the devil 's double is a 2011 belgian-dutch biographical film directed by lee tamahori , written by michael thomas , and starring dominic cooper in the dual role of uday hussein and latif yahia .

it was released on january 22 , 2011 at the 2011 sundance film festival and was released in limited theaters on july 29 , 2011 by lionsgate and herrick entertainment .

the devil ' s double

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dominic cooper in “the devil ' s double , ” about uday hussein and his double , who is forced to serve as his decoy .
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devil ' s double had very lukewarm critical reception . it has little chance of getting any oscar attention .
- the devil’s double , from once were warriors and die another day director lee tamahori , is released next wednesday .
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latif yahia , left , and actor dominic cooper at the british premiere of the devil ' s double . photograph : luke macgregor / reuters
the devil ' s double cast list , listed alphabetically with photos when available . this list of the devil ' s double actors includes any the devil ' s double actresses and all other actors from the film . you can view additional information about each the devil ' s double actor on this list , such as when and where they were born . to find out more about a particular actor or actress , click on their name and you ' ll be taken to page with even more details about their acting career . the cast members of the devil ' s double have been in many other movies , so use this list as a starting point to find actors or actresses that you may not be familiar with .
“the devil’s double” is rated r ( under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian ) . sex , violence , sexual violence , drug use .
i ' m not sure what it all adds up to , but the devil ' s double puts its hooks in you and keeps them there .
the hero of
the devil ' s double
may get upstaged by the villain , but that ' s not exactly bad news for star dominic cooper , since he plays both parts .
clones of the late 1960s , the devil ' s agent holds up pretty well when seen today .
the devil ' s double is a movie starring dominic cooper , ludivine sagnier , and raad rawi . a chilling vision of the house of saddam hussein comes to life through the eyes of the man who was forced to become the double of hussein ' s sadistic son .
while the makers of iraq war movie the hurt locker bask in the oscars glory , a very different movie on iraq - the devil ' s double - is currently being shot in malta .
the devil ' s double is a fantastic film that features a central performance so compelling , you ' d be foolish to look away even for a second .
“the devil’s double , ” however , doesn’t have the competence to make its history - as - thriller dynamic click . riddled with grade - z exploitation and made - for - tv amateurishness , the movie presumably uses shocking imagery to underscore the dark mind behind it . but when uday literally spills the guts of his father’s friend across a dinner table , “the devil’s double” abandons credibility in favor of plain silliness .
tamahori’s filmography , which also includes “xxx : state of the union , ” suggests he’s the wrong fit for the material . david o . russell’s “three kings” successfully brought an american genre to iraq without simplifying the setting . “the devil’s double , ” on the other hand , confirms the crude , one - dimensional character types that still dominate the western imagination .
the film tells the real - life story of the man forced to be the body double of saddam hussein ' s sadistic son uday in pre - war baghdad .
this weekend sees the uk release of the devil’s double , a $ 20m action blockbuster set in the “lawless playground of excess and violence known as baghdad , 1987” . the film is purportedly based on the true story of latif yahia ( dominic cooper ) , an iraqi army captain forced to work as a body double for the eldest son of saddam hussein , uday .
his disturbing story is told in new movie the devil’s double , starring english actor dominic cooper – but sitting across from me in a london hotel , he tells me the full story would be far too horrific to commit to film .
the devil ' s double trailer release date : july 29th , 2011 genres : action , biography , drama director : lee tamahori writers : michael thomas , latif yahia stars : dominic cooper , ludivine sagnier and raad rawi plot : a chilling vision of the house of saddam hussein comes to life through the eyes of the man who was forced to become the double of hussein ' s sadistic son .
the poster for the devil ' s double , a thriller about saddam hussein ' s son uday , is a vision of excess in babylon . dominic cooper slouches on a gilded throne looking every inch the playboy , all chest hair and dark shades , two machine guns spewing cartridges over his head .
the life story of latif yahia , body double to saddam hussein’s diabolically unhinged son uday , makes for slick action - movie fodder in “the devil’s double , ” a rocket - powered thriller rife with scenery chewing and fast - and - loose revisionism that could , by dint of sheer sensationalism , break the iraq movie curse and rack up some serious b . o . around the world . [ … ]
x - factor : mike myers’s cameo as donnie schulzhoffer as an homage to don cherry’s coach’s corner .
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lee tamahori ' s
the devil ' s double
is based on the experiences of latif yahia , who was groomed as uday ' s double . in this role , he survived no less than a dozen assassination attempts . the movie portrays him as an iraqi soldier forced to take the job after beatings and threats to his family ; he is seen throughout as a respectable figure with contempt for uday and a good deal of courage in standing up to him .
caesar’s report was published in the sunday times on 23 january . at the very least , it should have raised serious doubts over whether any of the events depicted in the devil’s double actually happened . yet with the film about to open at the box office , yahia is being rolled out once again for another round of interviews , and the british press are once again lapping up this “true story” .
since uday’s death alongside brother qusay during the united states’ 2003 invasion of iraq , stories of uday’s antics took on a global dimension . the 2010 publication of yahia’s memoir ( also titled “the devil’s double” ) went to great lengths to flesh out uday’s villainy while attributing his behavior to a delusional power trip . however , tamahori’s adaptation reduces uday into a cartoonish monster who wouldn’t be out of place in a james bond movie . ( tamahori directed one of the weaker bond installments , “die another day . ” )
ba : that’s interesting because we left the order of the tracks right to the last minute .
based on a gripping , unbelievable true story of money , power and opulent decadence , lionsgate’s the devil’s double takes a white - knuckle ride deep into the lawless playground of excess and violence known as baghdad , 1987 . summoned from the frontline to saddam hussein ' s palace , iraqi army lieutenant latif yahia ( dominic cooper ) is thrust into the highest echelons of the
royal family
when he’s ordered to become the ‘fiday’ – or body double – to saddam ' s son , the notorious
black prince
uday hussein ( also dominic cooper ) , a reckless , sadistic party - boy with a rabid hunger for sex and brutality .
yahia’s brief piece for newsweek , published last week , does a much better job of encapsulating the experience of being subservient to a mad man . he closes by discussing the missed chance for justice that came with uday’s abrupt death . “the devil’s double” has no such subtlety . it works as a period piece in only the most abstract sense , reflecting a time when sadaam hussein’s regime still signified enemy number one . appropriately , it plays like a clueless nightmare .
there were times early in
the devil ' s double
that i felt it was preparing to approach greatness . the materials are all assembled . and then it never really engages with them . there can be no
explanation
for uday ' s madness . but latif ' s character is explored primarily for the plot ' s convenience , and obvious questions are sidestepped . it ' s a terrific show . all due praise to dominic cooper . it should have been more .
its the time of year when the nominees for the oscar ' s start to gossip round the media . who do you think deserves an oscar ? plenty of good films / actors / actresses etc this year but the ones that stand out for me so far are best actor - dominic cooper the devils double or tom hardy warrior supporting actor - nick nolte warrior movie - the devils double
my quarrel here is not with the producers of the devil’s double . their job is to produce an entertaining film that people will enjoy and , by all accounts , they have succeeded . my gripe is with the media , who have a duty to report the truth as best they can , but in this instance have failed abjectly to do so .
word on the street is nintendo published a very low number of copies of devil’s third at retail . if this is true , this is a serious disservice made to their own fans .
the life story of latif yahia , body double to saddam hussein ’s diabolically unhinged son uday , makes for slick action - movie fodder in “the devil’s double , ” a rocket - powered thriller rife with scenery chewing and fast - and - loose revisionism that could , by dint of sheer sensationalism , break the iraq movie curse and rack up some serious b . o . around the world . more “scarface” than “house of saddam , ” director lee tamahori ’s gangster - style treatment veritably blisters with tension as reluctant decoy latif comes to fill the void of uday’s nonexistent conscience , playing front - row witness to the tyrant’s insatiable cruelty . biggest setback stateside could be the ratings board .
it’s hard to believe that “the devil’s double” doesn’t intend to be a put - on . despite a real - life basis of its plot , lee tamahori’s fierce depiction of hedonistic saddaam hussein spawn uday hussein relegates the character to a farcical cartoon . looking like a macabre groucho marx , dominic cooper portrays uday as a leering , cigar - puffing womanizer who alternates between scowling and grating hyena guffaws .
latif , a quiet man with a troubled conscience , serves as our guide and moral protector during this behind - the - scenes tour of hell . ( the real latif yahia is the author of the book on which “the devil’s double” is based , classified as a novel but incorporating his actual experiences . ) his disapproval of uday’s behavior reminds us that we are also appalled — and not only titillated — by all the violence and debauchery .
