TAMIL CENTRE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS - TCHR
9, rue des Peupliers, 95140 Garges les Gonnese - FRANCE - Tel/Fax : 33 - 1 - 40 38 28 74
Documented cases of ARBITRARY ARRESTS/DETENTION – March 2005– June 2005
(actual arrests higher than documented by TCHR)
|
No. |
Date |
Full Name |
Sex |
Age |
Place of Arrest |
District |
Incident |
|
001 |
24.23.05 |
Ten Tamils |
M |
|
Jaffna town |
Jaffna |
Arrested by Sri Lanka Army. |
|
002 003 |
12.03.05 |
Sivaraj PirabuJoseph Iruthayathas |
M M |
24 38 |
Off the coast near Kankesanthurai |
Jaffna |
Two fishermen arrested by Sri Lankan Navy. |
|
004 |
18.05.05 |
Seven Tamils |
M F |
|
Kachativu island |
Mannar |
Four women and three men, refugees, arrested by Sri Lankan Navy as they were returning home from S India, helped by Indian boatmen. They had fled to India to escape the violence of war. |
|
005 |
18.05.05 |
Mahendran Govinadan |
M |
19 |
Matkeliya junction |
Trincomalee |
Tamil youth arrested by Sri Lanka Army |
|
006 |
22.06.05 |
Twenty-seven Tamils |
M F |
|
Off coast of Talaimannar |
Mannar |
Twenty five refugees, thirteen women and twelve men, arrested by Sri Lankan Navy as they were returning home from S India. They had fled to India to escape the violence of war. Two boatmen assisting them were also arrested. |
TAMIL CENTRE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS - TCHR
9, rue des Peupliers, 95140 Garges les Gonnese - FRANCE - Tel/Fax : 33 - 1 - 40 38 28 74
Documented cases of E.J. KILLINGS / SUMMARY EXECUTIONS – March 2005– June 2005
(actual killings higher than documented by TCHR)
|
No. |
Date |
Full Name |
Sex |
Age |
Place of Incident |
District |
Incident |
|
001 |
04.03.05 |
Nagendiram Thushika |
F |
12 |
Jaffna town |
Jaffna |
Killed by Sri Lanka Army vehicle. |
|
002 |
04.03.05 |
M Kathirgamu |
M |
65 |
Near Parameswara junction, Jaffna town |
Jaffna |
Shot dead by Sri Lanka Army who opened fired onto peaceful protest near Jaffna University. |
|
003 |
05.03.05 |
One person |
M |
|
Vanthaarumoolai |
Batticaloa |
Shot dead by unidentified gunmen. |
|
004 |
05.03.05 |
Political activist |
M |
|
Kirumichchai |
Batticaloa |
Shot dead by Sri Lanka army. |
|
005 |
05.03.05 |
Five people |
M F |
|
Kolakunaweli, Welikanda |
Batticaloa |
A Sinhalese and four muslims were shot dead by paramilitary forces working with the Sri Lanka army. |
|
006 |
05.03.05 |
One person |
M |
|
Kolakunaweli, Welikanda |
Batticaloa |
Tamil businessman, supporter of LTTE, shot dead by paramilitary forces working with the Sri Lanka army. |
|
007 |
06.03.05 |
One person |
M |
|
Aaraiyampatty |
Batticaloa |
Shot dead by unidentified gunmen. |
|
No. |
Date |
Full Name |
Sex |
Age |
Place of Incident |
District |
Incident |
|
008 |
07.03.05 |
One person |
M |
|
Thalavaai |
Batticaloa |
Shot dead by unidentified gunmen. |
|
009 |
08.03.05 |
One person |
M |
|
Batticaloa |
Batticaloa |
Shot dead by unidentified gunmen. |
|
010 011 |
14.03.05 |
S. Kunasekaran S. Selvanayagam |
M M |
21 22 |
Karapola, Welikanda |
Batticaloa |
Shot dead by unidentified gunmen. |
|
012 |
15.03.05 |
One person |
M |
|
Kaluthavalai |
Batticaloa |
