donations and collections
of evidence-gathering and tour, organised the parliamentary —Myriam Gwynned Dijck, International Political Forum
independent advice. screening with cross-party support at screenings
and used the film extensively in — Ian Darling
BRITISH TAMIL FORUM advocacy. — Kickstarter
— Sigrid Rausing Trust
Supported the advocacy US TAMIL POLITICAL ACTION COUNCIL — T he Funding Network
work of the team, organised
screenings and invited the team’s Have constantly used the film WATCH THE FILM FOLLOW CONTACT
participation in other events. in advocacy and facilitated the
Helped build public support for team’s work in North American Stream on Distrify @NoFireZoneMovie Mark Williams
the work and linked them with and Geneva. via NoFireZone.org facebook.com/No-Fire-Zone [email protected]
key witnesses.

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PRESS

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A small press sample which 4 THE DAILY MAIL http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/the-killing-of-a-young-boy/article4428792.ece
illustrates the quality of conversation Given a snack and then
around the issues raised in the film. taken out and shot: Horrifying
last moments of helpless
1 THE HINDU boy, 12, who was ‘executed
The killing of a young boy by Sri Lankan army because
his father was a Tamil Tiger
2 THE NEW YORKTIMES leader’
Revisiting the horror
in Sri Lanka 5 THE GUARDIAN
Sri Lanka: Questions
3 THE INDEPENDENT from the killing fields
This is proof, beyond
reasonable doubt, of
the execution of a child -
not a battlefield death

A 113-page summary of press issuu.com/tpr-media/docs/final_no_
coverage is published in the fire_zone_complete_coverag
following issue document:

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http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/28/world/asia/28iht-letter28.html?_r=3&
http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/this-is-proof-beyond-reasonable-doubt-of-the-
execution-of-a-child--not-a-battlefield-death-8500298.html

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2281246/Given-snack-taken-shot-Pictures-Tamil-Tiger-
leaders-son-taken-just-hours-apart-prove-executed-Sri-Lankan-government-forces.html
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/mar/01/sri-lanka-un-human-rights

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