TAMIL CENTRE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS - TCHR
9, rue des Peupliers, 95140 Garges les Gonnese - FRANCE - Tel/Fax : 33 - 1 - 42 67 54 36
Documented cases of ARBITRARY ARRESTS/DETENTION – March 2006 – July 2006
(actual arrests higher than documented by TCHR)
|
No. |
Date |
Full Name |
Sex |
Age |
Place of Arrest |
District |
Incident |
|
001 |
13.03.06 |
Five Tamil youths |
M |
|
Murithanai, Vaharai |
Batticaloa |
Labourers, aged 15 to 20 arrested by Sri Lanka army and paramilitaries |
|
002 003 |
13.03.06 |
Jeyaraj KrishanSuthaharan Kulosan |
M M |
15 15 |
Kalkudah Road, Valaichenai |
Batticaloa |
Abducted by paramilitaries, in front of NGO offices, then arrested, detained and interrogated by Sri Lanka Police |
|
004 |
14.03.06 |
Anthony Thomas |
M |
33 |
Palaithivu Sea |
Mannar |
Arrested, detained by Sri Lanka Navy. Complaint lodged with govt-funded Human Rights Commission (SLHRC). |
|
005 |
18.03.06 |
Kandasamy Iruthayabavan |
M |
|
Main Street, Jaffna Town |
Jaffna |
Journalist of ŅThinakuralÓ Daily, arrested by Sri Lanka army |
|
006 007 008 009 |
22.03.06 |
Veerasingham ManoharanArunachalam David Muthuvel Sriskandaraja Two men |
M |
|
Kodiyadi Sea, near Munai Coast, Point Pedro |
Jaffna |
Five fishermen arrested while fishing, by Sri Lanka Navy soldiers. Detained in Kankesanturai. Sons and wives denied access to visit them despite intervention by government funded SLHRC. |
|
010 011 012 013 014 015 |
02.04.06 |
A KrishnarajahKalavathi Rajini Thivakumar Vijeyaban One person |
M F F M M M |
47 42 27 21 20 |
1st 2nd and 3rd Cross Streets, Point Pedro, Vadaramachchi |
Jaffna |
Two parents, their three children and a student lodger arrested by the Sri Lanka army in cordon and search operation. They were detained and interrogated. Complaints lodged with the SLMM and the SLHRC. House to house searches of Tamil homes by Sri Lanka army dressed in black masks, has become frequent in the area. |
|
016 |
21.04.06 |
Twelve Tamil persons |
|
|
Kanguvely |
Trincomalee |
Arrested by Sri Lanka army and detained in nearby camp. |
|
017 |
25.04.06 |
Kanthasamy Jeyasekar |
M |
|
Grandpass |
Colombo |
Arrested by Sri Lanka security forces. Complaint to SLHRC |
|
018 |
25.04.06 |
Navaratnam Sathiyaseelan |
M |
|
Kesaravatte |
Colombo |
Arrested by Sri Lanka security forces. Complaint to SLHRC |
|
019 |
26.04.06 |
One Tamil person |
M |
|
Nr Parameswara junction |
Jaffna |
Student arrested and assaulted by Sri Lanka army who forcibly entered and ransacked International StudentsÕ Union office and TNA MPÕs offices in same building. |
|
020 |
26.04.06 |
Bhavani Balasubramaniam |
F |
47 |
Colombo National Hospital |
Colombo |
Doctor from Jaffna arrested by Sri Lanka army |
|
021 |
27.04.06 |
Vadivel Thayani |
F |
|
Dematagoda |
Colombo |
Arrested by Sri Lanka security forces. Complaint to SLHRC |
|
022 |
27.04.06 |
Ariyarajah Sivajini |
F |
|
Kotahena |
Colombo |
Arrested by Sri Lanka security forces. Complaint to SLHRC |
|
023 |
27.04.06 |
Ninety-seven Tamil people |
|
|
Suburbs of Bambalapitiya, Kollpitty, Dehiwela |
Colombo |
Arrested and detained by Sri Lanka army in house to house searches. |
|
024 |
27.04.06 |
Over seventy Tamil people |
|
|
Eravur public market |
Batticaloa |
Arrested and detained by Sri Lanka police in a roundup. |
|
025 |
28.04.06 |
Suntharalingam Ravichandran |
M |
24 |
Iruthayapuram |
Trincomalee |
Aarrested and detained by Sri Lanka army during search |
|
026 |
30.04.06 |
Seven Tamil youth |
M |
|
Pesalai refugee camp |
Mannar |
Arrested and detained by Sri Lanka Navy in cordon search. |
|
No. |
Date |
Full Name |
Sex |
Age |
Place of Arrest |
District |
Incident |
|
027 |
01.05.06 |
Sixteen people |
|
|
Chenkalady, Eravur |
Batticaloa |
Arrested and etained by Sri Lanka army and police |
|
028 |
01.05.06 |
Sivaramya Sivanathan |
F |
|
Colombo |