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the film’s evocations of the traditions of “scarface” and “the sopranos” are neither accidental nor inappropriate . the husseins did resemble a classic hollywood crime family — or at least that is how they appear in the 1980s and ’90s , when the movie takes place . saddam ( philip quast ) is a grumpy , remote patriarch preoccupied with the daily business of tyranny . his ruthlessness at least appears to have some purpose . but the demon in “the devil’s double” is his son uday ( dominic cooper ) , whose waywardness is both the result of his father’s absolute power and a source of irritation to the old man .
this $ 20m film is based on latif yahia ' s claim to have been a body double for uday hussein . but his story doesn ' t add up
ba : i think the whole album is soaked in tjinder’s sensibilities , especially in the production on the drums and bass and how the instrumentation is worked out . that’s a massive element to the record .
his virtuosity is not quite enough to lift “the devil’s double” above its self - imposed limitations . the movie is provocative but rarely thought - provoking , and it stops short of any startling psychological or political insight . but it has its hands on an astonishing story , a tale of horrifying excess that it tells with invigorating and perhaps unseemly enthusiasm .
evil exists . there are people on this planet who live without moral compass or boundaries , men who feed on hate and terror . for years uday hussein , son of dictator saddamn hussein , wreaked his own personal brand of horror on the people of iraq and now director lee tamahori has brought that malevolence to a personal level with the devil’s double .
the double o groove is instantly recongisable as a cornershop album as are all of your albums , but this one’s a bit different as it doesn’t have the immediacy of tjinder’s voice on it . can you break down for me , who does what on this ?
many of the problems with “the devil’s double” stem from the nature of its narrative . clearly produced for an english - speaking audience , the movie adopts an illogical method in which characters speak english with vaguely defined “foreign” accents . that unfortunate decision only enhances a synthetic quality that dominates each scene . cooper’s dual role is an equally transparent gimmick : the men look , unsurprisingly , like twins . the contrast provides a constant reminder that cooper works better with soft - spoken characters and not poorly scripted “snl” characterizations .
his acts sickened even his murderous father saddam and , for five years , latif yahia was his “fiday” – his double , catching bullets meant for iraq’s most despised man .
a once - in - a - lifetime opportunity for character actor dominic cooper ( usually relegated to dreamy supporting parts ) , “double” allows the brit thesp to tackle two juicy , red - meat roles , playing opposite ends of the moral spectrum as both latif and uday — often in the same shot . in fact , “double’s” seamless split - screen work makes “the social network’s” high - tech twinning effects look as old - fashioned as friendster .
raised in a wealthy household in baghdad , latif yhia had saddam hussein ' s eldest son uday as a classmate . their resemblance was remarked upon . years later latif was summoned to hussein ' s palace and ordered to be sadistic uday ' s body double . when he refused , he was imprisoned and tortured . when his family was also threated , he decided to cooperate . after extensive training , latif became uday ' s double in 1987 .
destructoid reports that gamestop only has 420 copies of devil’s third available for sale via their online store . while this does not represent all retailers , it does imply nintendo didn’t plan to ship many copies of the game at all .
on the surface , latif yahia’s is a compelling tale . while on active service during the iran - iraq war , he was summoned to baghdad to serve as uday’s “fidi” ( or body double ) . when he refused , he was tortured and forced to undergo cosmetic surgery , so that he might more closely resemble saddam’s psychotic son .
cooper takes on a second role as well , playing the innocent latif yahia , uday’s lookalike who was forced against his will into becoming uday’s body double . as yahia , cooper delivers a vastly superior performance , wearing the dazed expression of a good man trapped in pure evil . he’s also a good actor trapped in a bad movie .
drama . latif yahia , army lieutenant and former school companion of saddam hussein ' s sadistic son uday hussein , is violently coerced into becoming uday ' s body double and is reluctantly drawn into a terrifying world of excess and brutality .
the devil’s double is being screened in cinemas across the united states , canada , united kingdom , russia , belgium , the netherlands and surinam . soon release will follow in japan , turkey , eastern europe , middle east , australia , new sealand , scandinavia , thailand , south korea , spain , portugal , india , south - afrika , indonesia , iceland and latin america . under negotiation are france , italy and germany .
as people across the arab world struggle to shake off the burdens of dictatorship , the release of “the devil’s double , ” a slick english - language excursion into saddam hussein’s iraq , might seem either timely or insensitive . shot in lurid , gilded tones ; pulsing with pop decadence , the film is less an anatomy of authoritarian politics than a gangster movie . mercedes - benz sedans hurtle through the streets ; men in dark suits and sunglasses share the screen with women in lingerie ; guns are drawn and fired ; and life is either a nonstop war or an endless party , or both .
many of latif’s bodyguards died in the assassination attempts on him around the country by angry husbands or brothers .
represents the closure and pinnacle of a neorealist strand within what’s now described as the l . a . rebellion . chronicling the devastating effects of underemployment on a family in the same los angeles community depicted in charles burnett’s
ba : it’s in the can . we just don’t see that there’s any point in rushing with it . the longer amount of time that passes the more historically interesting it will become .
ba : i do think it’s there as a subconscious thing though . even on the ‘days of ford cortina’ it’s alluding to the past as a good thing .
the late gerry ryan wasn’t alone . ed bradley of cbs , david frost of al - jazeera and john simpson of the bbc all interviewed yahia and all took him at his word . this was remarkable . because from outset , there were holes in his story so wide they might have been visible from outer space . i am not an investigative reporter . all it took for me to realise that there were question marks over yahia’s credibility was actually bothering to read his books : the devil’s double and the black hole .
it ' s kind of a slow week on the home market in two ways . firstly , the only major release of the week is
the screenplay , written by michael thomas , is based on latif yahia’s biographical novel .
but the power that came with being saddam’s son allowed the young uday to become untouchable , even among his terrified teachers at the segregated school .
the world , the flesh and the devil ’s mixed critical reception may be attributed in part to its racial - political angle . its post - nuclear survivor tale entertains the possibility of interracial love and sex , and harry belafonte , in the starring role , takes up arms against white aggressors . it was one of two films released in 1959 by belafonte’s harbel productions ( the first black - owned and “branded” hollywood production company ) , a few years after he became the thirteenth african american to appear on the cover of time magazine .
basically the story of a man forced to finally see the injustice around him . riley’s movie is designed to do the same thing to you . …
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more recently , yahia has been investigated by the british journalist ed caesar . in nine months , caesar failed to uncover a single piece of evidence to support yahia’s claims to have worked as a body double for uday . among many other , he spoke to haytham ajmaya , a former member of uday’s inner circle , and raad al - sheikh , a private guard at saddam’s presidential palace during the period in question . both men categorically denied that yahia had ever worked as a body double for uday , or indeed that uday had even used body doubles .
“double” panders to the basest tendencies in the makeover sequence that follows , depicting latif’s transformation with the same sordid approach seen in many an episode of “nip / tuck . ” uday watches with mad - scientist zeal as latif is stripped down , sized up and reshaped through plastic surgery to reflect his new boss .
the movie is above all entertaining , if you enjoy human grotesquerie and flamboyant acting . let ' s face it : many of us do . there ' s a reason hannibal lecter remains the most popular villain in the movies . dominic cooper is inevitably more effective as uday than as latif , his disapproving double . after we get a few tastes of uday , we can almost feel the energy level sagging during latif ' s scenes . nor does the role of sarrab ( ludivine sagnier ) hold up very well . what ' s her real story ? why would she , knowing what she knows , take the reckless risk of becoming latif ' s lover ? the movie never persuades us that it understands her .
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otto preminger’s daring musical is based on oscar hammerstein’s broadway version of bizet’s famed opera , here set in the american south during wartime and featuring an all black cast . the pleasure - seeking femme fatale who seduces harry belafonte’s g . i . joe is played by dorothy dandridge , whose defiant performance earned her the first best actress oscar nomination for a person of color .