Shot dead by unidentified gunmen. |
|
013 |
16.03.05 |
One person |
M |
|
Maruthamunai |
Batticaloa |
Shot dead by unidentified gunmen. |
|
014 |
21.03.05 |
Seulebbe Razeek |
M |
48 |
Meeravodai |
Baticaloa |
Jewelry shop owner shot dead by paramilitary forces working with the Sri Lanka army. |
|
015 016 |
26.03.05 |
Aarumugam Nagalingam Sivalingam Pakaralingam |
M |
|
Kudumbimalai |
Batticaloa |
Hacked to death by Sri Lanka army. |
|
017 |
27.03.05 |
Nadarajah Soopentiran |
M |
26 |
Chenkalady |
Batticaloa |
Shot dead by paramilitary forces working with the Sri Lanka army. |
|
018 |
01.04.05 |
One person |
M |
|
Kommathurai |
Batticaloa |
Shot dead by unidentified gunmen. |
|
019 |
04.04.05 |
One person |
M |
|
Batticaloa town |
Batticaloa |
Shot dead by unidentified gunmen. |
|
020 |
05.04.05 |
One person |
M |
|
Akaraipathu |
Batticaloa |
Shot dead by unidentified gunmen. |
|
021 |
08.04.05 |
One person |
M |
|
Kattankudy |
Batticaloa |
Shot dead by unidentified gunmen. |
|
022 |
08.04.05 |
Political activist |
M |
|
Mahindapura |
Trincomalee |
Shot dead by paramilitary forces working with the Sri Lanka army. |
|
023 |
10.04.05 |
S.Arulampalam |
M |
|
Kalmunai |
Ampara |
Shot dead by unidentified gunmen. |
|
024 |
11.04.05 |
One person |
M |
|
Trincomalee town |
Trincomalee |
Shot dead by unidentified gunmen. |
|
025 |
14.04.05 |
Nine people |
M |
|
Sorivil, Welikanda |
Polonnaruwa |
Shot dead by unidentified gunmen. |
|
026 |
15.04.05 |
A.K.Thavarajah |
M |
|
Thirukovil |
Batticaloa |
Shot dead by Sri Lanka STF near Thirukovil STF camp. |
|
027 |
21.04.05 |
One person |
M |
|
Valaichenai-Kalkuda Rd |
Batticaloa |
Shot dead by unidentified gunmen. |
|
028 |
25.04.05 |
One person |
M |
|
Karapola |
Polonnaruwa |
Shot dead by unidentified gunmen, near Batticaloa border. |
|
029 |
28.04.05 |
One person |
M |
|
Manning Bridge, Kallady |
Batticaloa |
Shot dead by unidentified gunmen. |
|
030 |
28.04.05 |
Sivaram Dharmeratnam |
M |
46 |
Colombo |
Colombo |
Senior journalist abducted and killed by paramilitary forces working with the Sri Lanka army. |
|
031 |
06.05.05 |
K. Sritharan |
M |
55 |
Vaarikutiyoor |
Vavuniya |
Father of four, hacked to death by unidentified killers. |
|
032 033 |
07.05.05 |
Arasaretnam Vikneswaran Rasalingam Shankar |
M M |
|
Near Batticaloa border |
Polonnaruwa |
Political activists shot dead by paramilitary forces working with the Sri Lanka army. |
|
034 |
09.05.05 |
Kandasamy |
M |
65 |
Santhiveli |
Batticaloa |
Shot dead by Sri Lanka army who fired onto peaceful protesters. |
|
035 |
13.05.05 |
V. Manojkumar |
M |
25 |
Vantharumoolai |
Batticaloa |
Shot dead by unidentified gunmen. |
|
036 037 |
14.05.05 |
S. Muthaiah Six people |
M F |
53 |
Off Talaimannar coast |
Mannar |
Tamil refugees returning from S India, boat overturned killing father of five; a mother, father and child, and three others. |
|
No. |
Date |
Full Name |
Sex |
Age |
Place of Incident |
District |
Incident |
|
038 |
16.05.05 |
Vishnalingam Arunakumar |
M |
23 |
Batticaloa |
Batticaloa |
Shot dead by unidentified gunmen. |
|
039 |
17.05.05 |
One person |
|
|
Madathady jct, Trinco |
Trincomalee |
Killed in grenade explosion. |