Colombo |
Tamil journalist of SL Broadcasting Corporation arrested by SL police at UNESCO / World Press Freedom Day conf. She was detained for a week. |
|
029 030 031 032 033 034 |
02.05.06 |
Mohanathas AnushakaranArul KrishnanthKanapathipillai VaheesanYoganathan Thusan Thajith Selvarajan Janarthan Rathinam Sabesan |
M M M |
20 20 20 20 27 22 |
Jaffna |
Jaffna |
Four students from the East aged 20, studying in Jaffna, and two sales assistants from a food shop, arrested by Sri Lanka armed forces, on trumped up allegations of involvement in the killings on 02.05.06 at the offices of the daily ŅUthayanÓ. Complaint lodged with SLHRC. The sales assistants were assaulted by army before handed to police. |
|
035 |
04.05.06 |
Three hundred people |
|
|
Vavuniya town |
Vavuniya |
Arrested and detained by Sri Lanka police after joint Sri Lanka army, Sri Lanka police and Air Force cordon and search operation. |
|
036 |
04.05.06 |
Ten people |
|
|
Kattankudy |
Batticaloa |
Arrested and detained by Sri Lanka army and Police in intensive house to house searches. |
|
037 |
06.05.06 |
Sellathurai Jananthan |
M |
|
Kuruthuwatte |
Colombo |
Arrested by Sri Lanka security forces. Complaint to SLHRC |
|
038 |
10.05.06 |
S Balachandran |
M |
62 |
Velani Vangalavadi |
Jaffna |
Nominee for TNA local council position, identified by hooded paramilitary, arrested and detained by SL Navy |
|
039 040 041 042 043 044 |
14.05.06 |
Chellappa SutharsanYogarajah Kajendran Amirthalingam Suresh Muthulingam Vasanthan Cithravel Balachandran Subramaniam Sasikumar |
M M |
19 19 20 22 23 24 |
Ward 5, Eravur |
Batticaloa |
Arrested and detained by Sri Lanka army and police. |
|
045 |
13.05.06 |
Eigtheen people |
|
|
Seas off Mannar coast |
Mannar |
Tamil refugees fleeing violence in Trincomalee to go to South India, arrested by Sri Lankan Navy (SLN). |
|
046 |
14.05.06 |
Three Tamil youth |
M |
|
Kopay |
Jaffna |
Arrested and detained by Sri Lanka army, then SL police |
|
047 |
22.05.06 |
Forty people |
|
|
Seas off Mannar coast |
Mannar |
Trincomalee families arrested by SLN as flee to S India. |
|
048 |
24.05.06 |
Thavithu Robinson |
M |
27 |
Uyilankulam check point |
Mannar |
Arrested by Sri Lanka army soldiers, detained by police. |
|
049 |
25.05.06 |
Two Tamil youth |
M |
|
Puraporukki |
Jaffna |
Arrested by Sri Lanka army at a bus stop. Detained at Palaly base. |
|
050 |
27.05.06 |
Tirunavukarasunayna Asokan |
M |
|
Ehiriyagoda |
Colombo |
Arrested by Sri Lanka security forces. Complaint to SLHRC |
|
051 |
02.06.06 |
One person |
M |
|
Kaithady-Kopay Rd |
Jaffna |
Hindu priest assaulted and arrested by SL army in temple |
|
052 053 054
|
03.06.06 |
Arumugam VarathararajahShanmugam VarathanManickavel Navaratnam |
M M M |
36 23 28 |
Eravur |
Batticaloa |
Arrested, detained and interrogated by Sri Lanka army soldiers, in cordon and search operation. |
|
No. |
Date |
Full Name |
Sex |
Age |
Place of Arrest |
District |
Incident |
|
055 056 057 |
05.06.06 |
Thirty seven people Kanthasamy InbarajAnthony Soosai Dias |
MF |
|
Seas of Mannar shore |
Mannar |
Tamils refugees, including women and children, fleeing to South India for safety, and the two boatmen helping them, arrested and detained by Sri Lanka Navy. |
|
058 |
07.06.06 |
Sixty Tamil persons |
|
|
Colombo |
Colombo |
Tamils arrested and detained by Sri Lanka police |
|
059 |
08.06.06 |
Twent-one youth |
M |
|
Eravur market |
Batticaloa |
Arrested by Sri Lanka army in roundup. Nine detained. |
|
060 061 |
08.06.06 |
Nadarasa ArulanandarasaArumugam Suchanand |
M M |
19 22 |
Murakoddanchenai |
Batticaloa |
Arrested by Sri Lanka army who handed the two youths to Eravur police who detained and interrogated them. |
|
062 063 |
12.06.06 |
Kaliyappu RavindranThree hundred people |
M |
26 |
Valaichenai |
Batticaloa |
