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Ceasefire Violations

CFA Violations at a Glance

February 22, 2002 – June 30, 2006 (Cumulative statistics)

February 2002 to June 2006
Number of (ruled) Violations Committed by the GOSL	216
Number of (ruled) Violations Committed by the LTTE	3754

Most Common Violations Committed by the GOSL

February 2002 to June 2006		%
Harassment	73	33.80
Hostile acts against the civilian population	16	7.41
Other restrictions of movement	12	5.56
Other measures to restore normalcy	10	4.63
Restriction of movement for SLMM	10	4.63
Firing of weapons	9	4.17
Occupation of private property	8	3.70
Intimidation	8	3.70
Construction of new positions	8	3.70
Abduction of adults	8	3.70
Assasinations	8	3.70
Movement in zone of separation	6	2.78
Extortion	6	2.78
Activities at checkpoints	5	2.31
Provocative acts by parties	5	2.31
Assault	5	2.31
Confiscations	4	1.85
Offensive army, air force and STF actions	4	1.85
Fishing restrictions	3	1.39
Not related to CFA	3	1.39
Failure to vacate public buildings	2	0.93
Offensive Naval action	1	0.46
Failure to vacate places of worship	1	0.46
Moving military equipment	1	0.46
Passage between Jaffna and Vavuniya on A9	1	0.46

Most Common Violations Committed by the LTTE

February 2002 – June 2006		%
Child recruitment	1853	49.36
Abduction of adults	631	16.81
Harassment	256	6.82
Abduction of children	221	5.89
Other measures to restore normalcy (i.e. Flag hoisting)	166	4.42
Provocative acts by parties	78	2.08
Hostile acts against the civilian population	62	1.65
Intimidation	52	1.39
Assault	48	1.28
Assassinations	46	1.23
Extortion	41	1.09
Forced recruitment of adults	33	0.88
Movement in zone of separation	29	0.77
Firing of weapons	28	0.75
Moving military equipment	27	0.72
Restriction of mov't for SLMM	24	0.64
Occupation of private property	24	0.64
Confiscations	18	0.48
Construction of new positions	17	0.45
Illegal carrying of arms	16	0.43
Torture	13	0.35
Other restrictions of movement	12	0.32
Other ( Seperation of forces )	7	0.19
Activities at checkpoints	7	0.19
Offensive naval actions	7	0.19
Sabotage	5	0.13
Denied access to specified military areas	4	0.11
Deployment of weapons	4	0.11
Abductions, military related	3	0.08
Fam. Members denied access to detainees	3	0.08
Offensive army, air force, STF action	2	0.05
Faliure to protect SLMM members	1	0.03

The highlighted rows indicate an increase since the last month

District with the most number of GOSL violations :	Jaffna (63)
District with the most number of LTTE violations :	Batticaloa (1103) & Jaffna (889)
District with the least number of GOSL violations :	Trincomalee (10)
District with the least number of LTTE violations :	Trincomalee (262)

Source : Based on statistics provided by SLMM

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