|
040 |
18.05.05 |
One person |
M |
|
Batticaloa market |
Batticaloa |
Shot dead by unidentified gunmen. |
|
041 |
21.05.05 |
Sinnathamby Annapillai |
F |
65 |
Periyakallaru |
Batticaloa |
Killed in grenade attack on political activists office. |
|
042 |
20.05.05 |
One person |
F |
|
Kudatanai, Thenmarachi |
Jaffna |
Skeletal remains found near Sri Lanka army camp. |
|
043 |
23.05.05 |
Nagappan Sivarajah |
M |
25 |
Manampithy |
Batticaloa |
Shot dead by unidentified gunmen. |
|
044 |
28.05.05 |
J.F.Thiyagarajah |
M |
42 |
Batticaloa |
Batticaloa |
Shot dead by unidentified gunmen. |
|
045 |
28.05.05 |
A.K.J. Hussein |
M |
23 |
Eravur Shekh Road |
Batticaloa |
Shot dead by unidentified gunmen. |
|
046 |
30.05.05 |
M. Fowzan |
M |
31 |
Veeramunanai |
Amparai |
Shot dead by unidentified gunmen. |
|
047 |
31.05.05 |
Kandasamy Kandeepan |
M |
22 |
Kachchai, Thenmarachi |
Jaffna |
Killed when Sri Lanka army shell exploded. |
|
048 |
04.06.05 |
Rajadurai Thangarajah |
M |
60 |
Udupiddy |
Jaffna |
Father of three shot dead by unidentified gunmen. |
|
049 050 |
05.06.05 |
Francis Denisius Thevadas Emmanuel |
M |
|
Kochchikkadai |
Colombo |
Tamil youths shot dead by unidentified gunmen. |
|
051 |
05.06.05 |
One person |
M |
|
Anaikoddai |
Jaffna |
Shot dead by unidentified gunmen. |
|
052 |
05.06.05 |
One person |
M |
|
Aalankulam |
Batticaloa |
Shot dead by unidentified gunmen. |
|
053 |
06.06.05 |
Veerabahu Inthirakumar |
M |
27 |
Wellawatte |
Colombo |
Shot dead by unidentified gunmen. |
|
054 055 |
08.06.05 |
Niveharan Sutharanjan |
M M |
22 23 |
Sangamankandy |
Batticaloa |
Political activists killed in landmine attack by STF and paramilitary forces working with the Sri Lanka army. |
|
056 |
09.06.05 |
T. Karunamoorthy |
M |
40 |
Chenkalady |
Batticaloa |
Rickshaw driver shot dead by Sri Lanka army. |
|
057 |
09.06.05 |
S. Balakrishnan |
M |
60 |
Mirusivil North |
Jaffna |
Internally displaced. Shot dead by unidentified gunmen. |
|
058 |
11.06.05 |
Two men |
M |
|
Kurumankadu |
Vavuniya |
Shot dead by unidentified gunmen. |
|
059 |
11.06.05 |
Shanmugan Selvarajah |
M |
|
Sorivil |
Polonnaruwa |
Shot dead by paramilitaries working with Sri Lanka army. |
|
060 |
12.06.05 |
W.G.Punchirala |
M |
60 |
Sorivil |
Polonnaruwa |
Killed in grenade attack on funeral, by paramilitary forces working with the Sri Lanka army. |
|
061 |
15.06.05 |
Ponniah Chandrabavan |
M |
22 |
Arayampatty |
Batticaloa |
Shot dead by unidentified gunmen, on his way to temple. |
|
062 063 |
15.06.05 |
Nallathamby Ravinthiran Mohammed Galeel |
M M |
28 39 |
Kalmunai |
Ampara |
Refugee and muslim bus workers shot dead by unidentified gunmen. |
|
064 |
17.06.05 |
M. Muthubanda |
M |
35 |
Serunuwara |
Trincomalee |
Shot dead by unidentified gunmen. |
|
065 |
19.06.05 |
One person |
M |
|
Kovilkulam |
Vavuniya |
Shot dead by unidentified gunmen. |
|
066 |
20.06.05 |
One person |
M |
|
Karunkodithivu |
Amparai |
Killed by unidentified attackers. |
|
067 |
20.06.05 |
One person |
M |
|
Thalikulam |
Vavuniya |
Shot dead by unidentified gunmen. |
|
068 |
21.06.05 |
Sithiravel Sathiyanathan |
M |
33 |
Muttur town |
|