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lee tamahori ' s new film portrays saddam as a mafia don struggling to maintain order and discipline in iraq . but he ' s worried that he might have handed america ' s neocons a propaganda gift
spectre is sloppier than other recent bonds , but it also feels like it ' s exhausted the idea that fueled the franchise ' s relaunch - - darker and more realistic can only last so long when it ' s paired with a rotating cast of bond girls and supervillains .
oscar micheaux’s within our gates may be the legendary director’s most provocative film . made in response to the racism portrayed in griffith’s the birth of a nation , it contains sequences deemed so incendiary that the film was repeatedly cut by censors ; in 1992 the library of congress restored the film as close to the original as possible . the melodrama follows sylvia , a young southern teacher who travels to boston to seek funding for her school . an extended flashback near the end of the film “refutes the claims of white popular culture with regard to ‘black’ reconstruction” ( michele wallace ) , ” showing us how sylvia’s life was shaped by racial prejudice , lynching , and miscegenation . preservation print courtesy of the library of congress .
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rapes , killings and tortures were all in a day’s work for uday hussein , one of the most sadistic monsters the world has ever seen .
while devil’s third has received poor critical reception , nintendo may have done fans a disservice if they really did a low print run for the game . good or bad , there were players who still wanted the game for their collection . digital , of course , remains an option , but even then , there will be fans who want the game enough that they will deal with scalpers , and these are the gamers nintendo have done a disservice too .
latif then moved into an opulent palace where everything was laid on for him , and the long training process began to turn him into the perfect replica of the butcher of baghdad’s son .
uday hussein , the eldest son of iraq ' s saddam hussein , was a vile and deranged man , whose depravities were given full rein with unlimited power and money . it was a demanding job to be the double of a man so many sincerely wanted to see dead ; even saddam reportedly told uday ,
i should have killed you the day you were born .
the film shows a crass , party - boy interest in uday’s attitude and lifestyle , ranging from an unnecessarily explicit series of torture videos ( including a power drill to the ear sure to inflame the mpaa ) to uncomfortable scenes of kidnap , rape and murder . “it’s all worse than we could possibly portray , ” tamahori said by way of defense at pic’s sundance premiere , though one wonders whether auds really needed to have their faces rubbed in such vile behavior . “double” further emasculates uday by injecting suggestions of homosexuality and incest .
the film is directed by lee tamahori ludivine sagnier will play sarrab , uday’s concubine and secret lover to latif .
latif and uday’s paths first crossed when they were teenagers in the same class at school , the best in baghdad . saddam had just become president and latif’s millionaire businessman father warned his son to steer clear of his powerful classmate .
tamahori appears relatively sympathetic towards saddam : in the film he appears desperate to maintain discipline in a country on the brink of foreign invasion , with a son whom he wishes had never been born .
we have left saddam hussein as a don corleone , or a mafia don trying to keep things in check .
he says .
it was saddam who built the country universities , road and free education . that seemed to be the devil ' s pact that he signed with the people .
three years after robert drew’s breakthrough documentary following jfk through the wisconsin presidential primary , the president , recognizing the historical significance of the direct cinema approach , permitted drew to film during a period of crisis : the showdown between alabama governor george wallace and the federal government over the integration of the university of alabama . drew had teams at the oval office , the justice department and the university , capturing the human details of a drama deeply affecting the country , the civil rights movement and the presidency . preserved by the academy film archive . playing with perfect film ( ken jacobs , 1986 , 22 min . 16mm ) , a radical gesture in found footage composed of an unedited reel of interviews with eyewitnesses to the assassination of malcolm x .
in this columbia pictures remake of frank capra’s submarine ( 1928 ) , 20s and 30s hollywood star dolores del río plays a mexican dancer who weds one officer and seduces another . while the mexican actress was widely considered one of hollywood’s most beautiful faces , her racial difference influenced casting and critical reception . for devil’s playground , her 24th film and a commercial flop , her predatory role–a manifestation of negative stereotypes–led one reviewer to remark that her part “exactly fits her talents and her looks . she is uncomfortably real . ”
looking on with disapproval , latif remains upstanding through it all , and though it’s easy to feel manipulated by the polar differences between cooper’s two characters , that dichotomy makes for great drama . watching the swift , svelte energy with which tamahori hurls us forward , it’s easy to see the qualities that earned him the gig directing “die another day , ” especially in the music choices , which favor electronic and rock over the typical regional sounds used to situate middle eastern fare .
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at some point during the first few months of this website in 2008 i commissioned an article under the working title of are cornershop the greatest cult band of the last 20 years ? it got lost in the upheaval caused by the youthful separation from our parent company . ( that and the much mourned billy holiday - a bank holiday’s worth of content featuring pieces on only billy childish , billy bragg , billy idol and billie piper . ) on listening to their two releases since then ; judy sucks a lemon for breakfast in 2009 and this year’s cornershop and the double - ‘o’ groove of , however , it was obviously even more of a missed opportunity because that title feels less like challops and more like the stone cold truth .
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racist bigotry in the deep south is the subject of elia kazan’s vanguard interracial romance . fearing a southern boycott , the film’s producer cast a caucasian actress as pinky , a pale - skinned african american “passing” as white in boston who returns to the south to visit her mother and is confronted by her black identity in a racist society . the court of marshall , texas found an exhibitor guilty of presenting a film that was “of such a character as to be prejudicial to the best interests of the people of said city . ” the case eventually led to a u . s . supreme court victory for the film .
but while serving in the army in 1983 during the iran - iraq war , he received an order summoning him to uday’s palace and was given a terrible choice .
an iraqi soldier is forced to become a double for saddam hussein ' s sadistic son uday to distract assassins . his new role plunges him into a world of depravity , as he becomes a first - hand witness to the acts of murder and violence uday routinely indulges in . drama , starring dominic cooper , ludivine sagnier and philip quast .
dominic cooper recently completed stephen frear’s tamara drewe in which he holds the lead role opposite gemma arterton . in 2009 he starred in the acclaimed hit film an education , which received three academy award nominations including best motion picture . his additional film credits include last year’s international blockbuster , mamma mia ! , the duchess and the history boys .
talking of which - i read something in the guardian recently that made me very angry . the writer howard jacobson was talking about how he was down on his luck and doing this job that was so beneath him - i . e . he was a polytechnic lecturer in wolverhampton . now not that i feel wolverhampton needs defending by me - in fact in some ways it’s relatively indefensible - but just the sheer snide insinuation that this was pretty much as bad as it got for someone like him . now i know you’ve had some harsh things to say about the city before now but do you ever feel the need to argue devil’s advocate for the place , to defend its honour ?
even more tasteless than its main character ' s gold ' n ' marble palace .
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graduating from this sick course , latif was given access to all life’s luxuries . but he would be sent out to perform uday’s civic duties , everything from inspecting troops to handing out medals to the iraqi football team .
uday , a pathetic and dangerous weakling beneath his playboy strut , presents an interesting case study in the psychopathology of unchecked privilege . a rapist , cokehead and sadist , sentimentally attached to his mother and brutally contemptuous of all other women , uday is a walking cartoon of degeneracy . puffing on big cigars , brandishing rolex watches and oversize pistols , he looks like a teenager acting out fantasies gleaned from hip - hop videos . and as the film moves through his world of blood and sex and curdled machismo , “the devil’s double” inhales some of his toxic , shallow energy . at times you feel as if you were stuck in grand theft auto : baghdad city , which , while entertaining enough , can also become a bit wearying .
mystery , alaska : a hockey - crazed small town in alaska centers on the weekly “saturday game” of pond hockey . after a feature in sports illustrated , the nhl suggests an exhibition game between the new york rangers and the town’s players . sheriff john biebe ( russell crowe ) , who had recently been kicked off of the saturday game to make room for a younger , talented skater is asked to coach the team amid increasing signs that the game is taking on greater significance than a simple exhibition . multiple townspeople’s lives are drawn into the events of the game , and eventually biebe must step onto the ice as a player .
his film depicts 1980s baghdad as a city of sin , run for the debauched entertainment of a seedy elite . at its centre is uday , the elder son of the ruling dictator , who was assassinated by us special forces in 2003 . he is played by cooper ( who made his name in the history boys ) as a vainglorious , self - obsessed monster . cooper also plays latif yahia , the man supposedly hired as a body double for uday .
as a result of those ambiguities , it is interesting to wonder about the film ' s purpose . it is not intended as history . although it draws applause at the news as the end credits roll that uday was killed in 2003 by u . s . special forces , it is not particularly unfavorable in its portrayal of papa hussein . he makes a few brief appearances in what functions as the movie ' s token of ( relative ) sanity .
then the next stage of training – far more monstrous – began . to understand the president’s son , and to desensitise him to what was to come , he had to watch videos of tortures and rapes committed by uday and his friends . the barbarous acts , coupled with uday’s glee at committing them , sickened latif .
