Peace in Sri Lanka

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Ceasefire Violations

CFA Violations at a Glance

Feb 22, 2002 – April 30, 2005 (Cumulative statistics)

Feb 2002– April 2005
Number of (ruled) Violations Committed by the GOSL	129
Number of (ruled) Violations Committed by the LTTE	2837

Most Common Violations Committed by the GOSL

Feb 2002 – April 2005
Harassment	48
Other measures to restore normalcy	10
Hostile acts against the civilian population	10
Other restrictions of movement	10
Occupation of private property	8
Intimidation	7
Extortion	6
Construction of new positions	5
Fishing restrictions	3
Movement in zone of separation	3
Abduction of adults	3
Provocative acts by parties	3
Firing of weapons	2
Failure to vacate public buildings	2

Most Common Violations Committed by the LTTE

Feb 2002 – April 2005
Child recruitment	1572
Abduction of adults	419
Harassment	220
Other measures to restore normalcy (i.e. Flag hoisting)	154
Abduction of children	89
Hostile acts against the civilian population	55
Provocative acts by parties	52
Intimidation	43
Extortion	34
Movement in zone of separation	23
Occupation of private property	22
Forced recruitment of adults	19
Restriction of movement for SLMM	17
Confiscations	15
Moving military equipment	12
Torture	12
Construction of new positions	12
Illegal carrying of arms	10
Other ( Seperation of forces )	7
Activities at check points	7
Firing of weapons	7
Offensive naval actions	5
Other restrictions of movement	4
Denied access to specified military areas	4
Assassinations	4

The highlighted rows indicate an increase since the last month

District with the most number of GOSL violations :	Jaffna (50)
District with the most number of LTTE violations :	Batticaloa (702) & Jaffna (698)
District with the least number of GOSL violations :	Trincomalee (7) & Ampara (7)
District with the least number of LTTE violations :	Trincomalee (228)

Source : Based on statistics provided by SLMM

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