Detained GA's rights plea heard

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 06 October 1999, 18:59 GMT]
The Fundamental Rights plea by the Mannar Government Agent (GA) Saveriyar Mariathasan Cruz challenging his detention was accepted for hearing by the Supreme Court today.
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2 year sentence over withheld information

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 06 October 1999, 18:50 GMT]
Lorry driver Kanthan Thangavel of Thonikal Village in Vavuniya who pleaded guilty to the charge of failure to give information about an LTTE supporter was sentenced to 2 years rigorous imprisonment, effective from the date on which he was remanded, by Colombo High Court Judge Raja Fernando.
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Defamation action against Lake House: date set

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 06 October 1999, 13:11 GMT]
The fifty million rupee civil defamation suit filed by the Opposition Leader of the Western Provincial Council Karu Jayasuriya against the Lake House Press comes up for trial on January 24 next year.
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Transformer blasted in Colombo

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 05 October 1999, 07:37 GMT]
A transformer at Chetti Street in Colombo was destroyed in a blast around 8.30 a.m. this morning Police sources said.
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Rights violated, court rules

[TamilNet, Monday, 04 October 1999, 16:51 GMT]
Sri Lanka's Supreme Court declared today that the fundamental rights of Varithamby Tharmakulaseelan Raja had been violated by the Police when they conducted a search at his house at Wellawatte in Colombo on November 21, 1997 in which no explosives were subsequently found.
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Escapee re-arrested

[TamilNet, Monday, 04 October 1999, 16:49 GMT]
A woman who escaped from Police custody in Colombo two months ago was arrested today by the Police at 'Koddaimunai Paalam' (Bridge) road check in Batticaloa police sources said.
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Search operation in Nuwara Eliya

[TamilNet, Sunday, 03 October 1999, 23:01 GMT]
At least 50 Tamil youths have been arrested during a cordon and search operation by the Sri Lankan Police in the hill town of Nuwara Eliya, about 90 km. east of Colombo, this morning.
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Terrorism conference seeks curbs on financing

[TamilNet, Thursday, 30 September 1999, 15:57 GMT]
The 14th symposium on International Terrorism, which concluded today in Colombo decided to support efforts to adopt the International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Financing at the 54th session of the United Nations General Assembly, said a press release by the Sri Lankan government's Information Department.
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Religious leaders allay villagers' fears

[TamilNet, Thursday, 30 September 1999, 15:54 GMT]
Catholic and Buddhist priests visited villages in the borders between Tamil and Sinhala areas today to console residents fearful of attack by other communities in revenge for the Puthukukiyiruppu and Konavila incidents, said sources.
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35 arrests in Colombo

[TamilNet, Thursday, 23 September 1999, 10:34 GMT]
35 Tamils were arrested at Pettah area in Colombo this morning in two separate search operations conducted by the Police.
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13 wounded in blasts

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 22 September 1999, 11:44 GMT]
At least 13 persons were wounded in two separate bomb explosions in Negombo, north of Colombo this evening police sources said.
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PLOTE military leader under investigation

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 21 September 1999, 13:18 GMT]
K.Chanthirakulasingam alias Mohan, former Vice Chairman of the Vavuniya Urban Council has been appointed as the Vavuniya District Organiser for the People's Liberation Organisation of Tamil Eelam (PLOTE).
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Kalutara prisoners fast continues

[TamilNet, Sunday, 19 September 1999, 16:29 GMT]
The condition of three Tamil political prisoners who are on a protest fast in the Kalutara maximum security prison 43 km. south of Colombo is serious said sources.
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Kalutara prisoners protest

[TamilNet, Saturday, 18 September 1999, 11:54 GMT]
Twenty five Tamil political prisoners got on the roof of the Kalutara maximum security prison this morning in support of twelve of their colleagues who have been on a protest fast from September 14. The condition of three is serious said prison authorities.
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Murder suspect returns with refugees

[TamilNet, Saturday, 18 September 1999, 02:56 GMT]
Ten Sri Lankan Tamil refugees arrived by boat in Talaimannar last evening, after setting out early morning on Wednesday from the southern coast of Tamil Nadu, said sources. Investigations revealed that one of the returnees, Krishnapillai Rajagopal of Vavuniya, was wanted in connection with the murder of man identified as Selvarajah in 1995.
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Opposition blames govt for latest army losses

[TamilNet, Friday, 17 September 1999, 14:23 GMT]
Gamini Atukorala MP, the Gen. Secretary of the United National Party, said today that the Sri Lankan Government is not telling the truth about the losses suffered by the army in Operation Rana Gossa 5.
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Jets hit correct targets - military

[TamilNet, Thursday, 16 September 1999, 12:49 GMT]
Sri Lanka Army (SLA) spokesman, Brigadier Sunil Tennekoon, said at the weekly cabinet press briefing in Colombo this morning that Air Force jets had correctly hit their targets in Puthukkudiyiruppu on Wednesday. He was responding to questions from journalists about the bombing of a busy market place in northern Sri Lanka yesterday.
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Red Cross confirms Puthukkudiyiruppu massacre

[TamilNet, Thursday, 16 September 1999, 04:33 GMT]
A spokesman for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said that sixteen civilians were killed on the spot and six who were seriously wounded died in the hospital when Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) jets bombed a busy market place in the morning yesterday in northern Sri Lanka.
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Fifty-five thousand died in Sri Lanka's civil war -UNDP

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 14 September 1999, 15:40 GMT]
"Around fifty five thousand people have died so far in the civil war in Sri Lanka" far more than those killed political and communal violence in Pakistan (since 1995) and India (1954-94) says a UN report released today. The report 'Human Development in South Asia 1999' was prepared and released by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP).
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SLA bodies to be handed over

[TamilNet, Monday, 13 September 1999, 19:13 GMT]
The state run radio said in its night broadcast today that about 650 Sri Lanka Army (SLA) soldiers were wounded in the counter attack by the Libertarian Tigers on Operation Rana Gossa 5. Independent sources in Colombo said that the figure could be much higher- more than seven hundred.
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