the movie ( directed by lee tamahori from a script by michael thomas ) filters its own prurient fascination with uday through the perspective of another , less loathsome character . this is latif yahia , also played by mr . cooper , a veteran of the iran - iraq war who is plucked from obscurity and offered the role of uday’s double . it is not an offer he can refuse — the interview process includes beatings and threats to his family — and the responsibilities are not always pleasant . he has good clothes , plentiful liquor and access to whatever women uday doesn’t want , but he has to serve as a decoy for assassins , a celebrity impersonator and , worst of all , uday’s official best buddy .
h - e double hockey sticks : apprentice demon griffelkin ( will friedle ) is instructed by ms . beelzebub ( rhea perlman ) to steal the soul of super talented hockey player dave heinrich ( matthew lawrence ) . griffelkin and heinrich reach an agreement in which heinrich’s soul is forfeit if the delaware devils win the stanley cup , but griffelkin , in an act of rebellion against mean - spirited ms . beelzebub , has dave traded to the annapolis angels , the worst team in the league . heinrich has to learn to play with a new , less talented team and griffelkin tries to find a way to side with good .
this movie is not quite based on fact . tamahori and writer michael thomas make it clear they ' ve fictionalized a great deal , and although they cite latif yahia ' s own book as their source , that itself is a novel . in life , i learn , latif was groomed as uday ' s double as early as his school days . nor did he plot uday ' s death . his story raises the question of whether his real life role was quite as upstanding as it seems here ; he would have much reason to portray himself in a favorable light .
are opening in saturation level theater counts . it is likely the latter will be the biggest of the three new releases ( although it will likely have to settle for second place ) and it is the target film in this week ' s contest . in order to win , one must simply predict the opening weekend box office number for
uday’s proposal is simple : he needs a “fiday” ( a lookalike who can stand in for him in public ) , and latif can either accept the job or see his family executed for his insubordination . even when faced with this impossible choice , latif resists . did he really have such reservations ? though the film was inspired by yahia’s true experiences , thomas and tamahori treat “double” as a dramatic retelling untethered to reality . for the sake of a good yarn , they prefer to think of latif as a righteous soul , forced to “extinguish” himself ( as he puts it ) and mirror this monster feared by the iraqi people .
ba : it was a very long , drawn out process , so it’s probably been the longest album from start to finish that we’ve done .
tied on an estimated $ 36 , 206 , 250 . that ' s a slight disappointment for
a cryptic message from bond ' s past sends him on a trail to uncover a sinister organisation . while m battles political forces to keep the secret service alive , bond peels back the layers of deceit to reveal the terrible truth behind spectre .
although a glimpse into the decadence of the hussein regime this bears the serious flaw of being one note . and yes , that note is loud .
baghdad , the playground for the rich and infamous , where anything can be bought - but for a price . this is uday hussein ' s world and with his depraved lust for debauchery and immorality , he helps himself to whatever turns him on . when army lieutenant latif yahia is summoned to saddam ' s palace , he is faced with an impossible request - to be uday ' s ' fiday ' - his body double , or have his family condemned to death . in a world entrenched in betrayal and corruption , knowing who to trust becomes a matter of life or death for latif , as he battles to escape from his forced existence .
whatever historians make of it , tamahori ' s film is one of the most gripping attempts to address the first gulf war , helped by a stand - out performance from cooper , who convincingly weaves between the two main roles of uday and yahia .
one of the most eagerly awaited dutch films of 2018 is redbad , the histo . . . -
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hbo ' s new series sharp objects premieres july 8 and follows amy adams as camille . . .
his tales of life as uday’s body double seemed , to put it mildly , far - fetched . but those were only the beginning . since fleeing iraq , he claimed to have taken an austrian policeman hostage at gunpoint , punched a judge , doused a refugee camp in petrol , enjoyed a love affair with a saudi arabian princess ( who was later beheaded ) , become a north sea ship’s captain and masterminded a diamond smuggling business out of amsterdam . each of these claims was as sensational as it was unverifiable .
in an episode dedicated to the show within the show , “glow” illustrates its grand capacity for storytelling , and the very good tv podcast breaks down how .
tamahori may have reason to believe he has gifted the state department a slice of prime propaganda . but his film is limited to the events before the first gulf war , and makes no reference to the war of 2003 . we can look forward to that in the sequel . the script practically writes itself .
ba : talking of j . b . s in dudley , you were one of a handful of people to see the stone roses play live there .
ba : he asked us to do a lonnie donnegan song and ' houston hash ' wasn’t written by him but it was taken to the top of the charts by him . it’s also one that we quite like . and we liked the history of it ; it was a huge hit in the states , possibly the first country hit there . that ep is definitely a nod to the support we’ve had from america .
x - factor : jack black plays augie , the high school team’s goaltender . if there is an actor better suited to capturing the unique and often strange persona of a goalie , i’d love to meet him .
later , he campaigned unsuccessfully for irish citizenship , becoming an outspoken critic of ireland’s then minister for justice , michael mcdowell . in 2007 , he was the subject of a fawning episode of rte’s ryan confidential programme . at the time , i emailed series producer david blake knox to ask if programme makers had attempted to independently verify the truth of any of yahia’s claims . he replied : “our goal in this interview is to allow our viewers the opportunity to form their own opinions about his credibility . ” i took that as a no .
airborne : mitchell goosen ( shane mcdermott ) is dropped off in cincinnati , ohio to live with his aunt , uncle , and cousin wiley ( seth green ) by his parents as they depart for a six month zoological study . an avid surfer and inline skater , goosen soon attracts the negative attention of high school hockey team . eventually goosen wins over their begrudging respect after finding a non - violent but embarrassing way to respond to one of the rival “prep” players during an inline hockey game . both teams agree to settle their differences with a race down a set of streets named “the devil’s backbone” .
it was only after their wedding that she heard about his claim to have worked as uday’s body double , a claim she says she always found dubious . cunningham took out a barring order against yahia in 2000 and still lives in fear of him today . “it has been very hard for me over the years to see newspapers , tv and radio fawning over him , ” she told me . “nobody ever thought to investigate his claims . ”
within its opening minutes , michael thomas’ script lays everything out , cutting from a montage of real - world atrocity ( front - line footage depicting corpses and other casualties of war ) to an attack in which iraq army lt . latif narrowly escapes with his life . called to baghdad by former classmate uday , the decorated officer comes face - to - face with uday’s favorite mistresses , sarrab ( alluring french actress ludivine sagnier ) , and judging by the look she throws latif , we know exactly where “double” is headed before uday even enters the room .
in 1994 , lee tamahori surprised the world with once were warriors . he quickly became one of the most acclaimed directors of his generation with classics like mullholland falls , the edge , along came a spider , the bond box office hit die another day with pierce brosnan and halle berry and xxx2 : the state of the union .
roger ebert ' s speech on empathy for the
11th hour
series on april 9th , 1994 , being republished here in honor of his birthday june 18 .
today marks round one of the hockey wilderness best hockey film tournament . we’ve got 12 competitors for the title .
the action is atrocious , and after the brass - balled sequences of rogue nation , spectre feels especially flat .
in spencer williams’ adaptation of the w . somerset maugham short story “miss thompson , ” nightclub performer gertie la rue ( everett ) escapes to a caribbean resort after two - timing her harlem boyfriend . ready to entertain the tourists and g . i . s stationed nearby , gertie must first face the demons of her past , as well as an intolerant reformer who condemns gertie’s sultry moves .
aubrey o ' day ' s tweets pretty much prove her
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this is an over - the - top gangster flick that starts with the volume turned up to 11 and stays that way . it ' s never boring , but revels in the bad behaviour it pretends to condemn , and is too much on one note to be much good .
i was reading the new simon reynolds book retromania this morning and he explains the etymology behind the word nostalgia . in the late 17th century the swiss medical student johannes hofer coined the term “nostalgie” to refer to the extreme form of home sickness suffered by some of his countrymen on long tours of national in service in the lowlands of france and italy . this longing to get home led in some extreme cases to anorexia or even suicide . when the british borrowed the term in the 1920s to become ‘nostalgia’ , the thing causing the sickness switched from being distance to time . i’ve always felt that there was a fundamental yearning to the music of cornershop - not in a i < 3 1974 way - but in a very fundamental yearning for a past that is unobtainable , forever just out of reach .
the main point of the film , he says , is to entertain .
all film is ultimately entertainment , regardless whether it ' s the battle of algiers or a documentary about penguins ,
he says .
it is all there to manipulate us . i don ' t want people to leave thinking they have the truth . what they have instead is an illusion of the truth .
ant - man and the wasp , starring paul rudd and evangeline lilly , took the top spot at . . .
all screenings are open to the public and take place at the campus theatre , 413 market street , lewisburg pa .
equally as offensive as the movie ' s smorgasbord of smut and violence is the lingering whiff of colonial - era orientalism , a western predilection for regarding eastern cultures as innately idle , lascivious , irrational , and thus ripe for intervention .
i read a piece this morning that i felt that almost made this interview redundant . it was a blog post on the movies on my mind site called killing in the name of good music which traces the acceptance of cornershop’s music among uk asian people in general . the author talks about why he feels that in the past your music hasn’t always been clutched to the heart of the community and lists a number of possible reasons before concluding that your music seems to be bigger with british asian people now more than ever . i was just wondering if you felt that this was the case ?
oscar micheaux ( u . s . 1931 ) 78 min . with eunice brooks , stanley morrell , celeste cole .