Shot dead by unidentified gunmen. |
|
069 |
23.06.05 |
One person |
M |
|
Navatkuda |
Batticaloa |
Shot dead by unidentified gunmen. |
|
070 |
29.06.05 |
Arasakumar Kannamuthu |
M |
38 |
Matupola |
Batticaloa |
Shot dead by paramilitary forces working with Sri Lanka army. |
|
|
28.02.05 |
Thayanithi |
M |
|
Batticaloa town |
Batticaloa |
Tamil refugee shot dead by unidentified gunmen. |
TAMIL CENTRE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS - TCHR
9, rue des Peupliers, 95140 Garges les Gonnese - FRANCE - Tel/Fax : 33 - 1 - 40 38 28 74
Documented cases of ENFORCED OR INVOLUNTARY DISAPPEARANCES – March 2005– June 2005
(actual disappearances higher than documented by TCHR)
|
No. |
Date |
Full Name |
Sex |
Age |
Place of Incident |
District |
Incident |
|
001 |
22.03.05 |
Three people |
F
|
|
Thalaimannar |
Mannar |
Tamil refugee mother and her two daughters returning from South India reported missing. |
|
002 |
08.04.05 |
M.Arumugam M. Mahendrarajah |
M M |
20 25 |
Plantain Point army camp |
Trincomalee |
Sri Lanka government held responsible by SC for disappearance of these two brothers, arrested by Sri Lanka army in a cordon and search operation on 06.07.90. |
TAMIL CENTRE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS - TCHR
9, rue des Peupliers, 95140 Garges les Gonnese - FRANCE - Tel/Fax : 33 - 1 - 40 38 28 74
Documented cases of RAPE / TORTURE and OTHERS – March 2005– June 2005
(actual rape / torture etc. higher than documented by TCHR)
|
No. |
Date |
Full Name |
Sex |
Age |
Place of Incident |
District |
Incident |
|
001 |
04.03.05 |
One person |
M |
|
Kottadi, Jaffna town |
Jaffna |
Shot and wounded by Sri Lanka Army who opened fired onto peaceful protest near Jaffna University. |
|
002 |
04.03.05 |
Fifty persons |
|
|
Jaffna town |
Jaffna |
Assaulted and injured by Sri Lanka army and police. Four people admitted to Jaffna hospital. |
|
003 |
04.03.05 |
Vincent L. Jeyan |
M |
|
Jaffna town |
Jaffna |
Journalist assaulted and wounded by Sri Lanka army. |
|
004 |
05.03.05 |
One person |
M |
|
Batticaloa |
Batticaloa |
Shot and wounded by unidentified gunmen. |
|
005 |
05.03.05 |
Three people |
M F |
|
Kolakunaweli, Welikanda |
Batticaloa |
Muslim man and woman, and a Sinhalese person shot and wounded by paramilitary forces working with Sri Lanka army. |
|
006 007 008 009 |
07.03.05 |
Forty seven people Sellappah Raveendran Mylvaganam Rajan Rajitha Rajan |
M M F |
28 25 |
Off Thalaimannar coast |
Mannar |
Tamil refugees, 27 female and 23 male returning from South India were assaulted and robbed by Sri Lanka Navy personnel. The group included children. Five of the women, including Ms Rajan were raped by the Sri Lanka Navy. |
|
010 |
09.03.05 |
C. Gnanasothy Sellapillai |
M |
36 |
Urani |
Batticaloa |
Shot and seriously wounded by unidentified gunmen. |
|
011 |
10.03.05 |
One person |
F |
63 |
Neervely |
Jaffna |
Sri Lanka army soldier forcibly entered her home, gagged her, removed her sari and attempted to rape her. |
|
No. |
Date |
Full Name |
Sex |
Age |
Place of Incident |
District |
Incident |
|
012 |
11.03.05 |
S. Manoharan |
M |
|
Chavakacheri |
Jaffna |
Hit and wounded by speeding Sri Lanka army vehicle. |
