No.

Date

Full Name

Sex

Age

Place of Arrest

District

Incident

001

002

07.07.03

Chandradasa Jayaweera Paiyas

Vadivelu Chandrakumar

M

M

Kayankerni

Batticaloa

Sri Lankan Army soldiers arrested these two LTTE members while they were riding a motor-bike.

003

004

19.08.03

Kanthasamy Pugalmaran

Yogarajah Mayavan

M

M

Muhamalai Checkpoint

Jaffna

Two political activists of LTTE arrested by Sri Lankan army soldiers while travelling to Jaffna from Kilinochchi. Their identity cards were forcibly taken from them.

005

20.08.03

Activist Naval Freedom Fighters

M

Vathiri, Vadamarachchi

Jaffna

Sri Lanka Police, in an act of provocation, attempted to arrest political activist.

006

21.08.03

Two women Freedom Fighters

F

Thiruperunthurai

Batticaloa

LTTE Political activists arrested by Sri Lanka Navy soldiers. These arrests were an act of provocation.

007

02.09.03

Nadaraja Premachandran

M

Muhamalai Checkpoint

Jaffna

Sri Lankan soldiers arrested, handcuffed and dragged LTTE political activist to police station in an act of public humiliation and provocation. He was forced to sign a statement written by Sri Lanka police in Sinhalese.

008

20.09.03

Twenty one Tamil refugees

M

Off shore Mannar coast

Mannar

Refugees arrested by Sri Lankan Navy. They were returning home to Mannar, after having fled to South India from the violence in 1995.

009

20.09.03

Two Tamil boatmen

M

Off shore Mannar coast

Mannar

Boatmen, helping refugees to return home from Tamilnadu, arrested by Sri Lankan Navy,

010

05.10.03

Two Tamil workers

M

Point Pedro

Jaffna

Harbour workers arrested by Sri Lankan Army soldiers.

011

012

06.10.03

Subramaniam Pirapaharan

Kannaiah Selvarajah

M

M

45

20

Point Pedro

Jaffna

Two workers at the Multi-purpose Co-operative Society (MPCS) arrested by Sri Lanka army for carrying a copy of a book, publicly available, about LTTE freedom fighters.

013

11.10.03

Thirteen Tamils

Maambalam Junction

Jaffna

People passing through junction (where an accident caused by speeding SL army truck had occurred, inflicting injuries), were arrested by Sri Lanka police and army.

014

22.10.03

Peter Maran

M

23

Munai, Point Pedro

Jaffna

Fisherman arrested by Sri Lanka Police, after he had been assaulted by Sri Lanka Navy and had attempted to shoot him dead.

015

14.11.03

Jeyathasan Selvarajah

M

Nagerkovil

Jaffna

Sri Lanka army arrested him for entering HSZ.

016

17.11.03

Ratnarajan

M

Nagerkovil,

Jaffna

Chavakachcheri magistrate ordered the court to inform this villager’s his parents that he had been arrested two months previously, after accidentally entering a HSZ- High Security Zone. He had been returning from fishing in Northern sea.

017

018

019

020

23.01.04

Thangalingam Puvaneswaran

Thangalingam Sritharan

Puvaneswaran Chandramohan

K.Haridas

M

Four Tamil fishermen arrested by Sri Lanka Navy when they went out to sea to search for missing fishing equipment.

No.

Date

Full Name

Sex

Age

Place of Incident

District

Incident

001

04.07.03

Vairamuththu Mehanathan

M

32

Puthur

Batticaloa

Shot dead at close range by unknown gunmen.

002

04.07.03

Three persons

Ariyalai Nedunkulam Junction

Jaffna

Skeletal remains of three bodies found, in mass graves, believed to connected to the Chemmani mass graves.

003

17.07.03

Fowzie

M

Third mile post, Upuveli

Trincomalee

Shot dead by unknown gunmen.

004

03.08.03

L. Rilvan

M

56

Muttur

Trincomalee

Shot dead by unknown gunmen on way home.

005

03.08.03

Sinnathamby Thambipillai

M

38

Jaffna town

Jaffna

Found dead, with head injuries, in jewelry shop.

006

04.08.03

Gunam Subaraj

M

21

Muttur

Trincomalee

Construction worker shot dead while at home.