sri lanka : the search for justice is an investigative documentary about the final weeks of the sri lankan civil war by callum macrae.the documentary is about the search for justice for thousands of sri lankan tamils and supports international justice rather than a domestic process.it is being released under a slogan #letthem be heard .

sri lanka : the search for justice

macrae releases another documentry : sri lanka : the search for justice . | eye sri lanka
sri lanka : the search for justice ( english ) from nofirezone on vimeo .
“sri lanka : the search for justice” was released on thursday in english and spanish and is addressed to members of the un human rights council .
join filmmaker callum macrae on friday , sept . 11 , for a new york screening of sri lanka : the search for justice , his latest documentary on the final bloody days of the sri lankan civil war .
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the documentary ‘sri lanka : the search for justice’ said despite the election of a new government in january , there had been no justice for ethnic minority tamils who bore the brunt of abuses in the final phase of the war which ended in may 2009 .
the council needs to consider what steps should be taken to ensure justice and end impunity in sri lanka .
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callum macrae behind the controversial emmy - nominated feature documentary no fire zone have launched a new short film , sri lanka : the search for justice . it calls on the international community to listen to the voices of the tamil victims who are calling for an international accountability process to ensure truth and justice .
this short video describes those crimes – and sets out the issues which must be considered in finding a way to ensure truth and justice for all the communities of sri lanka .
the team behind the controversial emmy - nominated feature documentary no fire zone – credited with playing a key role in convincing the international community to take action over the sri lankan massacres of 2009 , in which tens of thousands of tamil civilians died – have today launched a new short film , sri lanka : the search for justice .
the team behind the controversial emmy - nominated feature documentary no fire zone – credited with playing a key role in convincing the international community to take action over the sri lankan massacres of 2009 , in which tens of thousands of tamil civilians died – had on thursday launched a new short film , sri lanka : the search for justice .
sri lanka’s attempt to seek support for a domestic mechanism to address allegations over the war shifts to geneva this week as the 30th session of the un human rights council ( unhrc ) begins with sri lanka on the agenda .
tags : sexual violence , south asia , sri lanka , svi , svi project .
the us is working collaboratively with the new government of sri lanka and key stakeholders on the text of the resolution .
tamils in sri lanka is prepared to reconcile with singales in sri lanka but people like you and diasphora merchants who became rich becouse of war still funds channel 4 to make these 3rd rate videos .
“the government of sri lanka , if it is genuinely committed to truth and justice , has nothing to fear of such a process . only the guilty fear the truth , ” he said .
prior to the new york screening , macrae took sri lanka : the search for justice on an international preview tour through five latin american countries – bolivia , brazil , paraguay , argentina and mexico . the film will travel to washington , dc , and then geneva , where it will be screened in the palais de nation , the human rights council’s headquarters .
the high commissioner’s office confirmed last week that the report of the high commissioner on sri lanka will be released as scheduled .
callum macrae the film director of no fire zone : sri lanka’s killing fields speaks to a jou . . .
sri lanka : the search for justice is currently being taken on an international preview tour through five latin american countries – bolivia , brazil , paraguay , argentina and mexico – by no fire zone director callum macrae . he will then travel to the united states to screen the film and meet politicians , government officials and human rights activists in both new york and washington .
at un , the foreign minister of sri lanka mentioned about appointing sampanthan as the opposition leader of sri lanka . it proves what motivates the government to appointment sampanthan as the opposition leader . once their need is over , sampanthan will be nothing to the government .
as observed in the book ( co - edited by this columnist , the search for justice , the sri lanka papers , sage india 2016 ) , the framing of sexual violence in sri lanka should not be seen as a pure by - product of war . the over simplification of what remains a pervasive and complex failure of justice directly linked to the complete breakdown of the rule of law indeed makes dealing with the issue far more difficult as it obscures the real power dynamic at play . â the crisis is informed and enabled by fiendishly clever minds at play , intent on entrenching impunity where it matters most ; the law and the legal system .
the unhrc will on september 30 consider the report of the high commissioner on promoting reconciliation and accountability in sri lanka followed by a discussion .
the sri lanka freedom party ( slfp ) , which is also part of the national government , has agreed on the proposed domestic mechanism .
this will see most political parties in parliament taking the position that an international judicial process will not be acceptable to sri lanka .
foreign minister samaraweera had told diplomats based in colombo last month that sri lanka needs time to ensure full reconciliation takes place .
the sri lankan delegation will also have talks with un high commissioner for human rights zeid ra’ad al hussein while the sri lankan foreign minister will also make a statement at the council this week during the general debate .
sri lanka’s attempt to obtain support for a domestic mechanism will face still resistance from a tamil national alliance northern provincial council delegation and producer of the controversial no - fire zone film on the war callum macrea .
justice minister wijeyadasa rajapakshe said that the international community had placed its faith on the new government following the presidential and parliamentary elections .
women persisting in their struggles for justice stressing their profound concern , the committee has asked sri lanka to incorporate better safeguards for the independence and effectiveness of the judiciary and witness protection programmes , in line with international standards . as discussed in these column spaces last week , the holding out of this witness protection authority as a major achievement of the governmentâ€™s progress since 2015 was a farce in the worst sense of the word .
sri lanka : the search for justice is currently being taken on an international preview tour through five latin american countries – bolivia , brazil , paraguay , argentina and mexico – by no fire zone director callum macrae . he will then travel to the united states to screen the film and meet with politicians , government officials and human rights activists in both new york and washington . from there he will take the film to geneva , where it will be screened in the palais de nation , the human rights council’s headquarters .
foreign minister mangala samaraweera and justice minister wijeyadasa rajapakshe were due to arrive in geneva today to begin meetings with member states of the unhrc to seek support for the domestic mechanism .
the us , which is backing the new government , agrees . the us is putting all its weight behind sri lanka for the domestic mechanism , and it is likely that a majority of the countries , if not all , in the unhrc will back sri lanka . the current unhrc membership with voting rights includes china , france , india , japan , pakistan , russia , south africa , the united states of america and the uk .
“it calls on the international community to listen to the voices of the tamil victims who are calling for an international accountability process to ensure truth and justice , ” said a press release , noting that the northern provincial council has called for such a process .
sri lanka : the search for justice was taken on an international preview tour through five latin american countries – bolivia , brazil , paraguay , argentina and mexico – last week by no fire zone director callum macrae . he then travelled to the united states to screen the film and meet with politicians , government officials , and human rights activists in both new york and washington . from there , he is taking the film to geneva this week , where it will be screened in the palais de nation , the human rights council’s headquarters .
on behalf of a core group , the us will offer a resolution during the geneva session on sri lanka to follow up on the new sri lankan government’s efforts to promote reconciliation and accountability and on the release of the report of the investigation requested in hrc resolution 25 / 1 .
last fall , the united nations agreed to allow sri lanka to set up its own special court on war crimes . mr . sirisena needs to move quickly to fulfill his government’s obligation to the united nations and its moral duty to sri lankans .
the panel said it had “credible allegations” that both sri lankan troops and tamil tiger rebels carried out atrocities but said the government was responsible for most of the deaths .
the makers of the emmy - nominated documentary “no fire zone” have released a new film on sri lanka urging the international community to listen to tamil voices calling for an international accountability mechanism , ahead of the release of a united nations report into mass atrocities on the island .
