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Ceasefire Violations

CFA Violations at a Glance

February 22, 2002 – March 31, 2006 (Cumulative statistics)

February 2002 to March 2006
Number of (ruled) Violations Committed by the GOSL	171
Number of (ruled) Violations Committed by the LTTE	3572

Most Common Violations Committed by the GOSL

February 2002 to March 2006
Harassment	66
Hostile acts against the civilian population	15
Other measures to restore normalcy	10
Other restrictions of movement	10
Occupation of private property	8
Intimidation	8
Extortion	6
Construction of new positions	6
Activities at checkpoints	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
Not related to CFA	3
Restriction of movement for SLMM	3
Offensive army, air force amd STF actions	2
Failure to vacate public buildings	2
Assault	2
Offensive Naval action	1
Failure to vacate places of worship	1
Moving military equipment	1
Passage between Jaffna and Vavuniya on A9	1

Most Common Violations Committed by the LTTE

February 2002 – March 2006
Child recruitment	1808
Abduction of adults	611
Harassment	252
Abduction of children	195
Other measures to restore normalcy (i.e. Flag hoisting)	166
Provocative acts by parties	73
Hostile acts against the civilian population	58
Intimidation	50
Extortion	37
Forced recruitment of adults	32
Movement in zone of separation	27
Assassinations	26
Moving military equipment	26
Occupation of private property	23
Restriction of mov't for SLMM	23
Assault	23
Firing of weapons	19
Confiscations	17
Illegal carrying of arms	16
Construction of new positions	14
Torture	13
Other restrictions of movement	11
Other ( Seperation of forces )	7
Activities at checkpoints	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 (55)
District with the most number of LTTE violations :	Batticaloa (1033) & Jaffna (830)
District with the least number of GOSL violations :	Trincomalee (10)
District with the least number of LTTE violations :	Trincomalee (260)

Source : Based on statistics provided by SLMM

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