007

09.08.03

Tamil man

M

35

Akkaraipattu

Amparai

Shot dead by unknown gunmen when cycling home.

008

13.08.03

Suntharampiallai Nallaraja

M

15

Oori, Karainagar

Jaffna

Killed by floating object resembling a bomb which exploded. He and his friends had been playing in the sea.

009

010

13.08.03

Mohammed Riyaz

Abdul Kuthoos

M

M

27

35

Chelvanayakapuram

Trincomalee

Shot dead by unknown gunmen.

011

14.08.03

Aarasaratnam Ratheeskaran

M

32

Batticaloa town

Batticaloa

Shot dead by unknown gunmen.

012

013

17.08.03

A.Ibralebbai

K.L.Ismail

M

M

40

21

Nelluchchenaivettai

Amparai

A father of four and a father of two shot dead by unknown gunmen.

014

02.09.03

Tharmaratnam Vanarajah

M

25

Batticaloa

Batticaloa

Arrested and died in hospital after suddenly falling ill.

015

03.09.03

Kunchipodiyan

M

Sammanthurai

Ampara

Post office worker killed by unknown persons on the way back home from work.

016

017

24.09.03

Rasiah Manonmany

Piyula

F

F

38

07

Sekkadipilavu-Selvanagar

Vavuniya

Mother and child killed when bomb in pipe exploded.

018

26.09.03

Velupillai Yogendran

M

39

Pandiruppu, Kalmunai

Batticaloa

Shot dead by unknown gunmen.

019

29.09.03

Several persons

Kilinochchi

Vanni

Human skeletons found during construction work at the provincial health services site. Sri Lanka army occupied Kilinochchi from 96 to 98 during which time many Tamil civilians were “disappeared”.

020

02.10.03

T.Vigneswarn

M

Orr’s Hill

Trincomalee

Assaulted and killed by unknown attackers.

021

022

03.10.03

Mahalingam Lingaruban

V. Rasakumar

M

M

21

30

Gurunagar water tank junction

Jaffna

Speeding Sri Lanka army vehicle crashed into their motorbike, killing them immediately.

023

04.10.03

Subramaniam Kirubakaran

M

36

Araiyampathy

Batticaloa

Shot dead by unknown gunmen.

024

12.10.03

Several Tamil persons

Thiruaikerni

Batticaloa

Skeletal remains found near Periyathambiran Temple. In 1990, 48 people were killed by the Special Task Force and Muslim Homeguards. The remains may be of those who sought safety in the temple, killed with knives and batons.

025

20.10.03

Several Tamil persons

Kalviyankaadu

Jaffna

Skeletal remains uncovered by construction workers. Believed to be victims of the Indian Peace Keeping Force IPKF who killed many people in 1987-1988.

No.

Date

Full Name

Sex

Age

Place of Incident

District

Incident

026

29.10.03

Two Tamil persons

M

Iruthaiayapuram, Muttur

Trincomalee

Shot by unknown gunmen, when returning from trading.

027

30.10.03

Arulanantham Diloshan

M

08

Vellaveli

Batticaloa

Killed by landmine which exploded when he was playing near his home. His sister was also injured but survived.

028

04.11.03

Nanthan

M

Trincomalee beach

Trincomalee

On leave from his LTTE duties in the Vanni, he was strangled to death by unknown persons.

029

23.11.03

Tamil muslim civilian

Faizal Nagar

Trincomalee

Killed in grenade attack by unknown attackers.

030

24.11.03

Tamil muslim civilian

Kachchaikoditivu

Trincomalee

Killed in grenade attack by unknown attackers.

031

29.11.03

Three Tamil muslim farmers

M

Nadu Ootru, Kinniya

Trincomalee

Killed by unknown assailants.

032

04.12.03

Raheem

M

Muttur

Trincomalee

Killed in bomb blast.

033

034

31.12.03

Justin Fernando

Theivendran Thushyanthan

M

M

24

18

Pampaimadu

Vavuniya

Shot dead and their bodies burnt by unknown assailants.