piranha you are realy the limit , thank god you are not around to derail the negotiations going on for communal harmony in sri lanka . dont worry about mcrae he has nothing else to peddle so he will go on whipping a dead horse
the period after the 1990 democratic movement , the subsequent political transformation in the aftermath of the maoist insurgency and the writing of the new constitution , has seen an increase in public discussion about sexual violence . the state has brought in a slew of legislation and action plans to address this problem . and yet , impunity for perpetrators remains intact and justice elusive . what are the structures that enable such impunity ? what can be done to radically transform these ? how must states understand the search for justice for victims and survivors of sexual violence ? the essays in this volume attempt to trace a history of sexual violence in nepal , look at the responses of women’s groups and society at large , and suggest how this serious and wide - ranging problem may be addressed .
zeid ra’ad al hussein will open the 30th session of the unhrc tomorrow , delivering a statement on the activities of his office since the last session and will mention his intention to release the report on sri lanka later this month .
the northern provincial council and macrea feel an international judicial process and not a domestic mechanism should be used to deal with alleged war crimes said to have been committed in sri lanka .
mr . naveen pragnaratna , please learn your history , not what was dished out during the last 50 years . tamils were in the north and east before vijebahu arrived in lanka and married the vadtha queen , queen kuvani and started the singhalese language . sure , history is written by the winners , so will the long arm of justice eventually bend towards justice . shooting or insulting the messenger is not very productive either .
macrae called on the government of sri lanka to demonstrate its commitment to peace and reconciliation by accepting that an international accountability process – examining crimes by all sides in the war – was the only way forward .
the first informal meeting to discuss the resolution has been scheduled for september 17 in geneva .
in this collection of essays on sri lanka the authors – activists , lawyers , academics , journalists – look back at sri lanka’s long and intense armed conflict during which women and men were sexually brutalized , assaulted , tortured and disappeared . they examine not only the rampant sexual violence during the conflict period , and the impunity enjoyed by its perpetrators , but focus also on women’s struggles for survival , their interactions with community leaders and their navigation of society’s expectations , their understanding of , and access to justice . essay after essay argues compellingly for the need to stop treating survivors of sexual violence as victims and to start seeing them as potentially powerful agents of change .
when truth and justice cannot come from inside it will come from outside . gosl was and is incapable of truth and justice . gosl tries to pursuade the other countries with falsehood and lies instead of revealing the truth inside . gosl needs a stick and not carrot . .
the concluding observations of the un committee on the elimination of discrimination against women ( cedaw committee ) issued in regard to sri lanka on march 3rd this year is illuminating in several respects . it was significant that the observations were released just a few days before the world marked the international day of women . in sri lanka , this customarily signifies an empty parade of speeches and social events with no actual impact on gender rights .
just because us and un not following the law , does not give right for sri lanka to ignore the law as well . yes sri lanka ended a war which was started due to the very nation ignoring the minorities rights and well being . should i remind you the riots carried out against the minorities in 1977 & 1983 , when the government stood by and watched instead of protecting the minorities . innocent women and children died when government just stood there and watched all the thugs fire bombed the minorities assets , houses and chopped innocent civilians to death .
the concluding observations of the un committee on the elimination of discrimination against women ( cedaw committee ) issued in regard to sri lanka on march 3rd this year is illuminating in several respects . it was significant that the observations were released just a few days before the world marked the international day of women . in sri [ . . . ]
the film , made by journalist and director callum macrae , called for an international court , rather than a domestic process , to try to dispense justice - something the united states recently said it would support , if credible .
colombo ( thomson reuters foundation ) - a documentary made by a british film maker has called for an international court to probe alleged war crimes committed during sri lanka’s 26 - year conflict , just days ahead of a united nations human rights council ( unhrc ) meeting on the issue .
sure this domestic investigation will be a whitewash to save the “patriotic” citizens . unfortunately the sad story of impunity will continue and sri lanka will perish in this ill conceived glory and eternally mired into this abyss “cycle of violence” .
talaash is the second novel of the bangladeshi writer shaheen akhtar . it captures the brutalities of the 1971 war of liberation and its contingent afterlife - - more specifically , the scars it has left on women . for thirty long years , mariam , the protagonist of the novel , lives with memories of a war that refuses to end for her . the analeptic and proleptic shapings of shaheen ' s prose travel in and through those shattered memories ( and their public use ) to construct a devastating archive of pain and anguish , far beyond the pale of cause and effect . shaheen akhtar ' s mesmerizing and moving novel , set against the background of the bangladesh war of independence , explores the violence done to women , their courage and heartbreak , their search for love and their betrayal . taalash ( the search ) was awarded the prothom alo literary prize in 2004 .
they demonstrate how impunity for perpetrators is both a failure of the formal justice process and a product of individual , community and social conditions and indeed the choices that victims and families often make , which promote silence over truth . at the end of more than a quarter century of conflict that has left some 100 , 000 dead , 50 , 000 women - headed households struggling to survive , and created countless victims and survivors of sexual violence , the calls for justice can no longer be ignored .
how ever hard one try to hide the truth it will be short lived . it is better to face the truth it does not matter how hard it may be now . it was difficult for any country which had bend the rules to face up to the reality of the truth . with out truth and justice true peace and reconciliation will be impossible to achieve . for those who are watching the sri lankan situation from out side know there were no credible out come in the past history for this type of issues as people are some how connected to the situation one way or other .
macrea , who will be in geneva this week , told the sunday leader that an accountability process is necessary , so that truth and justice can be achieved .
under the campaign slogan , # letthembeheard , the new film – containing graphic video evidence of the war crimes and massacres – is addressed to members of the human rights council . it calls on the international community to listen to the voices of the tamil victims who are calling for an international accountability process to ensure truth and justice .
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“wednesday , september 30 will commence with an interactive dialogue with the independent expert on the central african republic and the independent expert on somalia . a presentation of the high commissioner’s report on sri lanka will then take place to be followed by a discussion , ” the high commissioner’s office said .
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under the campaign slogan , # letthem be heard , the new film – containing graphic video evidence of the war crimes and massacres – is addressed to members of the human rights council . it calls on the international community to listen to the voices of the tamil victims who are calling for an international accountability process to ensure truth and justice .
innumerable committees and forums on women and for women which this government apparently delights in bringing into being really do not address the heart of the matter where all these failures of justice are concerned . â let us hear less of lofty speeches and see more of actual structural reforms in that regard . surely it is high time and more for this ?
all this was moreover in the context of continued threats by both the police and the military in the region . in many similar cases , the women have fled the country , unable to bear the vicious retaliation meted out to them and their family members for daring to invoke the sri lankan legal system in their aid .
in september the united nations human rights council will consider the publication of the investigation into war crimes by both sides in the sri lankan war which ended in may 2009 .
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nobody can save the defeated tamils . the tamil leadership is playing double game particularly sambanthan trio ( sambanthan , senathirajah and sumanthiran . the tamil people have to shelve them soon . senathirajah is self promoting devil not interested in the tamil’s welfare . sambanthan canot do anything without sumanthiran . it is a great pity why the people voted for the tna . the tamil people must have abstained from voting for the simple reason they are not part of the sri lankan governance .
the indian government has built 10 , 250 houses last year for internally displaced people in sri lanka ' s northern and eastern provinces .
another 27 , 750 houses will be constructed . . . . . ! indian deputy high commissioner in jaffna transferred to guyana . . . . ! minister g . l . peries to visit china . . . !
people do not like peace in a country make these type of bullshits . sri lanka is having peace after war . no civilian is dying now . but hopes of separatists or terrorists have been shattered . that is why like piranha is angry .
but the wounds of war cannot be healed until a transitional justice process demanded by the united nations in a resolution last october moves forward . on that score , mr . sirisena says his government will not act “in haste . ” this is unacceptable . atrocities were committed by both tamil rebel troops and the sri lankan army during the civil war . the perpetrators must be brought to trial .
the sexual violence and impunity in south asia research project ( coordinated by zubaan and supported by the international development research centre ) brings together , for the first time in the region , a vast body of knowledge on this important – yet silenced – subject . six country volumes ( one each on bangladesh , nepal , pakistan , sri lanka , and two on india ) comprising over fifty research papers and two book - length studies detail the histories of sexual violence and look at the systemic , institutional , societal , individual and community structures that work together to perpetuate impunity for perpetrators .
the minister said that while in geneva , they will look to work on the proposed resolution seeking support for a domestic investigation on incidents related to the war .
the sexual violence and impunity in south asia research project ( coordinated by zubaan and supported by the international development research centre ) brings together , for the first time in the region , a vast body of knowledge on this important – yet silenced – subject . six country volumes ( one each on bangladesh , nepal , pakistan , sri lanka , and two on india , as well as two standalone volumes ) comprising over fifty research papers and two book - length studies , detail the histories of sexual violence and look at the systemic , institutional , societal , individual and community structures that work together to perpetuate impunity for perpetrators .
