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Ceasefire Violations

CFA Violations at a Glance

February 22, 2002 – February 28, 2006 (Cumulative statistics)

February 2002 to February 2006
Number of (ruled) Violations Committed by the GOSL	169
Number of (ruled) Violations Committed by the LTTE	3535

Most Common Violations Committed by the GOSL

February 2002 to February 2006
Harassment	68
Hostile acts against the civilian population	13
Other measures to restore normalcy	10
Other restrictions of movement	10
Occupation of private property	8
Intimidation	7
Extortion	6
Activities at checkpoints	5
Construction of new positions	5
Provocative acts by parties	5
Confiscations	4
Fishing restrictions	3
Movement in zone of separation	3
Abduction of adults	3
Firing of weapons	3
Restriction of movement for SLMM	3
Offensive army, air force amd STF actions	2
Failure to vacate public buildings	2
Failure to vacate places of worship	1
Moving military equipment	1
Assassinations	1
Assault	1

Most Common Violations Committed by the LTTE

February 2002 – February 2006
Child recruitment	1803
Abduction of adults	595
Harassment	248
Abduction of children	212
Other measures to restore normalcy (i.e. Flag hoisting)	166
Provocative acts by parties	69
Hostile acts against the civilian population	59
Intimidation	50
Extortion	37
Forced recruitment of adults	32
Movement in zone of separation	27
Occupation of private property	23
Restriction of mov't for SLMM	23
Assassinations	22
firing of weapons	18
Confiscations	17
Moving military equipment	17
Illegal carrying of arms	16
Assault	15
Construction of new positions	14
Torture	13
Other restrictions of movement	11
Other ( Seperation of forces )	7
Activities at check points	7
Offensive Naval actions	6
Denied access to specified military areas	4
Abductions, military related	3
Deployment of weapons	2
Offensive army, air force, STF action	2
Sabotage	1

The highlighted rows indicate an increase since the last month

District with the most number of GOSL violations :	Jaffna (54)
District with the most number of LTTE violations :	Batticaloa (1016) & Jaffna (812)
District with the least number of GOSL violations :	Trincomalee (13)
District with the least number of LTTE violations :	Ampara (288)

Source : Based on statistics provided by SLMM

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