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Documented cases of ARBITRARY ARRESTS/DETENTION July 2001 January 2002

(actual arrests higher than documented by TCHR)

No.	Date	Full Name	Sex	Age	Place of Arrest	District	Incident
001	02/07/01	Krishnaswamy Thivyan	M		Kokuvil	Jaffna	Secretary of Science Faculty, Student Union, Jaffna University, arbitrarily arrested by Sri Lankan army. Detained in Kankesanturai. See documented cases on torture.
002 003	02/07/01	Raju Mariyasiluvai T Sothi Cruz	M M	28 50	Off Silvathurai coast.	Mannar	Two fishermen disappeared, after going fishing. They were arbitrarily arrested and then detained in Vavuniya army camp detention centre.
004	05/07/01	Five youths	M		Valaichenai	Batticoloa	Villagers of Karuvakerny, Sunkarnkerny, Kinnaiyai, Kondaiayankarny and Meeravodai interrogated by Sri Lankan army in front of masked informers. Five youth arrested by Sri Lankan army.
005 006	27/07/01	Kandasamy Sivarasa Sivarasa Sasikaran	M M	31 05	Nittambuwa	Vavuniya	Father and infant arrested by police on pilgrimage to Hindu temple. Child also kept in high security prison.
007	28/07/01	Nagamani Ilankeswaaran	M	31	Kalutara	Kalutara	Tamil goldsmith employed in the South arrested.
008	29/07/01	Viswalingam Jegan	M	18	Galle	Galle	Tamil goldsmith employed in Galle arrested.
009	31/07/01	One hundred civilians			Colombo	Colombo	Tamil civilians arrested. Detained in Wennappuwa, Negombo and Katunayake.
010	09/08/01	Eighty-three civilians			Colombo	Colombo	Tamils originating from the hill-country arrested by Sri Lankan army and police during cordon and search operation in north of Colombo. Interrogated.
011	09/08/01	Fifty-seven civilians			Colombo	Colombo	Tamils originating from the north and east arrested by Sri Lankan army and police during cordon and search operation in north of Colombo. Interrogated.
012 013 014 015 016	09/08/01	Ganesh Rajenthiran Rajeswaran Sithravel Kugan Subramaniam Kandeepan Gunaratnam Sukenthiran	M M M M M	21 20 19 19 18	Sunkaankerny	Batticaloa	Arrested by Sri Lankan army and police as they were cleaning the grounds of the Pillayar Temple in preparation for the annual religious festival. Detained in Valaichenai police station.
017	12/08/01	Five hundred civilians			Dehiwala	Colombo	Arrested by Sri Lankan army and police in house to house search operation. Around one hundred detained and interrogated in the suburban police station.
018	10/09/01	One hundred civilians			Kaluwanchikudy	Mannar	Arrested in cordon and search operation by Special Task Force. Detained and interrogated in STF camp.
019	14/09/01	Five civilians			Batticaloa	Batticaloa	Arrested by Sri Lanka police for fishing at night in Batticaloa lagoon.
No.	Date	Full Name	Sex	Age	Place of Arrest	District	Incident
020	18/09/01	Santhiraraj Niroshan	M	21	Kopay	Jaffna	Arrested by Sri Lanka police. Detained and interrogated.
021	29/09/01	Fifeteen civilians			Galle	Galle	Young Tamil jewel craftsmen, originating from North and East, working in Galle, arrested and detained.
022	30/09/01	Twenty five civilians			Kotahena and Cinnamon Gardens	Colombo	Tamils originating from North and East, arrested during Sri Lanka police search operations. Detained and interrogated.
023	04/10/01	Five hundred civilians			Vavuniya and suburbs	Vavuniya	Arrested during Sri Lanka police and army joint search operation. Taken to public area and interrogated, in front of masked informers. Twenty detained and interrogated further.
024	06/10/01	Tamil youth			Welikanda	Batticaloa	Arrested by Sri Lanka police while on his way to work as labourer. Detained and interrogated.
