UN fact-finding team in Jaffna

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 03 April 2007, 22:38 GMT]
A team of four persons representing UNHCR, UNICEF, Sarvothaya, Human Rights Commission (HRC) of Sri Lanka and Child Protection Authority of Sri Lanka arrived in Jaffna Monday on a fact-finding mission with the aim of submitting a special report to the UN Security Council’s Action Committee regarding the deteriorating child rights situation in the Peninsula, civil society sources in Jaffna said.
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Tigers condemn Colombo for "disinformation campaign" on civilian killings

[TamilNet, Monday, 02 April 2007, 10:47 GMT]
Liberation Tigers military spokesman Irasiah Ilanthirayan, talking to media from Kilinochchi charged Colombo for carrying out a "planned disinformation campaign," by accusing the Tigers for attacks on civilian targets while encouraging paramilitary elements to carry out such attacks with the "motive of tarnishing the Tiger image."
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Bus bomb kills 16, wounds 27 civilians in Amparai

[TamilNet, Monday, 02 April 2007, 08:43 GMT]
Sixteen civilians including ten women were killed and 27 wounded when a bomb exploded inside a bus at the Sri Lankan military check post at Kondaivedduvaan, as its passengers were getting down to be checked, 4 km west of Amparai town Monday around 12:30 p.m., Police officials in Amparai said. One female police constable and a Sri Lanka Army (SLA) trooper were among those killed.
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STF shoots dead two youths in Amparai

[TamilNet, Monday, 26 March 2007, 21:07 GMT]
Three troopers from Kanthuvil Special Task Force (STF) were injured when unidentified men attacked a road patrol unit at Sankaman on the border of Amparai district Sunday around 7:45 p.m, sources in Amaparai said. Two of the attackers were killed when the STF retaliated, according to STF sources.
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Christian, Hindu teachers boycott training college

[TamilNet, Friday, 23 March 2007, 11:27 GMT]
The untrained English teachers of non-Muslim faith selected for the new academic year for teacher training at Addalaichchenai Teachers’ Training College picketed in front of the Batticaloa Teachers’ Training College around 10:30 a.m. Thursday demanding transfers to Batticaloa Teachers’ Training College.
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President of Auto drivers' union shot dead in Akkaripattu

[TamilNet, Monday, 19 March 2007, 16:53 GMT]
Unidentified gunmen shot dead the president of the Panankadu Auto Drivers' Union while driving his auto Monday around 2:15 p.m. in Akkaraipattu in Amparai district.
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Allaipiddy case stalls in Kayts Courts

[TamilNet, Sunday, 18 March 2007, 17:38 GMT]
The progress in Allaipiddy murder case, where five members of the same family were allegedly massacred by soldiers of the Sri Lanka Navy (SLN), has stalled in Kayts District Courts due to lack of co-operation from the Attorney General's (AG's) Department, lawyers associated with the case said. Hearings that were to take place on the 30th of August 2006, were finally held on the 14th March Wednesday, after several postponements due to the break out of violence in August last year.


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STF shoots dead youth in Thirukovil

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 14 March 2007, 22:45 GMT]
Troopers of the Special Task Force (STF), an elite commando unit of the Sri Lankan armed forces, shot dead a youth Wednesday around 6:30 a.m at VC junction in Kannaki village at Thirukovil in Amparai district, sources from Thirukovil said.
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Condition of fasting prisoners worsens

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 13 March 2007, 00:39 GMT]
The condition of 43 Tamil political prisoners on hunger strike for the third consecutive day in Welikada Prison is fast deteriorating, prison officials said. The prisoners have been held in Welikade for more than a year without charges. The prisoners are demanding immediate release or be provided bail, and their cases be transferred to courts in their own districts, relatives of the prisoners said.
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Elderly man killed, three injured in Amparai