Arrested and detained during house to house search, by Sri Lanka army. Three hundred others were taken to Kalmadu SLA army camp, interrogated then released. |
|
064 |
12.06.06 |
Marimuthu Nallamuthu |
M |
63 |
Manatkulam |
Mannar |
Driver transporting agricultural materials arrested by Sri Lanka army and detained by police |
|
065 |
13.06.06 |
Nine Tamil people |
|
|
Kiran, Korakalmadu, Santhivel |
Batticaloa |
Arrested and detained by Sri Lanka army in cordon and search operation. |
|
066 |
18.06.06 |
S Anthony |
M |
|
Mannar |
Mannar |
TRO volunteer, helping injured victims of Sri Lanka Navy indiscriminate attacks on civilians, arrested by police. |
|
067 |
19.06.06 |
Three Tamil youth |
M |
|
Akkaraipattu |
Amparai |
Arrested by STF then detained and interrogated by police. |
|
068 |
22.06.06 |
Ten Tamil people |
|
|
Akkaraipattu, Aalaiyadi Vembu, Vaachikuda, Naavatkuda, Kolavil |
Amparai |
Arrested, detained and interrogated by the Sri Lanka army Special Task Force (STF), and paramilitaries working alongside them. Taken to Akkaraipattu STF camp. |
|
069 |
23.06.06 |
K Kumarathas |
M |
35 |
Moratuwa |
Colombo |
News Editor of Tamil Daily ŅUthayanÓ , published in Jaffna arrested and detained by Sri Lanka police. |
|
070 |
25.06.06 |
One person |
|
|
Mannar town |
Mannar |
Arrested in public recreational area by Sri Lanka police. |
|
071 |
27.06.06 |
Five Tamil youth |
|
|
Pankatikotu |
Mannar |
Arrested by Sri Lanka armed forces in cordon and search |
|
072 073 074 075 076 077 078 079 080 |
27.06.06 |
Karunanithi ThushanthanDenijimoshan Kanagasingam Kanagaruban Joseph Aliston Thangarajah Ajanthan Sreetharan Dinesh Jegavendrapupathy Anand Pathananthan Mayyran Thurairajah Nijanthan |
M |
22 23 23 23 23 23 23 24 24 |
Moratuwa |
Colombo |
Nine Tamil engineering students, from Jaffna, studying in a suburb of Colombo, arrested and detained by Sri Lanka police. Case taken up by MP. |
|
081 |
27.06.06 |
Rasiah Anandarajah |
M |
|
Kodikamam |
Jaffna |
Arrested by Sri Lanka security forces. Complaint to SLHRC |
|
082 |
28.06.06 |
Twenty persons |
|
|
Manthikai, Yaakaru, Thunnalai as far as Mulli |
Jaffna |
Arrested and detained in cordon and search operation in several villages, by Sri Lanka army |
|
083 |
28.06.06 |
Three young Tamil persons |
F |
|
Mulli |
Jaffna |
Arrested on bus and detained by Sri Lanka army |
|
No. |
Date |
Full Name |
Sex |
Age |
Place of Arrest |
District |
Incident |
|
084 085 |
29.06.06 |
Mutturkumarasamy Uthayakumar |
M |
|
Manampitty Bridge Army Checkpoint |
Polonnaru-wa |
Driver of TRO vehicle on way to Batticaloa, with equipment for ŅRebuild a village ProjectÓ for Muslim village of Punochimunai, arrested and detained. |
|
086 |
01.07.06 |
Four people |
M |
|
Karisalpadu |
Mannar |
Tamil Muslim Fishermen arrested and assaulted by SLN |
|
087 |
01.07.06 |
Anthony Jeuthadasan |
M |
24 |
Panankatikotu |
Mannar |
Arrested by Sri Lanka army. Complaint to SLMM and ICRC |
|
088 089 |
03.07.06 |
Parmeswary JeyashankarIndrani Selvam |
F |
32 40 |
Veppaankulam army checkpoint |
Vavuniya |
Arrested and detained by Sri Lanka army soldiers. |
|
090 |
04.07.06 |
Three persons |
M |
|
Nelliyadi |
Jaffna |
Three youth assaulted, arrested and detained by SL army |
|
091 |
13.06.06 |
Ten Tamil people |
M |
|
Kandy |
Kandy |
Arrested and interrogated by Sri Lanka Police |
|
092 |
14.07.06 |
Three persons |
M |
|
Rd Point Pedro to Jaffna |
Jaffna |
Three students arrested and detained by SL Police in undisclosed camp. Cases filed with SLHRC and SLMM |
|
093 |
14.07.06 |
Mariyaseelan Jeevakumar |
M |
17 |
Jaffna |
Jaffna |
Arrested and detained by Sri Lanka army. |
|
094 095 096 097 |
23.07.06 |
Chelliah GovindarajanVelayuthan Saivaruban Thaavalan Mylvagnanam Ketheeswaran |
M |
55 27 25 23 |
Suthanthirapuram |
Vavuniya |
Arrested in cordon and search operation by Sri Lanka army soldiers, then handed over to Vavuniya police. |
