Tamils protest in eastern town

[TamilNet, Monday, 20 March 2000, 06:24 GMT]
More than a thousand Tamils began a one day token fast in Kalmunai, forty kilometers south of Batticaloa, this morning around 8.30 a.m. to protest against what one of the organisers described as "ethnically prejudiced denial of a fully fledged Divisional Secretariat to the Tamils" in the Ampara district.
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UNP, PA press release

[TamilNet, Thursday, 16 March 2000, 12:24 GMT]
A joint communique was issued after the second round of talks held on Thursday between the delegations from the People's Alliance (PA) and the United National Party (UNP). President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunge chaired the discussion.
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Youths say assaulted in detention

[TamilNet, Sunday, 12 March 2000, 18:34 GMT]
Two youths who were arrested by the Sri Lanka Army (SLA) soldiers during a search operation told the Jaffna courts that they were assaulted while they were held in the Urelu SLA camp, sources in Jaffna said. The youths were produced before the Jaffna Additional Magistrate on Thursday, 8th March.
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News in Brief:

[TamilNet, Friday, 10 March 2000, 20:26 GMT]
Two policemen, including an officer, were wounded in a grenade attack in Trincomalee, SLA search operation in Vavuniya, EPDP member flees party in Jaffna.
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'Keep us informed on the peace talks' - UNP

[TamilNet, Friday, 10 March 2000, 00:22 GMT]
"We have also been informed by the Government of Norway that the Government of Sri Lanka asked for discussions with the LTTE and we are also being informed of certain other developments and I thought I should be briefed on that matter before we start talks," said Mr.Ranil Wickremasinghe, leader of the Sri Lankan opposition, United National Party, according to the communique» on today's meeting between the Government and UNP, issued jointly by both parties this evening.
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UNP, PA meeting-"talks on Talks"

[TamilNet, Thursday, 09 March 2000, 09:10 GMT]
"Both side survived and we will meet again this month" said Sri Lanka's Opposition Leader Mr.Ranil Wickremesinghe coming from a two hour meeting with the President Chandrika Kumaratunga and seven of her senior cabinet ministers this afternoon around 1.30 a.m. "The first meeting went off well" he added.
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Ten Tigers killed in sea battle -VoT

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 08 March 2000, 21:48 GMT]
The Voice of Tigers (VoT) said in its night news broadcast that 10 Liberation Tigers including five Sea Tigers were killed in the sea battle with the Sri Lanka Navy (SLN) in the early hours of Tuesday morning.
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Four LTTE casualties in sea battle

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 08 March 2000, 10:51 GMT]
The Voice of Tigers (VoT) radio said today that four Tigers were killed in the sea battle that took place in the seas off Kokkilaai in the Mullaithivu district yesterday.
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Twenty farmers injured in shelling

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 01 March 2000, 12:57 GMT]
At least 20 farmers were injured when shells hit paddy fields in Thanangilappu in the Thenmaradchi Division on the Jaffna peninsula around 12.20 p.m. this afternoon.
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Call to remove rigid limits on Travel Permits

[TamilNet, Monday, 28 February 2000, 07:24 GMT]
Peoples Committee for Peace and Reconciliation, a grass root organization in Jaffna, has requested the Brigadier in-charge of civil administration of Jaffna district, T.E. Tillekeratna, to extend the validity of travel permits issued to Tamils travelling to other districts, to one year, said sources.
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Interim injunction against Suresh Premachandran

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 22 February 2000, 13:34 GMT]
Colombo District Court today handed down an interim injunction preventing Suresh Premachandran from functioning as Secretary General of the Eelam Peoples Revolutionary Liberation Front (EPRLF) until a verdict is issued.
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SLA retaliatory fire injures three

[TamilNet, Saturday, 19 February 2000, 23:50 GMT]
Three civilians were injured in retaliatory fire by the Sri Lanka Army (SLA) soldiers after unidentified men had opened fire at an army patrol in Siththandy, about 25 km. north of Batticaloa, around 5.30 p.m. on Saturday, sources said.
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"Missing" youth held by army

[TamilNet, Friday, 18 February 2000, 18:28 GMT]
A youth who was abducted from his house by unidentified gunmen on January 29 is reported as being held at the Kankesanthurai detention centre in Jaffna said human rights sources there.
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Five arrested in Vadamaradchi East

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 15 February 2000, 21:33 GMT]
Five young men were arrested during a search operation by the Sri Lanka Army soldiers in the villages of Manal Kadhu and Kudathanai in Vadamaradchi East on the Jaffna peninsula today.
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ICRC visits POWs on hunger strike

[TamilNet, Monday, 14 February 2000, 18:48 GMT]
Representatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Mallavi in the Vanni, visited the 15 government troops in the custody of the Liberation Tigers who have begun a hunger strike, the Voice of Tigers (VoT) radio said today.
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Firing at random injures civilians

[TamilNet, Monday, 14 February 2000, 09:18 GMT]
Three civilians were injured when the police fired at random at Saagamam road, Akkaraipattu in the Ampara District, around 7 p.m. last evening. The policemen were retaliating to a grenade attack on them by unidentified youth said sources.
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Ministerial posts for rebel MPs?

[TamilNet, Saturday, 12 February 2000, 15:42 GMT]
Peoples Alliance (PA) government is considering expanding the existing 30-member cabinet by creating two additional ministerial posts, political sources in Colombo said.
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PTA suspect claims torture

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 08 February 2000, 16:37 GMT]
Ratnam Sivakumar of Neerveli south in Jaffna district was severely tortured when he was detained at Urelu Sri Lanka Army (SLA) camp, disclosed Attorney-at-Law K. Kesavan before the Jaffna District Judge.
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Two arrested, three 'missing' in Jaffna

[TamilNet, Thursday, 03 February 2000, 09:52 GMT]
Two young men have been arrested by the Sri Lanka Army (SLA) in Jaffna, while three others have been reported missing, according to complaints made by their relatives at the Human Rights Commission in the northern town.
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Damages for tortured youth

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 02 February 2000, 21:27 GMT]
The High Court in Colombo ordered today the state to pay fifty thousand rupees in compensation to a youth who has been tortured in police custody. The youth, Thambirasa Arudchelvam, 22, who was arrested on May 19, 1999 is currently held as a detainee at the Kalutara Prison.
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