[TamilNet, Monday, 12 March 2007, 17:15 GMT]
A 60 year old man was killed while two students and a woman were injured when shells fell and exploded on Chempity area in the Sri Lanka Army (SLA) controlled area on the border of Batticaloa, Amparai districts, Sunday around 8:30 a.m, according to Amparai police. Meanwhile, five Sri Lanka Army (SLA) troopers were injured when unidentified persons attacked an SLA patrol unit Sunday around 4:40 a.m at Komaskanthalawa situated on Amparai border.
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2 STF troopers killed, one injured in Kalmunai

[TamilNet, Sunday, 11 March 2007, 10:27 GMT]
Unidentified persons triggered a claymore device Sunday around 8:50 a.m at Pandirippu in Kalmunai police division in Amparai district killing two Special Task Force (STF) troopers and injuring one. The attack targeted the STF road patrol unit. Three civilians were seriously injured in this attack.
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TNA MPs visit Tamil political prisoners

[TamilNet, Friday, 09 March 2007, 00:12 GMT]
Seven Tamil National Alliance (TNA) parliamentarians accompanied by Minister for Justice and Legal Reformation, Dilan Perera, visited the Tamil Political prisoners at Magazine Prison in Colombo Thursday evening and discussed matters related to their release. The prisoners who had begun a fast-to-death campaign on 21 February had called off their action temporarily on February 26 following TNA parliamentarians' assurance to assist them.
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Youth shot dead in Amparai

[TamilNet, Sunday, 04 March 2007, 11:36 GMT]
Unidentified armed men called a youth out of his house at Karaithivu in Sammanthurai police division in Amparai district Saturday around 9:30 p.m and shot him dead with a pistol, Sammanthurai police said.
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Muslim civilian found dead in Akkaraipattu

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 27 February 2007, 08:30 GMT]
A Muslim civilian was found dead Tuesday around 6:00 a.m at Akkaraipattu in Amparai district with injuries on the body caused by beating.


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STF camp attacked in Amparai

[TamilNet, Monday, 26 February 2007, 17:56 GMT]
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) launched an attack using small arms on Thangavelauthapuram Special Task Force (STF) camp located on the top of Sangermalai, Thirukovil in Amparai district Sunday around 10:30 p.m, sources in Thirukovil said.


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Youth shot dead in Amparai

[TamilNet, Monday, 26 February 2007, 08:24 GMT]
Unidentified armed men following a youth riding his bicycle to purchase goods shot him dead Sunday around 8:00 p.m at Veeramunai in Sammanthurai police division in Amparai district. Sammanthurai police recovered the dead body Monday morning and handed it over to Sammanthurai hospital for inquest into death.


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Armed men abduct two youths in Kalmunai

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 21 February 2007, 10:50 GMT]
Armed men on motor cycles, alleged to be members of Karuna paramilitary group, abducted two youths at gun-point at Temple road in Kalmunai in Amparai district Tuesday around 11:30 p.m.
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Elderly man shot, injured in Amparai

[TamilNet, Monday, 19 February 2007, 11:27 GMT]
Unidentified armed men shot and seriously injured an elderly man at Central Camp in Amparai Sunday around 10:20 p.m, Central Camp police said.


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International Community needs reassurance from Sri Lanka - British FM

[TamilNet, Friday, 16 February 2007, 16:11 GMT]
The international community needs to be reassured that the Government of Sri Lanka (GoSL) is committed to a peaceful solution, said Dr Kim Howells, British Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, who left Sri Lanka Friday concluding his two day visit. Dr. Howells met Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapakse, Sri Lankan Minister for Disaster Management and Human Rights and representatives of opposition political parties Thursday after visiting Amparai district Wednesday.
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White van armed men abduct 5 youths in Amparai

[TamilNet, Thursday, 15 February 2007, 15:26 GMT]
Armed men in white van, alleged to be members of Karuna group, abducted five youths from the Central camp in Amparai, located about 10 km west of Kalmunai on February 13 and 14.
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