|
098 |
29.07.06 |
One person |
M |
|
Mannar |
Mannar |
Arrested, detained and interrogated by Sri Lanka police |
TAMIL CENTRE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS - TCHR
9, rue des Peupliers, 95140 Garges les Gonnese - FRANCE - Tel/Fax : 33 - 1 – 42 67 54 36
Documented cases of E.J. KILLINGS / SUMMARY EXECUTIONS – March 2006– July 2006
(actual killings higher than documented by TCHR)
|
No. |
Date |
Full Name |
Sex |
Age |
Place of Incident |
District |
Incident |
|
001 |
06.03.06 |
M Jawfar |
M |
45 |
Market Road, Eravur-1 |
Batticaloa |
Muslim businessman shot and killed by paramilitaries. |
|
002 |
09.03.06 |
Kovinthan Vijeyarasa |
M |
21 |
Eravur |
Batticaloa |
Killed by paramilitaries linked to Palpody STF/SLA camp. |
|
003 |
20.03.06 |
Vairamuthu Arulpragasam |
M |
32 |
Manresa Centre |
Batticaloa |
Believed shot dead by paramilitaries working with SL army |
|
004 |
20.03.06 |
Sithiravel Selvam |
M |
36 |
Iyankerny, Eravur |
Batticaloa |
Believed shot dead by paramilitaries working with SL army |
|
005 006 |
22.03.06 |
M Gunaratnam Jude |
M M |
|
Kurumankadu |
Vavuniya |
Successful business man and his member of staff shot dead by paramilitaries working with the Sri Lanka army. |
|
007 |
24.03.06 |
Ponniah Murugesu |
M |
40 |
Sasthrikulankulam |
Vavuniya |
Shot dead by paramilitaries working with Sri Lanka army. |
|
008 |
25.03.06 |
Kulathunga Regikanth |
M |
26 |
Valaichenai |
Batticaloa |
Post-tsunami reconstruction contractor stabbed to death by paramilitaries working with Sri Lanka army (SLA) |
|
009 |
28.03.06 |
Thambirajah Thankaraja |
M |
55 |
Kaluwanchikudy |
Batticaloa |
Beaten and stabbed to death by paramilitaries. |
|
No. |
Date |
Full Name |
Sex |
Age |
Place of Incident |
District |
Incident |
|
010 |
31.03.06 |
Two persons |
M |
|
Belliatte Weligama |
Matara |
One person shot dead and one person stabbed to death in election related violence. |
|
011 |
07.04.06 |
Vanniasingham Vigneswaran |
M |
|
Outside Bank of Ceylon, Inner Harbour Rd Trinco Inside HSZ |
Trincomalee |
Pres. of Trinco. Distr. Tamil PeopleÕs Forum shot dead by paramilitaries working with SL army. He was to have filled seat of assassinated TNA MP Joseph Pararajasingam |
|
012 013 |
10.04.06 |
P Shanmugaratnam Selvendra Pradeepkumar |
M M |
55 29 |
Mirusuvil |
Jaffna |
Two humanitarian workers killed in explosion by Sri Lanka army. |
|
014 |
11.04.06 |
One civilian |
M |
17 |
Veloor |
Batticaloa |
Believed shot dead by paramilitaries working with SL |
|
015 |
12.04.06 |
Thambu Gopalasingham |
M |
26 |
Kayts |
Jaffna |
Driver believed beaten and shot dead by Sri Lanka Navy. |
|
016 |
12.04.06 |
Sixteen civilians |
M F |
|
Trincomalee |
Trincomalee |
Eight women and twelve men killed in explosion and violence believed perpetrated by paramilitaries and SLA |
|
017 |
12.04.06 |
Three civilains |
|
|
Linganagar suburb |
Trincomalee |
Bodies found burnt, believed killed by paramilitaries / SLA |
|
018 |
13.04.06 |
Panchadcharam Kirupaharan |
M |
36 |
Chavakacheri |
Jaffna |
Jewellry shop owner shot dead by paramilitaries and SLA. |
|
019 |
13.04.06 |
Selvaratnam Vijayakumar |
M |
28 |
Thenmaradchi |
Jaffna |
Tailor shop owner shot dead by paramilitaries and SLA. |
|
020 |
13.04.06 |
Thambirasa Thayaparan |
M |
32 |
Manthuvil |
Jaffna |
Shot dead by paramilitaries working with Sri Lanka army. |
|
021 |
13.04.06 |
Thambiah Ratnasabapathy |
M |
64 |
Meesalai |
Jaffna |
Believed shot dead by paramilitaries working with SLA. |
|
022 |
13.04.06 |
Two Tamil persons |
|
|
Mullikulam |
Vavuniya |
Killed by Sri Lanka army explosive device. |
|
023 024 025 |
13.04.06 |
Sivaguru Rajalingam Sivasambu Navathirarajah Thiyagarajah Koneswaran |
M M M |
34 36 32 |
Periyamadu forests |
Vavuniya |
Believed to have been killed by paramilitaries working with Sri Lanka army. They had gone hunting in the forest. Bodies found with severe stab wounds. |
