TRO staffer recounts Army torture

[TamilNet, Saturday, 22 July 2006, 15:34 GMT]
The statement by Kanthasami Sivasuthan, a Tamil Rehabilitation Organisation (TRO) staffer in Kalvayal, Chavakachcheri who was arrested and tortured by Sri Lanka Army was released to the press Saturday. Kanthasami, Technical officer of NECORD project, was beaten and threatened by Sri Lanka Army Intelligence on 18 and 20 July.
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Men in white van abduct fisherman in Pt.Pedro

[TamilNet, Saturday, 22 July 2006, 09:20 GMT]
A young fisherman was abducted by armed persons in a white van in Pt.Pedro in the Vadamaradchi sector of the Jaffna peninsula, around 8.30 a.m, Saturday, local residents said.
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SLA soldier killed, 3 wounded in Meesalai Claymore attack

[TamilNet, Saturday, 22 July 2006, 04:14 GMT]
A Sri Lanka Army (SLA) soldier was killed and 3 seriously wounded in a Claymore mine explosion that took place at Meesalai, 4 km northeast of Chavakacheri in Thenmaradchi sector of Jaffna district around 8:30 a.m. Saturday. Traffic through A9 at Messalai was blocked and a cordon and search operation was launched by the SLA troopers.
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SLA vehicle accident injures 3 civilians in Kopay

[TamilNet, Saturday, 22 July 2006, 00:22 GMT]
A mother and her two children were injured when a Sri Lanka Army (SLA) truck travelling at high speed collided with a privately owned passenger van, trapping and injuring the three riding a bicycle in Kopay, Valigamam East, along Jaffna Point-Pedro road at 5:30 p.m. Friday, sources in Jaffna said.
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Young woman shot dead in Jaffna town

[TamilNet, Friday, 21 July 2006, 13:53 GMT]
A young woman was shot dead by unidentified gunmen, riding a motorbike, in front of Nathan cinema at Kanthapasegaram road in the Jaffna town centre, around 1:15 p.m., Friday, police said.
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Man killed in SLA gunfire after grenade attack in Gurunagar

[TamilNet, Friday, 21 July 2006, 02:23 GMT]
A man believed to be a local resident was killed when Sri Lanka Army (SLA) soldiers opened fire indiscriminately after two unknown assailants hurled a hand grenade into the SLA sentry located near St.Patricks College junction in Gurunagar Jaffna at 8:15 p.m. Thursday, sources in Jaffna said. The body is lying 50 meters from the sentry point and has not been identified. The alleged assailants escaped after throwing the grenade, according to sources.
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Constitutional safeguards proved inadequate – High Commissioner

[TamilNet, Friday, 21 July 2006, 00:57 GMT]
Britain’s trust in the safeguards built into the constitution of Ceylon at independence was misplaced and their weakness is to blame for the island’s present problems, the British High Commissioner to Sri Lanka, Mr. Dominic John Chilcott, said in an interview with the Sunday Virakesari. In a wide-ranging interview last weekend, Mr. Chilcott said that LTTE and the Sri Lanka government must now negotiate an end to the conflict. The UK and the United States were in agreement on their policies on Sri Lanka, he also said, adding that India also wants a negotiated solution to the conflict.
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SLA soldiers gun down MPCS branch manager in Mannar

[TamilNet, Thursday, 20 July 2006, 16:18 GMT]
The Manager of Manthai South Multi-Purpose Co-operative Society (MPCS) branch in Uyilankulam, was gunned down by Sri Lanka Army (SLA) troopers at Manatkulam Junction, 14 km southeast of Mannar town, while he was returning home. Police said that the MPCS manager was hit when SLA troopers opened fire after a grenade attack on the checkpost. The incident took place around 5:45 p.m. Thursday.
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TRO officer assaulted by SLA troops in Jaffna

[TamilNet, Thursday, 20 July 2006, 15:13 GMT]
Sri Lanka Army (SLA) soldiers severly assaulted a Tamil Rehabilitation Organization (TRO) officer at Varani, northeast of Jaffna twon, Thursday, TRO officials said. The TRO field-officer was blind-folded, taken inside an army bunker located within the premises of a SLA mini-camp at Thaavalai Iyatalai area, and was assaulted, according to a complaint made by the TRO's District Office with the Human Rights Commission in the northern peninsula.
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4 civilians injured in SLA fire in Nallur

[TamilNet, Thursday, 20 July 2006, 14:42 GMT]
Four civilians were injured when Sri Lanka Army soldiers fired at random following a grenade blast at Wyman road-Pt.Pedro road junction, in Nallur, a suburb of Jaffna town, around 5.30 p.m., Thursday, civilians sources said.
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Two men shot dead in Jaffna