025 026 027	08/10/01	Woman civilian Rajeswaran Ramesh	F M M		Cheddikulam	Vavuniya	Mother and two sons arrested, detained and interrogated by Sri Lanka police. The mother was assaulted by the police, injuring her ankle.
028 029 030	11/10/01	Selvaratnam Kamalraj Sivagnanam Sivakumar Nadarajah Akilakumar	M M M	18 16	Jaffna	Jaffna	Schoolboys from Sri Parvathi Maha Vithiyalayam, Nayanmaarkattu arrested by Sri Lanka police. Parents informed the government funded Human Rights Commission.
031	11/10/01	Velayutham Vijayakumar	M	25	Murunkan	Mannar	Arrested by Sri Lanka police for possessing a mobile phone.
032 033 034 035	23/10/01	Alfred Jesudason Mahendran Shathini Malaiyappan Mylvaganam Yuvaraj Puvanesarajah	M F M M	54 28 55 22	Batticaloa	Batticaloa	Arrested by Sri Lanka police, TID (Terrorism Investigation Division). Taken to Colombo and detained and interrogated there. Last three are relatives of the phone booth owner the TID wanted to arrest but who was away at the time.
036 037 038	03/11/01	Murugupillai Mahathevan Shanmugam Sooriyakumar Pangaras Vijayakumar	M M M	27 16 22	Saththurukkondaan	Batticaloa	Arrested by the Sri Lankan army and detained and interrogated by the Sri Lanka police special Investigation Unit.
039 040 041 042 043	06/11/01	Kanapathipillai Thurairajah Kovindasamy Sivakumar Muruhappan Muralitharan Vijayasundaram Thushanthan Thangavadival	M M M M M		Outskirts of Batticaloa	Batticaloa	Five civilians arrested then detained by the Military Intelligence Unit of the Sri Lanka army in Batticaloa. Subsequently detained and interrogated by the Special Investigation Unit, Sri Lanka Police.
044	08/11/01	Eight civilians	M		Off coast near Pesalai	Mannar	Fishermen arrested by the Sri Lanka navy.
045	10/11/01	Arumugam Sutharsan	M		Tinnevely	Jaffna	Management Studies university student, arrested by Sri Lankan army. Detained in Tinnevely army camp.
046	18/12/01	Kirupairajah Paskar	M	14	Muttur	Trincomalee	Arrested by Sri Lanka police. Interrogated.
047 048 049	19/12/01	S Patkuman K. Theivarasa Sivalingam Indran	M M M	40 43 28	Valaichenai	Batticaloa	Three officials of a rural development organisation arrested by Sri Lanka army. They were transporting money for a road-building project, part of the North East Irrigation and Agriculture Project funded by the World Bank. Detained and interrogated.
***	Jan-July 2001	Sixty two Tamil civilians	M F		Diverse locations within district	Batticaloa	Sixty two persons arrested by Sri Lankan forces during this period, according to gov-funded, HR Commission. (Additional cases to those reported by TCHR in this and previous reports.)

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Documented cases of E.J. KILLINGS / SUMMARY EXECUTIONS July 2001 January 2002

(actual killings higher than documented by TCHR)

No.	Date	Full Name	Sex	Age	Place of Incident	District	Incident
001	02/07/01	Xavier Antony	M	24	Off coast near Gurunagar	Jaffna	Fisherman killed in deliberate shelling by Sri Lankan army. Three other fishermen seriously wounded in same incident.
002	12/07/01	Josephthaasan Cruz	M	36	Of coast near Silvathurai	Mannar	Fisherman, father of four children, deliberately shot and killed by Sri Lankan Navy, as he was fishing.
003 004	12/07/01	Abubakkar Riyas Mohammed Haniffa Nalim	M M	19 18	Kalmunai	Ampara	Two young Tamil muslims school pupils, shot dead deliberately by Sri Lankan Police, near bus stand.