|
026 |
14.04.06 |
Junaid Mohammed Aziz |
M |
25 |
Muneeswaran Rd Jaffna |
Jaffna |
Believed shot dead by paramilitaries working with SLA |
|
027 |
14.04.06 |
Somasuntharan Maheswary |
F |
60 |
Nadesar Temple |
Trincomalee |
Believed stabbed to death by thugs and paramilitaries |
|
028 |
14.04.06 |
Venkadasamy Venkatraman |
M |
30 |
Trincomalee suburb |
Trincomalee |
Believed killed by thugs & paramilitaries working with SLA |
|
029 |
14.04.06 |
Tanimalai Namasivayalingam |
M |
28 |
Trincomalee suburb |
Trincomalee |
Believed killed by thugs & paramilitaries working with SLA |
|
030 |
15.04.06 |
Thevarajah Mariyathas |
M |
26 |
Munai, Vadamaradchi |
Jaffna |
Trader shot dead at his business by Sri Lankan army |
|
031 |
17.04.06 |
Atputharasa Sureshkumar |
M |
16 |
Chavakacheri |
Jaffna |
Killed by Sri Lanka Army explosion |
|
032 |
17.04.06 |
Ramalingham Sakilan |
M |
30 |
Meesalai |
Jaffna |
Electric shop owner shot dead by Sri Lanka army soldiers |
|
033 |
17.04.06 |
Eason |
M |
24 |
Santhiveli |
Batticaloa |
Shot dead by paramilitaries working with SLA and SLpolice |
|
034 |
18.04.06 |
Young person |
M |
|
Poonochimunai, Kallady |
Batticaloa |
Believed shot dead by paramilitaries working with SL |
|
035 |
18.04.06 |
Young man |
M |
|
Mathavuaithakulam |
Vavuniya |
Stabbed to death by paramilitaries working with SLA |
|
036 |
18.04.06 |
Balachandran R Rosan |
M |
27 |
Koyatotam |
Jaffna |
Shot dead in grandmotherÕs home by paramilitaries & SLA |
|
037 038 039 040 041 |
18.04.06 |
Mahadevan Kishokumar Sellapu Kamalathasan Balasubramaniam Kanadasan Kandasamy Gowribalan Thangarajah Raveendran |
M M M M M |
20 25 27 32 27 |
Vatharavathai |
Jaffna |
A farmer, a mechanic, a town council official and two drivers of rickshaws (the second driver went to look for the first four men who had been taken into SL army camp by SLA soldiers) all shot dead by Sri Lanka army soldiers. SLMM visited site of killings. |
|
No. |
Date |
Full Name |
Sex |
Age |
Place of Incident |
District |
Incident |
|
042 |
19.04.06 |
Ambikaipahan Thambapillai |
M |
|
Kondavil junction |
Jaffna |
Grocery shop owner shot dead by paramilitaries and SLA |
|
043 |
20.04.06 |
Two persons |
M |
|
Kuttinagar |
Vavuniya |
Believed shot dead by paramilitaries working with SLA |
|
044 |
20.04.06 |
Thavasi Thavachandran |
M |
35 |
Chulipuram |
Jaffna |
Fish seller shot dead by suspected paramilitaries. |
|
045 |
20.04.06 |
Tamil youth |
M |
|
Kanniay |
Trincomalee |
Shot dead by Sri Lanka army soldiers |
|
046 |
20.04.06 |
Ilum Nizar |
M |
35 |
Manipuram |
Vavuniya |
Believed shot dead by paramilitaries working with SL |
|
047 |
20.04.06 |
One person |
M |
34 |
Kallady |
Batticaloa |
Believed shot dead by paramilitaries working with SL |
|
048 |
21.04.06 |
Chandran |
M |
35 |
Menkamam |
Trincomalee |
Farmer hacked to death by thugs working with SL police |
|
049 |
21.04.06 |
M Kandasamy |
M |
|
Near Puthur |
Vavuniya |
Businessman killed in explosion of Sri Lanka army device |
|
050 |
21.04.06 |
Kanthasamy Nallammah |
F |
49 |
Kavatikudah |
Trincomalee |
Believed shot dead by paramilitaries working with SL |
|
051 |
22.04.06 |
Pakkiaraja Baskaran |
M |
17 |
Baraithipuram |
Trincomalee |
Young chef shot dead by Sri Lanka army soldiers from Kanniya army camp |
|
052 053 |
22.04.06 |
Loganathan Chandra Perumal Thambiah Gunanayagam |
M M |
21 21 |
Between Pandivirichan and Andankulam |
Mannar |
Young construction workers killed when Sri Lanka army mine exploded |
|
054 055 |
22.04.06 |
Subramaniam Vaseekaran Rathinam Rasinthan |
M M |
28 23 |
Nelliady, Vadamaradchi |
Jaffna |
Rickshaw owners (first is the Pres. of local branch of Auto-riskshaw union)shot dead by SL army at central bus stand. |
|
056 |
22.04.06 |
Satkunarajah Rajapathman |
M |
31 |
Vappankulam |
Vavuniya |