“instead , they hope the international community and the members of the human rights council will accept the need for a process under international jurisdiction they can trust to be fair and impartial , ” he said .
why on earth is the un still on a witch hunt against us ? ? why not go after the war mongering us for all the wars they are starting ? ? look at the crisis in syria and france just announced it will attack syria too , then what about the civilians still on the ground ? ? what about the arab nations ignoring the plight of syria ? ? stupid stupid un and us ! ! sri lanka ended a war ! ! we are fine now . . war is a dirty game and people die… but we ended terrorism unlike the un and us that gives rise to terrorism ! !
a complex failure of justice ideally a witness protection authority should be the primary source of relief to which these women , whose bravery exceeds their male counterparts , should be able to appeal to without a doubt . yet can any one of us , with a conscience , declare that such victims even in the future can actually look for succor to this state institution ? that is the ultimate question .
ahead of the release of the report , heavy lobbying will take place in geneva both for and against a domestic mechanism to address the concerns and allegations which are expected to be made public in the report .
is there any form of credible evidence to prove that there were tamils in north and east before king vijaya came to sri lanka . this is how all these stories are created by merely posting comments without evidence . no need of written history get the examples from archaeological findings . you will find what is right but you don’t want to accept the truth .
macrae said that should the un endorse such a domestic inquiry against the wishes of the victims it would represent a betrayal of the un’s own principles : “the un has very clear principles on the role of victims in any transitional justice programme , principles which make it clear that you cannot impose a mechanism on the victims . the victims must be involved in its design and have confidence in it , ” he said .
the committee has stated that the integrity and independence of the accountability processes for women war victims be secured and that the judiciary and the legal system need to be fundamentally reformed . one crucial recommendation is that the government expedites the review and amendment of the assistance to and protection of victims of crimes and witnesses act .
an unforgettable book , a life in trans activism will leave the reader questioning the ‘safe’ and ‘comfortable’ binaries of male / female that so many of us take for granted .
“it is an essential process for our country involving the broad areas of truth seeking , justice , reparations , and non - recurrence . it also involves the important element of consultations to ensure ownership of processes , guarantee long - term sustainability and ensure that the deep grievances of all communities and within communities are addressed . therefore , the mechanisms that we aim to set up and the processes that we aim to set in place will have to be evolved through wide consultations , ” the foreign minister had said .
there was a lot more she could write . she would one day . not for others , but to her own people she would explain the meaning of the word ‘islam’ .
just a little over a year ago , voters in sri lanka rallied to elect a new president , with high hopes that he would usher in a new era of government accountability and bring healing to a country fractured by the brutal civil war that ended in 2009 . president maithripala sirisena has taken bold steps to fulfill those hopes since his election last january .
the authority counts in its ranks , individuals who have been best known ( as documented in detail ) for using the authority of the state to threaten witnesses themselves during the past decades when ordinary sri lankans were compelled to undergo gross human rights abuses . its so - called protection division is situated within the command structure of the police itself . if this is how the government proves the credibility of these institutions , one can only rest oneâ€™s profoundly skeptical case . this exemplifies certain truths .
macrae is hell bent on delivering goods for what he is paid for . can understand that . why were the civilians taken as human shields ? of course because they were terrorists who did not care . many civilians were rescued . many were shot by the terrorists . some died in the cross fire . what do you expect in war ?
so riveting is the narration that it is difficult to put down the book until their stories are finished . for a non - fiction academic work this is no small feat .
- - anupama katakam , the hindu
time and again , in south asia , the state has worked to mediate public memory , to manipulate forgetting , particularly in relation to its own acts of commission . it has done this by refusing to take responsibility , not only for its acts but also for the pain such acts have caused . it has done this by denying suffering the eloquence , the words , the expression that it deserves and papering over the hurt of people with routine government procedures .
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the 30 - minute film comes from the team behind the emmy - nominated feature - length documentary no fire zone who are credited with playing a key role in convincing the international community to take action over the sri lankan massacres of 2009 , in which tens of thousands of tamil civilians died . release of the shorter documentary coincides with the long anticipated publication of the international war crimes investigation into the massacres , ordered by the united nations human rights council 18 months ago in geneva .
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a u . n . panel has said that tens of thousands of civilians were killed in 2009 in the final months of the war . at that time government troops advanced on the ever - shrinking northern tip of the island , controlled by tamil rebels fighting for an independent homeland .
rajah , do not try to mislead by writing a false history , it is true fisherman from tamil nadu visited north to dry their nets for long time .
dont do bullshit man . sl govt didnt massacare inocent tamil people but was fighting against ltte . it was them who murdered innocent civillians for three decades . do something sensible .
government officials were not immediately available for comment . but former president mahinda rajapaksa’s administration had repeatedly rejected alleged rights abuses and refused to cooperate with a u . n . probe .
the film will also be screened in the palais de nation , the human rights council’s headquarters in geneva .
throughout south asia , new educational opportunities and an increase in the age at which girls and boys get married are opening new spaces for young people to live the passage to adulthood . this book documents and describes the everyday reality of this changing gendered transition for young people in a rural area of south west bangladesh . it focuses on three main areas that are central to young people ' s experience : those of college and student life , friendships and relationships with those of the same sex and across sexes and marriage and the issues involved in the choice of a marriage partner .
twenty - one years later , in 2012 , the rape and murder of a young medical student in delhi galvanized a protest movement so widespread and deep that it reached all corners of the world . in kashmir , a group of young women , all in their twenties , were inspired to re - open the kunan - poshpora case , to revisit their history and to look at what had happened to the survivors of the 1991 mass rape . through personal accounts of their journey , this book examines questions of justice , of stigma , of the responsibility of the state , and of the long - term impact of trauma .
when revathi’s powerful memoir , the truth about me , first appeared in 2011 , it caused a sensation . readers learned of revathi’s childhood unease with her male body ; her escape from her birth family to a house of hijras ( the south asian generic term for transgender people ) , and her eventual transition to being the woman she always she knew was . this new book charts her remarkable journey from relative obscurity to becoming india’s leading spokesperson for transgender rights and an inspiration to thousands .
intimidation not limited to women of the north true , the prosecution ultimately resulted in the conviction of four soldiers for raping one woman and sexually assaulting another in 2010 . but this was due to the extraordinary bravery and persistence of the women at the centre of the trial who persisted in the face of direct threats and intimidation . this ranged from being asked to destroy evidence of the rape very early on to being offered bribes to â€˜stay quietâ€™ to being subjected to a second ordeal in court when they were asked the most searching questions in relation to their trauma .
examining this question from the perspective of an academic and a practitioner , sumi krishna looks at diverse areas including the socialization of attitudes , the shaping of community ideologies , and the construction of disciplines and research methodologies . the author advances the novel concept of ' genderscapes ' to reflect the totality of women ' s lifeworlds to revision natural resource management in complex landscapes . rich case studies unravel the caring practices of forest - dwellers , women ' s knowledge of biodiversity , their responsibility for farming and food production .
the author argues that the state and its citizens must work together to accord social recognition to the suffering of victims and survivors of sexual violence , and thereby join in what she calls ‘a shared humanity’ . while this may or may not produce legal victories , the acknowledgment that the suffering of our fellow citizens is our collective responsibility is an essential first step towards securing justice . it is this , that in a fundamental sense , challenges and illuminates the contours and details of state impunity and positions impunity as not merely a legal or political conundrum , but as resolute refusal on the part of state personnel to be part of a shared humanity .
macrae is following the bloody footsteps left by the barbaric sinhala military that butchered the tamil civilians . three cheers to macrae
well said… this macrae is looking after his own interests : terror money from the diaspora , and his craving to create a “history making video”… . . this loser will learn soon that most of the channel4 videos’ “atrocities” were actually created by terrorists donning army uniforms , for terror propaganda…
guneet ahuja and parijata bhardwaj are lawyers who have fought for the implementation of adivasi rights , and this piece relies on sources both ' official ' and oral , which when taken together are telling of the extent of violence occurring in the region . the essay is a detailed analysis of what happens when authorities dismiss human lives as mere impediments to development , and state forces reject a distinction between civilians and warring groups . it concludes with a call to end excessive military campaigns against the state ' s own people and engage with the cause of the maoist struggle , and , very significantly , to provide reparations and fundamental rights to those who have suffered for many , many long years .