035

04.01.04

Balasubramaniam Ajanthan

M

25

Pattakaadu

Vavuniya

Shot dead by unknown gunmen

036

04.01.04

Tamil person

M

Pandaarikulam

Vavuniya

Shot dead while driving an auto rickshaw

037

08.01.04

Tamil person

F

Kondavil

Jaffna

Skeletal human remains and skull found in a house. Believed to be one of the hundreds disappeared and killed by Sri Lankan army between 1995 and 1997.

038

10.01.04

Tamil young person

M

Kalvayal, Thenmarachchi

Jaffna

Shot dead by unknown gunmen.

039

10.01.04

Sinnathurai Manoharan

M

Kaputhoo-Anthanathidal

Jaffna

Sri Lanka army vehicle ran over him, killing him instantly.

040

041

042

13.01.04

Ilankanathan Suthakaran

Suthakaran Swarnawathy

Vaishan

M

F

M

38

21

Kanakampuliyadi junction

Jaffna

Couple and their eight month old son found killed, their throats slit. Their home was surrounded by several Sri Lanka army camps, relocated after the 2002 Ceasefire Agr.

043

17.01.04

Daniel Sathisivam

M

47

Dehiwela

Colombo

A father of two, shot dead by unknown gunmen.

044

19.01.04

Two persons

M

Killed in grenade attack, while erecting decorations to celebrate signing of SLFP/JVP MoU.

17.04.03

Mohammed Deen

M

41

Thoppur

Trincomalee

Killed by gunfire by unknown attackers

18.04.03

Tharmalingam Kamalathusan

M

25

Muttur

Trincomalee

Killed in grenade attack by unknown attackers

18.04.03

Maheswaran Ravishankar

M

32

Muttur

Trincomalee

Tamil killed by gunfire by Sri Lanka army based at Kattaiparichcha

14.06.03

Vallipuram Sivakumar

Sinnarasah Sivaroopan

Selvaratnam Sasitharan

Nallaiah Krishnan Kapil Dinesh

Ranarajah Ragunath

Ponnambalam Kirupaharan

Thurairatnam Saileswaran

Muthulingam Lavakumar

Thiyagarajah Thayanithi

Sokkalingam Jegan

Mr Mohan

M

M

M

M

M

M

M

M

M

M

M

In international waters off the Northeast coast.

265 nautical miles from the East coast.

Eleven LTTE officers and a sailor, killed by the Sri Lankan Navy. Five Navy gunboats surrounded, attacked and sunk the LTTE vessel which was transporting fuel, killing all on board. This is a serious breach of the Ceasefire Agreement. Complaint lodged with the Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission.

No.

Date

Full Name

Sex

Age

Place of Incident

District

Incident

001

002

003

004

22.12.03

Gratien Jemmar

S. Ravi

Benedict Ranjit

L. Uthayakumar

M

M

M

M

35

45

35

37

Iranaitivu, Jaffna Lagoon

Jaffna

Four fishermen went missing. Their boat was found in the sea. Complaint lodged with the Jaffna office of the Human Rights Commission. Enquires made to the Sri Lanka army and Navy at the Gurunagar army camp. No response yet.

27.06.03

Praveenan Sulochana

Praveenan Hamshika

Natkunasingham Vibushana

Natkunasingham Vibushan

Natkunasingham Vishnu

F

F

F

M

18

09

07

04

Mylankadu, Chunnakam

Jaffna

Young lady, her six-month old daughter and her young sister and brother all disappeared after saying they were going to visit a relative. They never reached the relative’s home. Complaint lodged with the Jaffna office of the National Human Rights Commission.

25.08.85

Anthonyathas Ariyathas

M

Mullaitivu

Mullaituvu

Fisherman ordered by Sri Lankan army soldiers to come in from sea. He was arrested by the soldiers. Never been seen since. His colleague who witnessed the arrest was shot in the hip and admitted to Puthukudiyiruppu hospital.

No.

Date

Full Name

Sex

Age

Place of Incident

District

Incident

001

02.07.03

Ponniah Yogathas

M

36

Sea North of Valvettithurai

Jaffna

Seriously injured when Sri Lanka Navy assaulted a group of fishermen. This father of four children was admitted to District hospital. Complaint lodged to SLMM.

002

17.07.03

Sekar

M

Third mile post, Upuveli

Trincomalee

Seriously injured by unknown gunmen. Admitted to Trincomalee hospital. Another person was shot dead.