Shop owner shot dead by Sri Lanka army soldiers |
|
057 |
23.04.06 |
Tamil youth |
M |
|
Kappalthurai |
Trincomalee |
Believed shot dead by paramilitaries working with SLA |
|
058 |
23.04.06 |
Two Tamil youth |
M |
|
Poddankadu |
Trincomalee |
Shot dead by Sri Lanka army soldiers. |
|
059 |
23.04.06 |
Kurunathan Janarthan |
M |
23 |
Irupalai |
Jaffna |
Rickshaw owner shot dead by paramilitaries and SLA |
|
060 |
23.04.06 |
Tamil man |
M |
35 |
Navanthurai |
Jaffna |
Believed shot dead by paramilitaries working with SLA |
|
061 |
23.04.06 |
Five persons |
|
|
Morawewa |
Trincomalee |
Believed killed by paramilitaries working with SLA |
|
062 |
23.04.06 |
Infant |
|
03 |
Polonnaruwa colony |
Polonnaruwa |
Believed shot dead by paramilitaries working with SLA |
|
063 |
24.04.06 |
Tamil youth |
M |
|
Vantharumoolai |
Batticaloa |
Shot dead by Sri Lanka army soldiers. |
|
064 |
24.04.06 |
Tamil youth |
M |
|
Vantharumoolai |
Batticaloa |
Killed in explosion by Sri Lanka army. |
|
065 |
24.04.06 |
Kanagaratnam Lingeswaran |
M |
29 |
Valaichenai |
Batticaloa |
Education clerk shot dead by Paramilitaries/SLA |
|
066 |
24.04.06 |
Manickam Rajeevan |
M |
30 |
Kanakampuliyady jct |
Jaffna |
Mini bus driver shot dead by Sri Lanka army soldiers |
|
067 |
24.04.06 |
Pushpakumara |
M |
|
Seruvila |
Trincomalee |
Believed shot dead by paramilitaries working with SLA |
|
068 |
25.04.06 |
Three civilians |
|
|
Colombo |
Colombo |
Killed in bomb explosion |
|
069 |
25.04.06 |
S Arulananthan |
M |
44 |
Mattakuliya |
Colombo |
Tamil doctor from Jaffna shot dead in his clinic |
|
070 071 072 073 074 075 |
25.04.06 |
K Meiyan Meiyan Kishanhan Nagiah Rukmani Pathiniyan Nagamma Veerapathiran Pagawathipillai Ten other civilians |
M M F F F |
02 |
Muttur East |
Trincomalee |
Fifteen civilians, (incuding father and infant child, and women), killed in Sri Lanka Airforce bombings using Kfir jets and Sri Lanka Navy attacks using artillery. |
|
076 |
25.04.06 |
S K Raveendran |
M |
36 |
Omanthai |
Vavuniya |
Shot dead by Sri Lanka army soldiers |
|
No. |
Date |
Full Name |
Sex |
Age |
Place of Incident |
District |
Incident |
|
077 |
25.04.06 |
Balasingham Pathinathan |
M |
29 |
Urumpirai |
Jaffna |
Shot dead by paramilitaries working with Sri Lanka Army |
|
078 |
26.04.06 |
Tamil youth |
M |
|
Chavakacheri |
Jaffna |
Shot dead by Sri Lanka army during cordon and search |
|
079 080 081 |
26.04.06 |
Zeinudeen Akram Muflika Junaideen Munira |
M F F |
25 18 |
Vaddam, Muttur |
Trincomalee |
Husband, his wife and sister killed in Sri Lanka Air Force bombing usinhg Kfir jets. |
|
082 |
26.04.06 |
S K Senthilnathan |
M |
|
Vavuniya |
Vavuniya |
Trader and senior member of All Ceylon Tamil Congress, candidate for local elections, shot dead by paramilitaries. |
|
083 084 085 |
26.04.06 |
Velupillai Pathmanathan Krishnapillai Jeevarajah Rasiah Sivalingam |
M M M |
28 40 40 |
Thanganagar |
Trincomalee |
Hacked to death by Sinhala Homeguards who forcbly entered these victimsÕ homes. |
|
086 087 |
27.04.06 |
Four civilians S Gunaratnam |
M M |
|
Kaduvela, Avissawella |
Colombo |
Five headless bodies found, believed to be of disappeared Tamils arrested during searches in Colombo.One identified |
|
088 |
28.04.06 |
Gunaratnam Horton |
M |
35 |
Kallaikadu |
Mannar |
Believed shot dead by paramilitaries working with SLA |
|
089 |
28.04.06 |
Suresh Fernando |
M |
36 |
Urkavathurai, Kayts |
Jaffna |
Auto rickshaw driver shot dead by paramilitaries/SLA |
|
090 091 |
28.04.06 |
Selvam Piraba Vinayagam Kamalan |
M M |
|
Valaichenai |
Batticaloa |
Newly married man and a father of two shot dead by paramilitaries working with Sri Lanka army |
|
092 |
28.04.06 |
Sellathurai Asokan |
M |
36 |
Mandur |
Batticaloa |
Shot dead by paramilitaries working with Sri Lanka Army |
|
093 |
28.04.06 |
Mariafernando Suthaharan |
M |
|
Urelu, Valikamam |