but as enormously tempting as it may be to dwell on that at satirical length , there are important and substantive issues that need to be discussed . cedawâ€™s recommendations this month hone in on some of these most vital steps that need to be taken by the sri lankan state in that regard .
if the present government thought that it could whitewash the atrocities of the rajapaksas during the war by getting close to the west it is mistaken . the unhrc report is likely to be devastating to the rajapaksas and the military they commanded . macrae is fully aware of what the present sl government leaders are cooking with the us government and has come out with a timely expose of the wartime atrocities perpetrated by the sl regime . war criminals will be labelled and all must ensure they are punished .
a powerful video guide to the issues - designed to inform debate at the september 2015 meeting of the human rights council .
revathi describes her life , her work in the ngo sangama , which works with people across a spectrum of gender identities and sexual orientations , and how she rose from office assistant to director in the organization . today she is an independent activist , theatre person , actor and writer , and works for the rights of transgender persons .
the essays in this volume focus on nepal , which though not directly colonized , has not remained immune from the influence of colonialism in its neighbourhood . in addition to home - grown feudal patriarchal structures , the writers in this volume clearly demonstrate that it is the larger colonial and post - colonial context of the subcontinent that has enabled the structuring of inequalities and power relations in ways that today allow for widespread sexual violence and impunity in the country – through legal systems , medical regimes and social institutions .
as the monsoon rains wash over the city of kolkata , four women sit and read and talk in the kitchen of kailash - - the old mansion of the chattopadhyays where uma comes to live after her marriage in the summer of 1962 . her husband ' s silence about his mother and the childhood tragedy that beckons him from the shadowy landing of kailash , the embroidered handkerchiefs in an old soap box in her father - in - law ' s room and the presence of the old , green - eyed pishi intrigue uma . but it is only as she begins to read aloud the traditional chandimangal composed by her husband ' s grandfather to celebrate the goddess that the smothered stories begin to emerge . . . the novel weaves in the history of the militant goddess recast as wife , the portuguese in bengal , the rise of print and the making of memories from the swadeshi movement to the turbulent sixties in bengal as uma discovers that the foundation of kailash is not only very deep but also camouflages the stench of death .
maharaja icky is quite the most disgusting king you’ll ever have the misfortune to meet . the ruler of the kingdom of icktapur regales all with his utterly vile table manners .
sharmila rege is a professor at the department of sociology , university of pune . she has worked for several years with the krantijyoti savitribai phule women ? s studies centre , university of pune . she has written and published on sociology of gender , dalit feminism and dalitbahajun public culture in maharashtra . her present work concerns the documentation of music and print cultures of the ambedkarite counterpublics in contemporary maharashtra .
a resolution calling for such a process was recently passed unanimously by the northern provincial council . it has been echoed by tamil civil society groups , by public demonstrations , and a public signature campaign , which is gaining considerable support despite reports of harassment by security forces .
this body has not demonstrated any capacity , commitment or willingness to practically address the extremely dire situation of victims and witnesses who are being threatened as a continuous facet of life in the legal process . certainly women rape victims are at the frontlines of these threats . this is seen very well even in cases that have come to some successful conclusions in courts of law . for example , the jaffna high courtâ€™s october 2015 decision in the vishwamadu rape case exemplifies this .
from there he will take the film to geneva , where it will be screened in the palais de nation , the human rights council’s headquarters .
the last decade saw the emergence and assertion of separate dalitbahujan women ' s organizations both at the national and regional levels . excluded from political and cultural spheres , dalit women ' s movements have sought to transform both dalit and feminist politics in india . they have fought against the reproduction of caste within modern spaces like universities , bureaucracies and within the women ' s movement as well as women ' s studies . the assumptions about caste identities being private and personal have been questioned and serious challenges posed for understanding caste and gender in contemporary india .
the conflict between the state and the left - wing insurgent groups has created an environment of fear , and with it a number of impediments to the documentation of sexual violence in the affected areas . it is in this vein that the essay traces the stories of soni sori and meena xalxo as two out of many cases of torture and extrajudicial murder , most of which do not emerge into the dominant narrative . the essay also analyses the circumstances and effects of migration on the people that did manage to flee the conflict - ridden zones , as well as those who were forced to move to the judum camps where living conditions were abysmal .
uma chakravarti’s introduction to fault lines of history : the india papers 2 uses a brief history of protest in the north - eastern states of india to illustrate the contract between the state , the army and the rule of law . detailing the spread of afspa as a result and a feature of this contract , chakravarti points to particular building blocks in the story of resistance in the area — the case of manorama , irom sharmila’s hunger strike , the naked protest by imas in manipur among others — and castigates mainstream state theorists’ neglect of afspa’s existence and growing application as a tool of oppressive state - building . she explains how the postcolonial state’s painting of afspa and militarisation , and the accompanying conflicts , as ‘states of exception’ is key to the contract , which is characterised by the tension between the rule of law and the state’s avowal of sovereign emergency .
the narrative of chhattisgarh ' s indigenous population is one of violence , displacement , and as this essay will explore , several cases of sexual assault . the authors trace sexual violence and repression at the hands of the police , the salwa judum , and the state and central governments , all of which have enjoyed a great degree of impunity in the region .
the essays in the volume consider the significance of nation and gender in the context of post - 1989 transitions in the former soviet union and yugoslavia and in the context of post - partition india . the texts critique the ways in which narratives of nationhood and womanhood naturalize and essentialize difference and hierarchy . the authors explore uses of sexualized / gendered imagery in defining the space of the nation and sexualized / gendered metaphors of state fatherhood and motherhood in defining the distribution of power within that space . of the nation ( e . g . feminized landscapes and battlefields ) and sexualized / gendered metaphors of state fatherhood and motherhood in defining the distribution of power within that space . the particular histories of nationalism and partition are different in the countries involved , but commonalities in the narrative structures , state ad nation - building strategies , patriarchal patterns of control , and mechanisms of inclusion and exclusion are striking . this is particularly so with respect to the ways in which exclusive national identities are constituted through gendered representations of the nation and its members .
zubaan is an independent feminist publishing house based in new delhi . we publish academic books , fiction , memoirs and popular nonfiction , as well as books for children and young adults under our young zubaan imprint , aiming always to be pioneering , cutting - edge , progressive and inclusive .
this powerful counter - narrative to the mainstream assumptions about the development of feminism in india in the 20th century is now available in a brand new paperback edition as part of the zubaan classics series to celebrate zubaan ' s 10th anniversary .
the hunt willcontinue until the mass murderers are identified and convicted . don’t worry about the us or uk , just worry about your own war criminals getting away with their heinous crimes .
for a bright young woman like fateema lokhandwala , the idea that one day she might own her own house is a daring dream . her father has spent his life , slaving away selling scrap metal so that his children might ‘jump the fence of poverty and illiteracy’ . fateema dreams not only of owning her own house , but of higher education , a better job , a wider world . her brother , kareem , is persuaded down a very different path – to join the jihad , to become a holy warrior .
the hard - hitting half - hour long video coincides with the long anticipated publication of the international war crimes investigation into the massacres , ordered by the united nations human rights council 18 months ago in geneva . it will be made live to an international public today – initially in english and spanish , with translations in tamil , sinhala , french and hindi to follow online in the next few days .
the book interrogates the experience of being young and becoming adult in rural bangladesh , in a context of profound processes of socioeconomic change .
in this remarkable and wide - ranging study , activist and historian v . geetha unpacks the meanings of impunity in relation to sexual violence in the context of south asia . the state’s misuse of its own laws against its citizens is only one aspect of the edifice of impunity ; its less - understood resilience comes from its consistent denial of the recognition of suffering on the part of victims , and its refusal to allow them the dignity of pain , grief and loss .
the hard - hitting half - hour long video coincides with the long anticipated publication of the international war crimes investigation into the massacres , ordered by the united nations human rights council 18 months ago in geneva . it will be made live to an international public today – initially in english and spanish , with translations in tamil , sinhala , french , and hindi to follow online in the next few days .
in the second part of the book , revathi offers the reader insight into one of the least talked about experiences on the gender trajectory , that of being trans men . calling several female - to - male trans persons her sons , revathi puts before us their moving , passionate and sometimes tragic stories of marginalisation , courage , resistance and triumph .