005 006	19/07/01	Two civilians	M M		Colombo	Colombo	Shot dead by Sri Lanka police during anti-government demonstration. AI issued a press release.
007	20/07/01	Veerappan Kanapathapillai	M	35	Siththaandy	Batticaloa	Shot dead deliberately by Sri Lankan army, while on his way to rice mill. Wife was expecting second child.
008 009	28/07/01	Visuvalingam kulanthaivel Thinesh Murukupillai	M M	60 10	Kinnaiyadi	Batticaloa	Killed by shells deliberately fired by Sri Lankan army based at Kumburumoolai.
010	13/08/01	Tharmakulasingham Jegathas	M	22	Puthiya Punnaineeraavi	Kilinochi	This student was killed immediately when Sri Lanka Air Force Kfir bomber jets, deliberately bombed his village. His body was blown apart into pieces.
011	26/08/01	Kannuchchamy Ganesh	M	19	Murunkan	Mannar	Shot dead by STF(Special Task Force)personnel while working on Jeevothayam farm. Identified by father.
012	30/08/01	One civilian	M		Kalmunai	Batticaloa	Killed in explosion.
013	08/09/01	Vincent Roy	M	19	Murunkan	Mannar	Shot dead by Sri Lankan army, on Jeevothayam farm where he works. The farm is managed by the Methodist Church of Sri Lanka. Identified by uncle.
014	10/09/01	Two civilians			Jaffna	Jaffna	Two skulls of human skeletons discovered in grounds of Teaching hospital, occupied by Sri Lankan army since 1995 until two months previously.
015 016	13/09/01	Mohammed Irsaath Mohammed Niyaz	M M	17 20	Eravour	Batticaloa	Shot dead by Sri Lanka police as they were going to visit relatives. The first was studying for his A levels.
017 018 019 020 021 022	24/09/01	Kumarasamy Rajenthiram Rajenthiram Theivanayakai Rajenthiram Neerupa Ariyarathinam Kamalarethinam Kamalarethiram Rajeetha Kamalarathinam Priya	M F M M F F	55 45 18 26 22 01	Kattaithirai, Kopay	Jaffna	This displaced family, (parents with their son and daughter, and her husband and baby), were travelling by autorickshaw to the Sri Lanka army civil affairs office for permits required to travel to Colombo by plane. They were all killed when vehicle was hit by a Sri Lanka army land-mine. Sri Lanka army resettles people in this area despite their uncleared mines.
023	28/09/01	Kanagasuntheram Mohan	M	26	Thanganagar	Trincomalee	Shot dead by Sinhala Home guards while watching television with his friend at home. Friend seriously injured. The Home Guards are under the protection of the police and army, thereby ensuring impunity.
No.	Date	Full Name	Sex	Age	Place of Arrest	District	Incident
024	30/09/01	S. Manohari	F	35	Vavunathivu	Batticaloa	Widow shot dead by Sri Lankan army as she tried to fish in the evening at lagoon-side, to make a living and support her two children. Her husband was killed by Sri Lanka air force, 1990.
025	03/10/01	Nagamani Nagalingam	M	25	Aalankulam	Batticaloa	Fisherman, father of one, killed by Sri Lankan army shelling of Aalankulam reservoir, while fishing.
026	17/10/01	Two civilians			Rampittiya	Batticaloa	Killed by Sri Lanka army.
027 028	23/10/01	Sathasivam Kamalanathan Thambimuttu Manmuniyan	M M	41 37	Ambilaanthurai	Batticaloa	Farmers killed, as arriving home from work in their paddy fields, when Special Task Force shelled two villages in the area. Their bodies were blown apart.
029	26/10/01	Two civilians			Mutur	Trincomalee	Killed by Sri Lanka army gunfire.
030	28/10/01	Four civilians			Navaladi	Batticaloa	These muslim people, including a two year old infant, were killed by the Sri Lankan army. Later their bodies were found near Sri Lanka army camp.