Jaffna |
Shot dead by Sri Lanka army military Intelligence gunmen |
|
094 |
29.04.06 |
M Jeevananthan |
M |
24 |
Thetchanamadu |
Vanni |
Killed in mine attack by Sri Lanka army Penetration Unit |
|
095 |
30.04.06 |
M Prakash |
M |
25 |
Power House Rd Jaffna |
Jaffna |
Believed shot dead by paramilitaries working with SLA |
|
096 |
30.04.06 |
E Bothini |
F |
29 |
Velanai |
Jaffna |
Shot by paramilitaries working with SL Army, died later. |
|
097 |
30.04.06 |
Rasamany Sangarapillai |
M |
74 |
Allaipitti, Kayts |
Jaffna |
Shot dead by Sri Lanka Navy in his own home, in a HSZ |
|
098 099 100 101 |
01.05.06 |
Chitra Thurainayagam Vanitha Thulasithasan Praba
|
F
M |
|
Trincomalee town |
Trincomalee |
A Mother, her two children and an auto-rickshaw driver killed in an explosion. |
|
102 |
02.05.06 |
Arumugarajah Theyvendran |
M |
54 |
Thirunelvely junction |
Jaffna |
Shot by paramilitaries working with SL Army, died later. |
|
103 |
02.05.06 |
Selvaratnam Mathiseelan |
M |
22 |
Kodikamam |
Jaffna |
Shot dead by Sri Lanka army military Intelligence gunmen |
|
104 |
02.05.06 |
Sivagnanasundaran Kalarani
|
F |
50 |
Chinnavalayankuttu |
Mannar |
Farmer, returning from her field, shot dead by SL army |
|
105 106 |
02.05.06 |
Bastian George Sagayathas Rajaratnam Ranjith |
M M |
37 25 |
ŅUthayanÓ Daily, office Kasthuriyar Road |
Jaffna |
Paramilitaries working with the SLA, entered the offices of the newspaper and shot dead two editorial staff |
|
107 108 |
03.05.06 |
Thoppilan Periyasamy Veerakody Somarasa
|
M M |
58 60 |
Panikkankulam forests |
Vanni |
Two employees of Vanni Forestry Protection shot dead by Sri Lanka army Penetration Unit. |
|
No. |
Date |
Full Name |
Sex |
Age |
Place of Incident |
District |
Incident |
|
109 110 111 112 113 114 115 |
04.05.06 |
Thamotharampillai Sharmilian Palachandran Krishanthan Nagaratnam Naguleswaran Navaratnarajah Nathanna Subramaniam Subash Veluppillai Vimalan Selvarajah Suman |
M |
17 18 18 19 19 21 22 |
Near Nelliyadi junction, Vadamaradchi |
Jaffna |
Youth travelling in two auto-rickshaws, on their way to a birthday party, deliberately killed on the spot by Sri Lanka army soldiers, who attacked them with grenades. |
|
116 |
05.05.06 |
Sivagnanam Theepan |
M |
|
Kantalai |
Trincomalee |
Sand transporter shot dead by paramilitaries working SLA |
|
117 |
07.05.06 |
Tamil youth |
M |
|
Thirunelvely |
Jaffna |
Shot dead by paramilitaries working with Sri Lanka Army |
|
118 |
08.05.06 |
Sinnamuthu Sivalingam |
M |
43 |
Eravur |
Batticaloa |
Fisherman hacked to death, by paramilitaries and SLA |
|
119 |
09.05.06 |
Seenithamby Yogeswaran |
M |
|
Kayankerny |
Batticaloa |
Fish vendor shot dead by paramilitaries working with SLA |
|
120 |
10.05.06 |
Rasan Santhakumar |
M |
26 |
Karainagar |
Jaffna |
Fisherman deliberately killed by Sri Lanka Navy |
|
121 |
11.05.06 |
Surendran |
M |
22 |
Muttur |
Trincomalee |
Barber shot dead by paramilitaries working with SL Army |
|
122 |
12.05.06 |
Balakumar |
M |
17 |
Muttur |
Trincomalee |
Student shot dead by paramilitaries working with SL Army |
|
123 |
12.05.06 |
Gnanam |
M |
45 |
Atchuveli East |
Jaffna |
Owner of barber shop shot dead by paramilitaries/SLA |
|
124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 |
13.05.06 |
Palachamy Ketheeswaran Ketheeswaran Anex Ester Ketheeswaran Thanushkanth Ketheeswaran Yathursan Abraham Robinson Sellathurai Amalathas Ganesh Navaratnam Joseph Anthonymuttu Sinnathurai Sivanesan |
M F M M M M M M M |
25 23 04 -- 28 28 50 64 46 |
Allaipiddy, on the small island of Mandaithivu |
Jaffna |
Massacre perpetrated by Sri Lanka Navy. Family of four including parents, son aged four years old and baby aged four months, and four men – all fathers – deliberately shot dead by Sri Lanka Navy in their joint family home. Last named victim died of gunshot injuries later in hospital.