003

29.07.03

N. Subramaniam

M

63

Puttur-Meesalai Junction

Jaffna

Assaulted and injured by Sri Lanka Army soldiers. Admitted to hospital.

004

29.07.03

N. Kantharasa

M

55

Jaffna town

Jaffna

Assaulted and injured by Sri Lanka Army soldiers. Admitted to Jaffna Teaching hospital.

005

006

06.08.03

S. Sahayanathan

S. Pararajasingham

M

M

45

57

Sarasalai, Madduvil

Jaffna

Seriously injured in bomb explosion. Both men were aditted to Jaffna Teaching Hospital.

007

07.08.03

Kanthan Kandasamy

M

46

Chunnakam,

Jaffna

Having resettled in his home, he was digging a well in his land. He was seriously injured when a buried bomb exploded. He lost lower half of both legs.

No.

Date

Full Name

Sex

Age

Place of Incident

District

Incident

008

009

010

011

13.08.03

Rijitha

Mathusha

Mathushan

Ambihapalan Gajendran

M

F

M

M

15

09

06

12

Oori, Karainagar

Jaffna

Four children were seriously injured by floating object resembling a bomb which exploded. They had been playing in the sea. The children were admitted to Jaffna Hospital. One of their friends was killed in the incident.

012

20.08.03

Tamil girl-child

F

13

Batticaloa

Batticaloa

Sexually assaulted by Sri Lankan army soldier.

013

26?.08.03

Tamil woman

F

Inbaruty, Vadamarachchi

Jaffna

Tamil woman sexually asssaulted and subjected to attempted rape by three Sri Lankan Army soldiers.

014

24.09.03

Two persons.

Sekkadipilavu-Selvanagar

Vavuniya

Injured when bomb in pipe exploded. Admitted to Anuradhapura hospital. A mother and child were killed.

015

07.10.03

Magikson Sahayathasan

M

40

Koddady

Jaffna

Seriously injured when speeding Sri Lanka Navy truck knocked him down. Admitted to Jaffna Teaching Hospital.

016

08.10.03

Ramkumar Jesutanee

F

27

Kachchai, Thanmaradchi

Jaffna

Seriously injured by speeding Sri Lankan Army vehicle. Admitted to Chavakachceri hospital in critical condition.

017

11.10.03

Tamil woman

F

Mathakal

Jaffna

Young woman seriously injured by two Sri Lanka Navy soldiers who attacked her and attempted to abduct her. She was admitted to Chankanai hospital.

018

019

020

021

11.10.03

Balasingham Daiyaniharan

A. Sabeswaran

Ramanathan Ramtheesan

Two men

M

M

M

M

21

24

Maambalam Junction

Jaffna

Five men assaulted by Sri Lanka Army soldiers and police. A worker (first name listed here) was hung upside down by his feet, beaten and tortured. A journalist, (second) was beaten. A painter (third) was arrested, tied up and beaten. All were severely injured and admitted to Jaffna hospital.

022

17.10.03

Three persons

Pandarikulam

Vavuniya

Injured by grenade thrown by unknown persons. All three people were admitted to Vavuniya hospital.

023

18.10.03

Tamil woman

F

32

Uyilankulam

Mannar

Woman with learning difficulties, who lived with her parents was brutally raped by two Sri Lankan policemen.

024

025

026

027

028

029

22.10.03

Alagaiah Muthukumaru

K. Xavier

T. Thiraviyam

Jegathees

M. Newton

Fourteen persons

M

M

M

M

M

M

23

40

23

28

18

17

Munai, Point Pedro

Jaffna

Sri Lanka Army soldiers assaulted and injured twenty people - fishermen, villagers and students. Those named were seriously injured. Two freelance journalists, Velupillai Thavachelvam and Ratnam Thayaparan, who arrived to cover the incident, were threatened by the soldiers and had recoding equipment seized.

030

23.10.03

Mrs Selarajah

F

Uyilankulam

Mannar

Mother of four children subjected to attempted rape by three Sri Lankan Policemen

031

032

033

034

035

26.10.03

M.S.Fareed

M.A.Lafir

M.I.Razeed

Tharmalingam Chandrasegaram

Karuppiah Subramaniam

M

M

M

M

M

Vattamadu

Ampara

Three Muslim farmers and two tractor drivers assaulted and injured by unknown attackers.