031	29/10/01	Two civilians			Narahenpita	Colombo	Killed in bomb explosion.
032	10/11/01	Two civilians			Munnampoddiveddai	Batticaloa	Killed by Sri lankan army gunfire.
033	13/11/01	Subramaniam	M	40	Vammiyadi	Batticaloa	Killed by indiscriminate firing by Sri Lanka police.
034	14/11/01	One civilian	M		Negombo	Colombo	Seriously injured when violence erupted at a UNP election meeting. Later succumbed to his injuries.
035	15/11/01	One civilian			Batticaloa	Batticaloa	Nut seller killed in bomb explosion.
036	17/11/01	Thambirajah Jeyakumar	M		Ondaatchi Madam	Batticaloa	UNP candidate shot dead by unidentified gunmen.
037 038 039 040	20/11/01	Civilian Civilian Sinnathamby Sellathamby Pathmanathan Suresh	M F M	60 11	Eravur	Batticaloa	Four family members, including young child and both parents, killed by Sri Lanka police indiscriminate firing and shelling, using rifles and mortars.
041		Selvanayagam Yoganayaki	F	36	Eravur	Batticaloa	This person was blown to pieces as she was praying at the shrine in her own home when Sri Lankan police deliberately fired at and shelled her house, using rifles and mortar.
042	23/11/01	Mahesan Manaalan	M	24	Mailankarachchi	Batticaloa	Killed by Sri Lanka police. He had been arrested by Sri Lanka police as he returned from a visit to relatives, with a friend. His body was left near a local school.
043	25/11/01	One civilian	M		Balangoda	Ratnapura	Supporter of the UNP killed in election violence between PA and UNP supporters.
044	25/11/01	One civilian	M		Anuradhapura	Anuradapura	Supporter of the PA shot dead.
045	28/11/01	Two civilians	M		Naranthanai	Jaffna	Supporter of the Tamil National Alliance, a university employee, killed by armed EPDP. Another supporter died the next day, from injuries sustained in same attack.
046	28/11/01	Murugesu Kavitha	F	20	Mutur	Trincomalee	Killed by Sri Lanka army shells fired on her village.
047	01/12/01	Perinpanathan Sivanathan	M	14	Mutur	Trincomalee	Killed by Sri Lanka army shells fired on his village.
048	01/12/01	One civilian	M		Gokarella	Kurunegale	UNP supporter killed in election violence.
049	01/12/01	One civilian	M		Gokarella	Kurunegale	PA supporter shot dead by Sri Lanka police.
050	05/12/01	Ten civilians (For names, refer to page 36)	M		Udawalathenne	Kandy	Muslim supporters of the SLMCkilled by gunmen who used the Defence Minister’s vehicle, implicating his sons in the killing.

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Documented cases of ENFORCED OR INVOLUNTARY DISAPPEARANCES - July 2001 January 2002

(actual disappearances higher than documented by TCHR)

No.	Date	Full Name	Sex	Age	Place of Incident	District	Incident
001 002 003	01/08/01	Three civilians			Batticaloa	Batticaloa	Relatives reported three persons missing to the government funded National Human Rights Commission. They had been arrested in Batticaloa and not seen since.
***	02/04/01 Left out by an oversight in a previous report	Five civilians			Kattumuivu Kulam	Batticaloa	Abducted by Sri Lankan army. Not seen since.

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Documented cases of RAPE / TORTURE and OTHERS July 2001 January 2002

(actual rape / torture etc. higher than documented by TCHR)

No.	Date	Full Name	Sex	Age	Place of Incident	District	Incident
001	02/07/01	Krishnasamy Thivyan	M		Inuvil	Jaffna	Secretary of Jaffna University Students Union arrested by Sri Lanka army, after having survived attempts on his life by security forces. Fearless campaigner against the arrests and murders of Tamils. Severely tortured in military custody. Widespread student and civil society protest at his arrest. Still in custody.