|
013 014 |
12.03.05 |
K. Kumarakuruparan Selvarasah Ahilan |
M M |
25 31 |
Chavakacheri |
Jaffna |
Wounded by Sri Lanka police and Sri Lanka army who charged a crowd of protesters. |
|
015 |
17.03.05 |
Fifteen people |
M |
|
Off coast near Mathakal |
Jaffna |
Fishermen assaulted by Sri Lanka Navy personnel. Complaint lodged with SLMM and government HRCSL. |
|
016 |
18.03.05 |
One person |
M |
|
Batticaloa town |
Batticaloa |
Shot and wounded by unidentified gunmen. |
|
017 |
21.03.05 |
Three men |
M |
|
Theevuchenai |
Polannaruwa |
Shot and wounded by unidentified gunmen. |
|
018 |
21.03.05 |
A. R. Premalatha |
F |
05 |
Theevuchenai |
Polannaruwa |
Shot and wounded by unidentified gunmen, in crossfire. |
|
019 |
21.03.05 |
One person |
F |
|
Meeravodai |
Baticaloa |
Shot and seriously wounded by paramilitary forces working with the Sri Lanka army who shot dead her father. |
|
020 |
23.03.05 |
Athambava Mohammed |
M |
28 |
Akkaraipattu |
Batticaloa |
Shot and seriously wounded by Sri Lanka Police. |
|
021 |
28.03.05 |
Three people |
M |
|
Vayiravar Puliyankulam |
Vavuniya |
Two employees at political office and a security guard injured in grenade attack by paramilitary forces working with Sri Lanka army. |
|
022 |
28.03.05 |
One person |
M |
|
Thhirukkovil |
Amparai |
Relief worker assaulted by the Sri Lanka Special Task Force, at Mandaanai tsunami refugee camp. |
|
023 024 |
28.03.05 |
S. Kuyilinban Two people |
M |
|
Thhirukkovil |
Amparai |
Senior political activist and two colleagues severely assaulted by Sri Lanka STF at a tsunami refugee camp. |
|
025 |
02.04.05 |
Thushintha Vijayakumar |
F |
15 |
Sangarathanai |
Jaffna |
Wounded when struck by Sri Lanka army vehicle. |
|
026 |
05.04.05 |
One person |
M |
|
Batticaloa town |
Batticaloa |
Shot and wounded by unidentified gunmen. |
|
027 |
08.04.05 |
Political activist |
M |
|
Mahindapura |
Trincomalee |
Shot and wounded by paramilitary forces working with the Sri Lanka army. |
|
028 |
08.04.05 |
Two people |
M |
|
Nagar Iluppaikulam |
Vavuniya |
Shot and wounded by unidentified gunmen. |
|
029 |
12.04.05 |
Selvamani Yogeswaran |
M |
36 |
Thiraimadu Colony |
Batticaloa |
Shot and seriously ounded by unidentified gunmen. |
|
030 |
14.04.05 |
Two people |
M |
|
Sorivil, Welikanda |
Polonnaruwa |
Shot and wounded by unidentified gunmen. |
|
031 |
20.04.05 |
Three people |
|
|
Colpetty |
Colombo |
Injured when bomb exploded. |
|
032 033 034 035 |
24.04.05 |
Rasamanikam Mathiyalahan Rajaratnam Rajesekaram Jeanathan Nithiyanandana Ravichandran Suhanya |
M M F F |
31 43 12 13 |
Batticaloa |
Batticaloa |
Temple trustee, jail worker and two children shot and wounded by unidentified gunmen. |
|
036 |
29.04.05 |
Vedivel Thevaraj |
M |
|
Colombo |
Colombo |
Senior journalist, editor of Tamil daily received death threats after the murder of senior journalist D. Sivaram. |
|
037 038 |
09.05.05 |
Thirteen people Sivasambu |
MF F |
53 |
Santhiveli |
Batticaloa |
Wounded when Sri Lanka army and Police assaulted and fired onto peaceful protesters. Five women wounded. |
|
039 |
09.05.05 |
Nashar |
M |
39 |
Santhiveli |
Batticaloa |