036

27.10.03

Arulanantham Nioljini

F

06

Vellaveli

Batticaloa

Seriously injured while playing, when landmine exploded. Admitted to Batticaloa Teaching hospital. Her brother died from his injuries from the same explosion.

No.

Date

Full Name

Sex

Age

Place of Incident

District

Incident

037

038

039

29.10.03

Yamuni Rasmika

Mr Athula

Three persons

F

M

New Town Hall, Colombo

Colombo

Two journalists and three other people, all Sinhalese, were injured when Sinhala nationalist mobs attacked, with knives, clubs and stones.

040

01.11.03

S. Vijayaratnam

M

Kankesanthurai Road Junction

Jaffna

Seriously injured by Sri Lanka army vehicle that collided with his motorcycle. Admitted to Jaffna Teaching Hospital.

041

11.11.03

Tamil persons

Kiran

Batticaloa

Sri Lankan army soldiers assaulted villagers.

042

19.11.03

Velupillai Thavachelvam

M

Muhumalai

Jaffna

Journalist harassed by Sri Lanka army soldiers. His colleague, M. Nimalrajan was killed two years ago.

043

23.11.03

Tamil muslim civilians

Faizal Nagar

Trincomalee

Injured in grenade attack by unknown attackers.

044

24.11.03

Tamil muslim civilians

Kachchaikoditivu

Trincomalee

Injured in grenade attack by unknown attackers.

045

046

047

048

049

29.11.03

Mahendran Manmatharajah

Ramasamy Sathiyakumar

Thuraisingham Rajanikanthan

Thevaraj Raj

Mahendran Matheeswaran

M

M

M

M

M

24

23

15

15

14

Vallipuram Alvar Temple area, Vadamarachchi

Jaffna

Tamil civilians including three children assaulted and seriously injured by Sri Lanka army soldiers. The children were admitted to a private hospital. They were in critical condition. Soldiers went to their homes and warned against making complaints, threatening them.

050

051

09.12.03

Thirunavukarasu Thuraichelvam

One person

M

27

Jaffna town

Jaffna

Bus passenger seriously injured when Sri Lanka army soldier opened fire on a paper seller, who was also injured.

052

053

24.12.03

Paul Raj

Sanjeevan

M

M

18

22

Kantharmadam

Jaffna

Seriously injured by Sri Lanka army vehicle which hit them. Admitted to Jaffna Teaching Hospital.

054

24.12.03

Six persons

Colombo

Colombo

Four people severely assaulted by Buddhist monks, who thought they looked like Tamils. The fifth Sinhalese person was assaulted because he was Christian.

055

10.01.04

Two persons

M

Kaputhoo-Anthanathidal

Jaffna

Seriously injured when a Sri Lanka army vehicle ran over them. A third person was killed instantly. Admitted to Chavakachcheri hospital.

056

19.01.04

S. Anandarajah

M

Linganagar

Trincomalee

Sri lankan army soldiers forced entry to his home and destroyed toilet area.

057

22.01.04

K. Somasundaram

M

Linganagar

Trincomalee

Assaulted by Sri Lankan Army soldiers when collecting materials to repair his home.

058

22.01.04

P. Veerasingham

M

Linganagar

Trincomalee

Sri Lankan soldiers forced entry to his home and ordered guests to leave.

059

Jan 04

Several women

F

Linganagar

Trincomalee

Sri Lanka army soldiers harassing Tamil women, on the pretext of checking.

060

26.01.04

Maaribas Asokananda

M

24

Manalkaadu

Jaffna

Father of two returning home from chopping wood seriously injured in landmine explosion.

061

27.01.03

T. Lawrence

B. Gnanamani

M

M

48

31

Off the coast of Point Pedro

Jaffna

Fishermen injured when Sri Lanka Navy vessel rammed their boat, destroying it totally. Admitted to Jaffna Hospital.

Left out by versight in previous report

08.03.02

Nandini Herat

F

Wariyapola

Kandy

Arrested and sexually tortured by six police officers. Her family have been subjected to harassment and intimidation.