002 003 004	02/07/01	Antony Selvakumar Jacob Anandarajah Jacob Geethaponkalan	M M M	18 25 28	Coast off Gurunagar	Jaffna	Three fishermen seriously wounded by Sri Lankan army shelling, whilst fishing. Admitted to Jaffna hospital. Another was killed in the same incident.
005 006	05/07/01	Jeyakaran Thiyakarasa Janakan Vavathamby	M M	17 20	Naavalady	Batticaloa	Seriously injured when Sri Lanka police opened fire on worshippers at Kadalaachi Amman temple festival.
007	05/07/01	Twenty two civilians			Samanthurai	Batticaloa	Injured in election violence which broke out between supporters of National Unity Alliance and SLMC.
008 009 010 011	07/07/01	K.Raveendran I.Arumanayakam Jeevan Ramesh T.Kopalapillai	M M M M	49 46 23 34	Vaakarai	Batticaloa	Four civilians injured whilst travelling in tractor on Kathiraveli-Kattumurivu Kulam road, by mine set off by Sri Lanka army. They were taken to Valaichenai hospital, then Batticaloa hospital for treatment.
012	07/07/01	Thambippillai Thanalakshmi	F	42	Meesalai	Jaffna	Gang-raped by Sri Lanka army soldiers, after they broke into her own home. Admitted to Manthikai hospital in Jaffna. Neighbour complained to police.
No.	Date	Full Name	Sex	Age	Place of Arrest	District	Incident
013	07/07/01	Thambippillai Ponnamma	F	82	Meesalai	Jaffna	Mother of above victim severely assaulted by Sri Lanka army, as she attempted to protect her daughter.
014	12/07/01	Groups of students			Jaffna town	Jaffna	Protesting against arrest of K.Thivyan, (see 02 July) students were assaulted by the Sri Lankan army. Troops also forcibly entered a young women’s hostel in Maruthanamadam, Jaffna, threatening the students and security guards, and tearing down protest posters.
015	16/07/01	Aiyathurai Nadesan	M		Batticaloa	Batticaloa	Prize-winning journalist and Vice-president of the SLTMA (Sri Lanka Tamil Media Alliance) threatened by Sri Lankan army, 23-3 Brigade.
016	17/07/01	Five civilians			Valaichenai	Batticaloa	Assaulted by Sri Lanka army
017	18/07/01	Velupillai Thavachelvan	M		Point Pedro	Jaffna	Journalist assaulted in court by Sri Lanka army soldier, suspect in Mirusuvil massacre.
018	19/07/01	Around seventy civilians			Colombo	Colombo	Injured in police attack on peaceful protesters.
019	22/07/01	Thirty civilians	M		Puthukudiyiruppu	Batticaloa	Fishermen subjected to forced hard labour by Special Task Force. Ordered to clear forest area. This is a regular abuse of human rights in this area.
020 021 022 023 024 025 026 027	28/07/01	Malini Murukupillai Sarikini Alakaiah Santhieswari Murukupillai Kiruthikan S. Gowikanth S. Jeeva Nakappan Parathithasan Balaratnam Suthakaran Arunakiri		07 16 17 04 06 05 23 10	Kinnaiyadi in Valaichenai.	Batticaloa	Injured by shells fired by Sri Lankan army based at Kumburumoolai. Admitted to Batticaloa hospital. Four in critical condition.
028 029 030	02/08/01	Anthonithas Pedropillai Sebastian Ivan Saminathan Gunaseelan	M M M	37 22 32	Navanthurai	Jaffna	Severely injured by Sri Lankan army soldiers who attacked them indiscriminately. Admitted to Jaffna teaching hospital.
031	02/08/01	Several civilians			Polykandy, Vadamaradchi	Jaffna	Youths assaulted by Sri Lankan army, when playing in public recreation ground. ID cards confiscated.
