Seven youths arrested in Jaffna

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 22 June 1999, 11:28 GMT]
The Sri Lankan Army has arrested 7 youths from Valvettithurai, north of Jaffna, over the past two days, in connection with the killing of a police officer there on June 5.
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Two arrested from Jaffna refugee camp

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 01 June 1999, 12:53 GMT]
Two youths were arrested by the Sri Lanka Army from the Gurunakar transit refugee camp on Thursday. The arrested were displaced from Jaffna and had recently returned from the Vanni.
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Soldiers punished for abandoning their rescuers

[TamilNet, Saturday, 01 May 1999, 23:30 GMT]
Two soldiers at the Nagar Kovil SLA detachment on Jaffna's southeastern coast were punished today for perfidiously abandoning at midsea four youth who had come to their rescue.
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Pass system restricts freedom of movement

[TamilNet, Thursday, 29 April 1999, 11:55 GMT]
The Forum for Human Dignity has brought to the attention of the Anti-Harassment Committee the problems faced by Tamils travelling between different areas of the country.
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Detainees' parents appeal to Bishop

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 21 April 1999, 15:30 GMT]
The parents of five youths who were arrested by the Sri Lankan Army on 17, 18 and 19 April from Thadchanaamaruthamadu appealed to the Bishop of Mannar today to help them trace their sons.
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Mother detained with young child

[TamilNet, Friday, 16 April 1999, 09:33 GMT]
Mrs. Kannathas Nakenthiraraani of Valvettithurai in Jaffna, who was arrested on April 4, is being detained with her 18-month-old child at the Kankesanthurai detention centre, said human rights sources in Jaffna.
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News in Brief:

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 31 March 1999, 22:22 GMT]
Loyal EPDP party workers prioritised in choice of new Jaffna MP's; Student shot dead in Sri Lankan army retaliatory fire and Sri Lankan Police arrest family of five in Jaffna.
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PLOTE to oppose Palaly base expansion

[TamilNet, Monday, 15 March 1999, 14:17 GMT]
The PLOTE protested to the Sri Lankan President today that they would oppose the take over of more than twelve thousand acres of land in Valigamam north in Jaffna belonging to Tamil civilians and the temples of Maviddapuram and Naguleswaram "with all means available".
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Plans to settle Sinhalese in Jaffna -Devananda

[TamilNet, Thursday, 11 March 1999, 16:46 GMT]
The EPDP leader Douglas Devananda MP charged in Parliament today that the Sri Lankan Security forces are attempting to establish a Sinhala colony on 12 thousand acres of land belonging to Tamil civilians adjacent to the Palaly-Kankesanthurai base complex.
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Army arrest figures released

[TamilNet, Thursday, 04 March 1999, 11:04 GMT]
The Sri Lankan Army (SLA) informed the Human Rights Commission (HRC) in Jaffna that 1408 persons were "legally arrested" by them in the peninsula during 1996 and 1997. According to the figures released by the SLA, 991 persons were arrested in 1996, while 417 were arrested in 1997.
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KKS cement factory to remain closed

[TamilNet, Monday, 01 March 1999, 18:26 GMT]
The Sri Lankan Army (SLA) stalled a proposal by the Governor of the Northeastern province that steps should be taken to reopen the cement factory in Kankesanthurai (KKS) in the Jaffna peninsula.
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Inadequate harbour facility causes delay

[TamilNet, Sunday, 21 February 1999, 13:58 GMT]
One of the reason, essential items are scarce and expensive in the Jaffna peninsula is because of the lack of facilities at Pt.Pedro harbour that leads to delays in unloading ships harboured at sea, said the Jaffna Business Chamber.
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News in Brief:

[TamilNet, Saturday, 20 February 1999, 18:04 GMT]
North-East Governor promises regular passenger ship service between Trincomalee and Kankesanthurai; Heavy rains in Vanni affect paddy harvesting and another Aids victim detected in Jaffna.
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ICRC reaffirms commitment to ferry service

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 16 February 1999, 22:13 GMT]
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is prepared to provide security for the ship that takes civilian passengers to and from Trincomalee and Kankesanthurai, if the government and the Liberation Tigers agree.
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Youth abducted in Jaffna

[TamilNet, Sunday, 14 February 1999, 22:23 GMT]
A 19 year old youth, Subramaniam Sureshkumar, was abducted by unidentified armed men, while he was at the canteen run by the Tellipallai Multi-purpose co-operative society (MPCS) in the Jaffna peninsula.
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Navy holds up ferry service

[TamilNet, Sunday, 14 February 1999, 22:19 GMT]
The Sri Lanka Navy has refused permission to a private shipping firm to launch a passenger shipping service between Trincomalee and Kankesanthurai. The decision came despite the fact that the International Committee of the Red Cross signed an agreement with the North East Governor and the Commissioner General of Essential Services (CGES), to provide security to the ship when it sails with civilians sources said.
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News in Brief:

[TamilNet, Friday, 12 February 1999, 11:53 GMT]
Government officials in Jaffna urge ICRC to resume ferry service; Booby trap maims displaced refugee; Liberation Tigers say four members and a supporter were killed in clashes with the Sri Lankan Army in the Vanni.
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Tigers ambush in Palaly zone

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 10 February 1999, 18:21 GMT]
The Sri Lankan Army (SLA) declared curfew in the general area of Erlaalai following the attack by the Liberation Tigers around 1 p.m. in the afternoon yesterday. Sources in Jaffna said that five soldiers were killed and the two were wounded in the ambush.
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Sri Lankan Army detains Indian fishermen

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 03 February 1999, 20:13 GMT]
Five fishermen from the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu who came ashore in their boat at Kankesanthurai (KKS) yesterday were detained by the Sri Lankan security forces.
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Passenger ship planned under ICRC flag

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 02 February 1999, 23:45 GMT]
The Sri Lankan government is contemplating a passenger ship service between Trincomalee and Kankesanthurai with the International Committee of Red Cross's (ICRC) flag, according to Divisional Secretariat sources in Trincomalee.
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