8 civilians seek HRC protection in Jaffna

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 23 October 2007, 04:18 GMT]
Eight civilians, including a family of five from Thenmaraadchi and three youths sought protection with Human Rights Commission (HRC) Jaffna Monday due to death threats from Sri Lanka Army (SLA) and SLA-backed paramilitary.
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Tigers launch air, ground attack on Anuradhapura air base

[TamilNet, Sunday, 21 October 2007, 23:47 GMT]
Liberation Tigers of Tamileelam (LTTE) launched an air and ground attack on Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) air base at Saliyapura in Anuradhapura in the early hours of Monday, Liberation Tigers Military Spokesman Irasiah Ilanthirayan told TamilNet. Meanwhile, military sources in Colombo said two Russian built MI-24 helicopter gunships have been destroyed in the attack launched between 3:00 and 5:00 a.m. A pilot, his co-pilot and two engineers who took off from the air base, were killed when their Bell 212 helicopter crashed at Doramadalawa, 13 km east of Anuradhapura, in Mihintale area. An indefinite curfew has been clamped in Anuradhapura. Residents have been asked to stay indoors.
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2 disappear, 2 seek HRC protection in Jaffna

[TamilNet, Saturday, 20 October 2007, 13:20 GMT]
Two men, one from Thenmaraadchy and another from Valikaaman have reported disappeared, and two more civilians fearing for their lives surrendered Friday at the Jaffna office of Human Rights commission (HRC), due to threats from Sri Lanka Army (SLA) and SLA-backed paramilitaries civil sources in Jaffna said.
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SLAF bombs Puthukkudiyiruppu in Vanni

[TamilNet, Friday, 19 October 2007, 21:30 GMT]
Five Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) Kfir bombers dropped more than twenty four bombs in two sorties Friday morning, targeting civilian settlements in Vea'naavil and surrounding areas, sources in Vanni said.
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9 Tamil civilians arrested in Trinco suburbs

[TamilNet, Friday, 19 October 2007, 17:11 GMT]
Nine Tamil civilians were taken into custody in a cordon and search operation conducted by the Sri Lanka Army Friday at Paarathipuram and Puthukuddiyiruppu, suburbs in the north of Trincomalee city.
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32 civilians arrested in Badulla, Ratmalana

[TamilNet, Friday, 19 October 2007, 17:09 GMT]
Sri Lanka Army (SLA) has arrested nineteen civilians including four women at Ratmalana and 13 others at Badulla in cordon and search operations conducted from Thursday dusk to Friday dawn. Majority of them are Tamil civilians.
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Paddy cultivation to resume in Thoppigala

[TamilNet, Friday, 19 October 2007, 11:26 GMT]
Sri Lanka Army (SLA) announced granting permission for paddy cultivation to be resumed in 4000 acres of land abutting the Kudumpimalai area in Batticaloa Districtafter an interval of 17 years. The decision was taken at a special meeting held at Koran District Secretariat presided by V.Thavarasa, District Secretary (DS).
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Resettlement of Batticaloa IDPs begins

[TamilNet, Friday, 19 October 2007, 11:23 GMT]
The first stage of resettlement process of Internally Displaced People (IDPs) in areas close to Chengkaladi-Badulla main road A5 Highway, Batticaloa district was initiated Thursday morning 10:00a.m.
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Artillery shelling shuts down A9 entry point

[TamilNet, Thursday, 18 October 2007, 18:41 GMT]
The entry, exit point between Sri Lanka Army controlled areas and Liberation Tigers of Tamileelam (LTTE) controlled Vanni, has been closed Thursday as the parties exchanged artillery fire, sources in Vavuniyaa said. All traffic through the gateway including ambulances carrying patients in critical condition was blocked as shells exploded close to the International Committee of Red Cross (ICRC) office in the no-man's land, sources in Vanni said.
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Two children, grandfather killed, SL Navy attacks refugee-boat in the seas off Mannaar

[TamilNet, Thursday, 18 October 2007, 06:03 GMT]
Two children and their grandfather were killed and the remaining two children with their mother were seriously wounded when Sri Lanka Navy (SLN) gunboats opened fire on them, Thursday early morning at 4:30. The fate of the refugee-family from Ira'naimaatha Nakar in Naachchikkudaa, located 40 km northeast of Mannaar, ended in tragedy in the seas off Peasaalai. Whereabouts of the father, Jim Maximus, is not known, although some reports said he has been handed over to the Police in Thalaimannar.
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Witness safety stalls Allaippiddi massacre case