032	13/08/01	Sivagnanasundaran Thavamanithevi	F		Kilinochchi South	Vanni	This girl was seriously injured when Sri Lankan air force Kfir jets bombed residential area.
033	18/08/01	Six civilians			Seeduwa	Colombo	Injured when Sri Lanka Air Force aircraft crashed on a house on the Colombo-Negombo Road.
034	22/08/01	Eighteen civilians			Periyakulam	Trincomalee	Injured when mine exploded while travelling in bus on Uppuveli-Kuchchaveli road. Eight of the injured, including the driver admitted to Trincomalee hospital. Ten treated at Nilaveli hospital.
035	30/08/01	Seven civilians			Kalmunai	Batticaloa	Injured in explosion near Kalmunai police station. Admitted to Kalmunai base hospital.
036	24/09/01	One civilian	M		Kattaithirai, Kopay	Jaffna	Seriously injured when the vehicle he was driving was hit by a Sri Lanka army land-mine. Admitted to Jaffna hospital in critical condition. His passengers, six members of one family all killed.
No.	Date	Full Name	Sex	Age	Place of Arrest	District	Incident
037	28/09/01	Sinnappu Jeyarajah	M	26	Thanganagar	Trincomalee	Seriously injured when Sinhala Home guards shot at him while watching television at home. Admitted to Trincomalee hospital. Friend with him was shot dead.
038	29/09/01	Sinnathamby Kandaiah	M	53	Kodikamam	Jaffna	Displaced man, returning to see his home, seriously injured by Sri Lanka army soldiers who attacked him with knives. Admitted to Manthikai hospital.
039	17/10/01	Two civilians			Rampittiya	Batticaloa	Injured by Sri Lanka army. Admitted to Weliaknda hospital.
040	18/10/01	One civilian			Kadukkamunai	Batticaloa	Injured in Sri Lanka army mine explosion.
041	23/10/01	Three civilians	M		Point Pedro	Jaffna	Fishermen injured by Sri Lankan police. Fishemen protest against fishing restrictions.
042 043 044 045 046 047 048 049	23/10/01	K. Sivanesarajah S. Pathmanathan K. Seevaratnam A Punitharajan S. Gajan Kamaleswari Sivalingam Parameswari Sathasivam Vayatha	52 25 38 13 05 30 20 *	F	Villages of Ambilaanthurai and Thumbankerni	Batticaloa	Injured, when Special Task Force shelled these two villages. Admitted to Kaluwanchikudi hospital and then transferred to Batticaloa hospital for further treatment. * This baby is eight months old.
050	26/10/01	Three civilians			Mutur	Trincomalee	Injured by Sri Lanka army gunfire.
051	29/10/01	Twenty civilians			Narahenpita	Colombo	Injured in bomb explosion.
052	01/11/01	Four civilians			Mutur	Trincomalee	Injured by Sri Lanka army gunfire. Admitted to Trincomalee hospital.
053	02/11/01	LakshmananTheva Athiran	M		Batticaloa	Batticaloa	Reporter from Tamil daily paper abused and assaulted by two government Education officials when he attempted to investigate misuse of scholarship funds.
054	10/11/01	One civilian	F		Mutur	Trincomalee	Injured by Sri Lanka army gunfire.
055	11/11/01	Three civilians	M		Pussellawa	Central Province	Supporters of Ceylon Workers Congress injured by gunshot fired by unidentified gunmen.
056	12/11/01	Three civilians	M		Matale	Central Province	Injured in election violence, at a UNP rally. Stage was set alight by suspected PA supporters.
057 058	13/11/01	Arasatnam Sasitharan Mrs Sasitharan	M F		Vammiyadi	Batticaloa	UNP candidate and his wife injured by PA candidate and armed men. Admitted to Batticaloa hospital.
059	14/11/01	Five civilians			Pottuvil	Batticaloa	Supporters of Tamil National Alliance assaulted and injured by EPDP armed men.
