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Ceasefire Violations

CFA Violations at a Glance

Feb 22, 2002 - October 31, 2004 ( Cumulative statistics)

	Oct-04
Number of (ruled) Violations Committed by the GOSL	114
Number of (ruled) Violations Committed by the LTTE	2580

Most Common Violations Committed by the GOSL

	Oct-04
Harassment	43
Other measures to restore normalcy	10
Hostile acts against the civilian population	9
Other restrictions of movement	9
Intimidation	7
Extortion	6
Construction of new positions	5
Occupation of private property	4
Fishing restrictions	3
Movement in zone of separation	3
Abduction of adults	3
Firing of weapons	2
Failure to vacate public buildings	2

Most Common Violations Committed by the LTTE

	Oct-04
Child recruitment	1473
Abduction of adults	379
Harassment	202
Other measures to restore normalcy (i.e. Flag hoisting)	136
Abduction of children	58
Hostile acts against the civilian population	55
Extortion	34
Provocative acts by parties	33
Intimidation	30
Occupation of private property	21
Forced recruitment of adults	20
Movement in zone of separation	18
Restriction of movement for SLMM	14
Moving military equipment	12
Confiscations	12
Torture	11
Construction of new positions	10
Illegal carrying of arms	8
Other ( Seperation of forces )	7
Activities at check points	6
Firing of weapons	5
Offensive naval actions	5
Other restrictions of movement	4
Denied access to specified military areas	4
Assasinations	4

The highlighted rows indicate an increase since the last month

District with the most number of GOSL violations :	Jaffna (46)
District with the most number of LTTE violations :	Batticaloa (687) & Jaffna (610)
District with the least number of GOSL violations :	Trincomalee (4) & Ampara (6)
District with the least number of LTTE violations :	Trincomalee (195)

Source : Based on statistics provided by SLMM

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