[TamilNet, Thursday, 18 October 2007, 03:18 GMT]
The main witness to the Allaippiddi massacre, where 13 civilians were allegedly killed by Sri Lanka Navy (SLN) soldiers in May 2006, informed Additional Magistrate of Kayts, T. Vignarajah, that he has sought safety in Vanni fearing for his life from Sri Lankan forces and that he will be unable to travel to Kayts to attend any court proceedings, legal sources in Jaffna said.
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SLAF kfirs bomb civilian settlements in Vanni

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 17 October 2007, 15:19 GMT]
Two Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) kfir bombers struck civilian settlements in Muththuaiyankaddu in Vanni Wednesday from 7:00 a.m to 7:20 a.m. Eight bombs, dropped in two sorties, fell close to civilian settlements and exploded, sources in Vanni said. No one was hurt as the bombs missed the houses. However, tension and fear prevailed in Muththuaiyankadu area.
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Civilians in protective custody to be moved to Kurunagar court building

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 17 October 2007, 11:08 GMT]
Sarath Nanda de Silva, Chief Justice (CJ) of the Supreme Courts of Sri Lanka, issued special order Tuesday to the Jaffna Government Agent (GA) to move more than one hundred civilians, who had recently sought protection with the officials of Human Rights Committee (HRC) and presently kept in protective custody in Jaffna prison, to the upstairs of High courts building in Kurunagar, legal sources in Jaffna said.
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3 men seek protection with Jaffna HRC

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 17 October 2007, 10:13 GMT]
Two family men from Thenmaraadchi and one youth from Pa'ndaitharippu sought protection with Human Rights Council (HRC) Jaffna Tuesday due to threats from Sri Lanka Army (SLA) and SLA-backed paramilitaries, HRC sources said.
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3 children wounded in SLAF airstrike in Vanni

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 16 October 2007, 09:29 GMT]
Five civilians, including three children, were wounded in Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) airstrike on Neasan Kudyiruppu settlement in Puthukkudyiruppu in Mullaiththeevu district, Tuesday around 2:00 p.m. Three of the victims belong to a single family. Five houses were damaged, two of them fully destroyed in the attack, according to initial reports.
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Family man seeks protection with Jaffna HRC

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 16 October 2007, 01:02 GMT]
A family man from Thenmaraadchi sought protection with the Human Rights Council (HRC) Jaffna Monday due to death threats from Sri Lanka Army (SLA) and SLA-backedparamilitaries, officials at the HRC offices said.
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SLA blocks coverage of Arbour's Jaffna visit

[TamilNet, Saturday, 13 October 2007, 12:48 GMT]
North Ceylon Journalists Association (NCJA), in a communiqué issued Friday, condemned Sri Lanka Army (SLA) in threatening the journalists attempting to cover the visit of United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNCHR), Ms.Louise Arbour, to Jaffna district.
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SLA shoots dead youth in Jaffna

[TamilNet, Friday, 12 October 2007, 22:27 GMT]
An unidentified youth found hiding inside an abandoned house close to sea shore in the coastal village of Kurunagar, within Jaffna Municipal council area, was shot and killed Friday morning at 9:30 a.m. by Sri Lanka Army (SLA) soldiers.
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SLA hands over 4 dead bodies to Mannaar hospital

[TamilNet, Friday, 12 October 2007, 16:30 GMT]
Sri Lanka Army (SLA) Friday evening handed over four dead bodies recovered from Maanthai village near Thirukkeatheesvaram, a border area between the Liberation Tigers of Tamileelam (LTTE) controlled area and the SLA controlled area in Mannaar. The SLA claimed that the dead were LTTE cadres. However, the victims could be innocent civilians, according to local residents. Two SLA soldiers were killed when a clash erupted in the border area Friday around 4:30 p.m., according to the SLA.
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Two Tamil civilians abducted in Colombo

[TamilNet, Friday, 12 October 2007, 11:40 GMT]
Two Tamil civilians were abducted in suburbs of Colombo, one in Wellawatte Tuesday night, and the other Kotahena Friday, according to complaints with the police and the Civil Monitoring Committee on Missing Persons.
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