060	15/11/01	Eight civilians			Batticaloa	Batticaloa	Injured in bomb explosion.
061	20/11/01	One civilian	M		Poonaavai	Vavuniya	Injured by Sri Lanka police gunfire. Admitted to Anuradhapura hospital.
062	20/11/02	One civlian	F	04	Serunuwara	Trincomalee	Small girl-child seriously injured by Sri lanka army gunfire. Admitted to Trincomalee hospital.
No.	Date	Full Name	Sex	Age	Place of Arrest	District	Incident
063 064 065 066 067	20/11/01	Four civilians Kumarasamy Sasikumar Sinnathamby Kaliammah Kathirkamathamby Mala Sellathamby Selve	M M M M	22 40 16 20	Eravur	Batticaloa	Eight civilians injured by Sri Lanka police indiscriminate firing and shelling, using rifles and mortars. The four named persons were admitted to Eravur hospital. The others could not reach hospital as they were not allowed by the police to leave the area.
068	20/11/01	Five civilians			Serunuwara	Trincomalee	Assaulted by Sri Lanka Police Security assistants, or Homeguards as they are known. Sustained injuries.
069	20/11/01	Forty civilians			Serunuwara	Trincomalee	Arrested and assaulted by Sri Lankan army. They had sought safety in the Murugan Temple, from Police security assistants who were assaulting civilians. Some of the arrested, later released, had been tortured said MP.
070	25/11/01	Two civilians	M		Balangoda		Injured in election violence between PA and UNP supporters.
071	25/11/01	Three civilians	M		Anuradhapura	Anuradha-pura	Injured in election violence. Admitted to Anuradhapura hospital.
072 073 074 075 076	28/11/01	Suresh Premachandran M. K. Sivajilingam Mavai Senathirajah N. Raviraj Sixteen civilians	M M M M		Naranthanai	Jaffna	Candidates for the Tamil National Alliance and sixteen supporters were injured in attack by armed members of the EPDP (group working with the PA ruling party). A TNA supporter was killed. Sri Lanka Navy personnel present, did nothing to stop the attack. Nobody arrested. Four TNA candidates admitted to hospital.
077	28/11/01	One civilian	M		Tinnevely	Jaffna	Student injured when grenades, thrown into undergraduate hostel accommodation by EPDP members, exploded.
078	30/11/01	Wickremabahu Karunaratna	M		Wellampitiya	Colombo	NSSP main candidate injured by unidentified attackers. Admitted to Colombo National hospital.
079	01/12/01	Two civilians			Mutur	Trincomalee	Injured by Sri Lanka army shells fired on their village.
080	01/12/01	Four civilians			Vinayagapuram	Batticaloa	Injured when EPDP opened fire on peaceful march and demonstration led by women, supporting the TNA. Injured were admitted to Thirukkovil hospital.
081	02/12/01	Three civilians			Komari	Ampara	TNA supporters injured when EPDP armed men attacked them.
082	05/12/01	Gnanamuttu Krishnapillai	M		Paddiruppu Bridge	Batticaloa	TNA candidate assaulted, injured and threatened by STF when on his way to inform election officials at Kaluwanchikudy, of STF assaults on Tamil civilians and threats to kill them.
083 084	05/12/01	Anton Edward Richard One civilian	M M		Palam Road	Jaffna	University lecturer and a student were seriously assaulted by armed EPDP men. Both admitted to Jaffna Teaching hospital in critical condition.
085	16/12/01	Two civilians	M		Point Pedro	Jaffna	Secretary and Treasurer of the Munai Fisermen’s Cooperative injured when assaulted by Sri lanka army soldiers.
086 087	26/12/01	D. Sivaram Wijetharan	M M		Batticaloa	Batticaloa	Senior journalist and editor of the “Thinakathir” Tamil newspaper, were attacked by unidentified armed men at their office, inflicting head wounds to Mr Sivaram.
088	15/01/02	K. Sutharsan	M		Trincomalee