The Navy had recently been demanding use of the family home for military purposes. The demand had been politely refused. |
|
133 134 135 |
13.05.06 |
Murugesu Shanmugalingam Shanmugalingam Parmeswari S kandarooban |
M F M |
72 65 29 |
Puliyankoodal, on the island of Kayts |
Jaffna |
Massacre perpetrated by Sri Lanka Navy. Telephone centre owner and his wife and son, deliberately shot dead in their own home by Sri Lanka Navy. |
|
136 |
13.05.06 |
One person |
M |
|
Island of Velani |
Jaffna |
Owner of a tea shop, shot dead by Sri Lanka Navy |
|
137 138 |
14.05.06 |
Jeyachandra Mathuran |
M M |
|
Periyapalam, Muttur |
Trincomalee |
Youths deliberately shot dead by paramilitaries working with Sri Lanka Army |
|
139 |
14.05.06 |
Pasuwalingam Kandeepan |
M |
23 |
Pathameni jct, Achuveli |
Jaffna |
Youth shot dead by paramilitaries working with SL Army |
|
140 |
14.05.06 |
Parameswaran Kapilan |
M |
21 |
Kopay |
Jaffna |
Shot dead by Sri Lanka army soldiers |
|
141 |
14.05.06 |
Ramachandran Surendran |
M |
30 |
Nr Avarangal junction |
Jaffna |
Shot dead by paramilitaries working with SL Army |
|
142 |
15.05.06 |
Jeyaruban Gnanapragasam |
M |
|
|
|
Norwegian Refugee Council employee killed. |
|
143 |
15.05.06 |
Two people |
|
|
Navalkuda lake |
Batticaloa |
Believed shot dead by paramilitaries working with SL Army |
|
144 |
17.05.06 |
Jeyamalar Sakthikumar |
F |
31 |
Kovilady |
Trincomalee |
Believed killed by paramilitaries working with SL Army |
|
No. |
Date |
Full Name |
Sex |
Age |
Place of Incident |
District |
Incident |
|
145 |
17.05.06 |
Selvarasa Kirithas |
M |
35 |
Centre Jaffna town |
Jaffna |
Teacher shot dead by paramilitaries working with SL Army |
|
146 147 |
18.05.06 |
Palasuntharam Kamalraj Paskaran Sureshvaran |
M M |
32 34 |
Kalmunai |
Batticaloa |
TNA candidate for local elections, and development officer shot dead by paramilitaries working with SL Army |
|
148 |
18.05.06 |
Neelan |
M |
23 |
Panichankerny |
Batticaloa |
Political activist shot dead by paramilitaries/Sri Lanka Army |
|
149 |
18.05.06 |
Mahalingam Vijeyakumar |
M |
|
Pandimadu, Valaichenai |
Batticaloa |
Trader shot dead by paramilitaries working with SL Army |
|
150 |
20.05.06 |
Selvarajah Ravichandran |
M |
12 |
Mavadivembu, Eravur |
Batticaloa |
Shot dead by Sri Lanka Army outside grandmotherÕs home |
|
151 |
20.05.06 |
Two Tamil refugees |
MF |
|
Nedunthivu |
Mannar |
Drowned as they tried to flee to S India for safety |
|
152 |
21.05.06 |
Gopal Balasubramaniam |
|
|
Tampalakamam |
Trincomalee |
Trader shot dead by paramilitaries working with SL Army |
|
153 |
21.05.06 |
One person |
|
|
Lingapuram |
Trincomalee |
Believed shot dead by paramilitaries working with SL Army |
|
154 |
21.05.06 |
Arunachalam S Gunapalan |
M |
42 |
Vidathalpallai |
Jaffna |
Father of three shot dead by Sri Lanka army. |
|
155 156 |
21.05.06 |
Chandran Linto Rasarathinam Mohan |
M M |
15 25 |
Periya Pandivirichan forest, Madhu |
Mannar |
Killed in Sri Lanka army explosion of device set by Sri Lanka Army Penetration unit. |
|
157 |
22.05.06 |
One person |
M |
|
Kopay North |
Jaffna |
Shot dead by paramilitaries working with Sri Lanka Army |
|
158 |
22.05.06 |
Ignatius Rasman Lanthilad |
M |
20 |
Gnanasooriaym Sq Batti |
Batticaloa |
Shot dead by paramilitaries working with Sri Lanka Army |
|
159 |
23.05.06 |
Tamil youth |
M |
|
Kumaraveliyar |
Batticaloa |
Deliberately shot dead by Sri Lanak army soldiers. |
|
160 |
23.05.06 |
Sivagnananam Sanjeevan |
M |
25 |
Near Mallakam junction |
Jaffna |
Believed shot dead by paramilitaries working with SL Army |
|
161 |
23.05.06 |
Rajathurai Rajamoorthy |
M |
32 |
Manalchenai, Kalmunai |
Batticaloa |
Shot dead by paramilitaries working with SL Army |
|
162 |
24.05.06 |
Oppilamany Sankaran |
M |
|
Upparu |
Trincomalee |
Killed by Sri Lankan army artillery attack |
|
163 |
24.05.06 |
T Chandran |
M |
|
Palikudirupu-Thopur Rd |
Trincomalee ? |
Shot dead by Sri Lanka army from Thoppur SL army camp |
|
164 |
25.05.06 |
Sivananthan Sivakumar |
M |
40 |
Near Kokkuvil junction |
Jaffna |
Killed in mine explosion believed set by paramilitaries |
|
165 |
26.05.06 |
Two Tamil youth |
M |
|
Aadiyapatham junction |
Jaffna |
Shot dead by Sri Lanka army soldiers |
|
166 |
26.05.06 |
L Yasotharan |
M |
35 |
Neervely |
Jaffna |
Shop keeper shot dead by paramilitaries working with SLA. |
|
167 |
26.05.06 |
Mather Sellathurai |
M |
75 |
Achuveli South |
Jaffna |
TNA election candidate shot dead by Sri Lanka Army |
|
168 |
26.05.06 |
Puvanendran B Mayooran |
M |
27 |
Ariyalai |
Jaffna |
Owner of rental shop for videos shot dead Sri Lanka Army |
|
169 |
26.05.06 |
Narayapillai Kangasooriyan |
M |
29 |
Akkaraipattu |
Batticaloa |
Shot dead by paramilitaries working with SL Army |
|
170 |
26.05.06 |
Arulappu Jesuthasan P Croos |
M |
38 |
Keery sea Beech, Mnr |
Mannar |
Arrested and then killed by Sri Lanka army, body found. |
|
171 |
26.05.06 |
V Venkata Krishna Sharma |
M |
|
Kopay Kaithady |