School teacher and reporter wounded when Sri Lanka army and Police assaulted and fired onto protesters. |
|
No. |
Date |
Full Name |
Sex |
Age |
Place of Incident |
District |
Incident |
|
040 |
14.05.05 |
Two people |
F |
|
Off Talaimannar coast |
Mannar |
Tamil refugees returning from S India, injured when boat overturned. Seven people were killed in same incident. |
|
041 |
17.05.05 |
Three people |
|
|
Madathady jct, Trinco |
Trincomalee |
Injured in grenade explosion. |
|
042 043 |
18.05.05 |
One person Vellupillai Navaratnam |
M M |
50 |
Batticaloa market |
Batticaloa |
Both wounded in shooting by unidentified gunmen. Another man was killed. |
|
044 |
20.05.05 |
Three political activists |
|
|
Veeramunai |
Batticaloa |
Injured in grenade attack on political office, by paramilitary forces working with Sri Lanka army. Admitted to hospitald. |
|
045 046 047 |
28.05.05 |
S M Kasim L A Shaja A K Mohammed |
M M M |
23 23 16 |
Eravur Shekh Road |
Batticaloa |
Wounded in shooting by unidentified gunmen. Another man was killed. |
|
048 |
30.05.05 |
Mohammed Nazar |
M |
32 |
Veeramunanai |
Amparai |
Wounded in shooting by unidentified gunmen. |
|
049 050 051 |
31.05.05 |
Apputhurai Pakkiarajah Sellathurai Saiyoo Gunasekaram Rajitha |
M M F |
21 20 07 |
Kachchai, Thenmarachi |
Jaffna |
Wounded when Sri Lanka army shell found in abandoned well exploded. |
|
052 053 |
02.06.05 |
Nadarajah Manickam Vijay Nadarajah |
M M |
42 22 |
Karaithivu |
Ampara |
Father and son Injured when Sri Lanka Special Task Force fired at random |
|
054 |
03.06.05 |
Three people |
|
|
Anpuvallipuram jct markt |
Trincomalee |
Injured by grenade thrown by unidentified attackers. |
|
055 |
03.06.05 |
Two youths |
|
|
Chinabay |
Trincomalee |
Shot and injured by Sri Lanka army gunfire. |
|
056 |
06.06.05 |
Sathees |
M |
|
Veeramunai |
Amparai |
Political activist seriously assaulted by Sri Lanka Special Task Force soldiers from Veppaiyadi STF army camp. Complaint lodged with SLMM. |
|
057 |
11.06.05 |
Six people |
M |
|
Kurumankadu |
Vavuniya |
Injured in attack by unidentified gunmen. |
|
058 |
12.06.05 |
Sixteen people |
M F |
|
Sorivil |
Polonnaruwa |
Injured in grenade attack on funeral, by paramilitary forces working with the Sri Lanka army. Six women an six men admitted to hospital. |
|
059 |
13.06.05 |
Pakkiarajah Thanapalan |
M |
22 |
Dias Road |
Batticaloa |
Humanitarian worker of the TRO attacked in grenade assault by paramilitary forces working with Sri Lanka army. |
|
060 |
17.06.05 |
Two people |
|
|
Kallady |
Batticaloa |
Injured in attack by unidentified gunmen. |
|
061 |
26.06.05 |
Thambirajah Maheswararajah |
M |
31 |
Lake Road |
Batticaloa |
Shot and wounded by paramilitary forces working with the Sri Lanka army. |
|
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28.02.05 |
Kuveni Akanila Sasimathy |
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Thambattai, near Akkaraipattu |
Amparai /Batticaloa |
Head of the womenÕs political division of the LTTE in Batticaloa-Amparai and two political activists shot and seriously wounded by former Sri Lanka military intelligence agent, working with the Sri Lanka army. |