[TamilNet, Thursday, 20 July 2006, 06:10 GMT]
Men riding in motorbikes shot and killed two young men in two separate incidents in Jaffna, Thursday morning, police and hospital sources said. Civilian sources alleged that the killers were paramilitaries collaborating with Sri Lanka Army (SLA).
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SLMM meets SLA soldier under LTTE captivity

[TamilNet, Thursday, 20 July 2006, 01:12 GMT]
Members of Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission (SLMM) met with captive Lance Corporal Karunaratne at 5:00 p.m. Wednesday at the LTTE's Thenaham building in Karadiyanaaru, LTTE sources in Batticaloa said. Karunaratne was captured by the Liberation Tigers during a clandestine cross border incursion of the Sri Lanka Army (SLA) into LTTE held territory on early morrning of 14 July.
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Judge reprimands Allaipiddy Investigations Officer

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 19 July 2006, 19:59 GMT]
Kayts district court Judge, Mr. Jeyaraman Trotsky during Tuesday's hearing into the alleged Sri Lankan Navy (SLN) killings of civilians in Allaipiddy in Jaffna islets, warned high ranking police officer Mahes Perera and his investigation team that charges of contempt to court may have to be brought against them for failing to appear before the Court, legal sources said. Mr Mahes Perera and his team are tasked to inquire into the Allaipiddy killings and to submit the inquiry report.
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Two youths shot in Irupalai, Jaffna

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 19 July 2006, 14:17 GMT]
Motobike riding gunmen allegedly associated with Sri Lanka Army (SLA) shot two youths who emerged from a playground in front of Kopay Teachers Training college Wednesday around 5:30 p.m. and escaped in the motorbike without a number-plate, residents in Irupalai said.
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LTTE cadre killed in clash with SLA DPU in Trincomalee

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 19 July 2006, 10:50 GMT]
LTTE cadres Wednesday morning around 6:00 a.m. thwarted an attempt by a group of soldiers of the Sri Lanka Army (SLA) Deep Penetration Unit (DPU) to enter into the LTTE held area through its forward defence line located in Eachchilampathu division, south of Trincomalee district, LTTE sources said.
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Claymore mine hits SLA convoy, 3 killed, 11 wounded

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 19 July 2006, 07:02 GMT]
A Sri Lanka Army Captain, a Lieutenant and a Lance Corporal were killed and 11 other troopers wounded when a bus carrying the troopers was ambushed with a Claymore mine near Maruthanarmadam Junction, 8.5 km northeast of Jaffna town at 11:05 a.m. Wednesday. Five of the eleven SLA troopers wounded in the ambush, were in serious condition, SLA sources said. The soldiers opened fire indiscriminately for fifteen minutes and beat up the civilians in the area after the attack. Three civilians were rushed to Jaffna hospital, residents said.
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Eight injured as roadside bomb explodes in Anpuvallipuram

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 18 July 2006, 13:08 GMT]
Eight civilians, all Tamil women, were injured in an explosion that took place Tuesday afternoon around 3 p.m. in Anpuvallipuram, a suburb along Trincomalee-Anuradhapuram road located about 3 km off east port town. The women were engaged in shramadana (voluntary work) campaign cleaning the side walks along the road when the explosion occurred, police said.
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SLA shelling injures civilian in Vakaneri

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 18 July 2006, 06:17 GMT]
A civilian was injured when shells fired Sri Lanka Army soldiers from Punani camp hit Vakaneri, about 37 km. northwest of Batticaloa, Monday morning. More than 50 shells hit the village, Dayamohan, Batticaloa district LTTE political head told TamilNet.
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Civilian killed in blast shock, 4 SLA soldiers, 2 civilians wounded in Thenmaradchi

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 18 July 2006, 06:04 GMT]
A saloon owner standing outside his business was killed in blast shock and four Sri Lanka Army soldiers (SLA) were injured when their tractor was hit by a road side Claymore mine at Kodikamam in the Thenmaradchi sector of the Jaffna peninsula, around 9:00 a.m., Tuesday. Two SLA soldiers and a 70-years old civilian who was inside the saloon, were seriously wounded. A saloon worker was also wounded.
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Muttur east schools to conduct special session for IDP students

[TamilNet, Monday, 17 July 2006, 16:50 GMT]
Classes for internally displaced students in Muttur east would be held in schools in the afternoon after the first session for students of the area in the morning. This decision has been taken at a discussion held in Ilankaithurai Muhathuwaram School in Eachchilampathu division Monday morning. Principals and teachers of schools now functioning in Eachchilampathu division participated in the discussion. The objective of the discussion was to provide uninterrupted education to internally displaced students from Muttur east coastal villages following continuous artillery fire by the Sri Lanka Army (SLA), sources said.
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