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Ceasefire Violations

CFA Violations at a Glance

Feb 22, 2002 – October 31, 2005 (Cumulative statistics)

Feb 2002 to October 2005
Number of (ruled) Violations Committed by the GOSL	148
Number of (ruled) Violations Committed by the LTTE	3273

Most Common Violations Committed by the GOSL

Feb 2002 to October 2005
Harassment	56
Hostile acts against the civilian population	12
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	4
Fishing restrictions	3
Movement in zone of separation	3
Abduction of adults	3
Firing of weapons	3
Offensive army, air force amd STF actions	2
Failure to vacate public buildings	2
Failure to vacate places of worship	1
Confiscations	1
Restriction of movement for SLMM	1

Most Common Violations Committed by the LTTE

Feb 2002 – October 2005
Child recruitment	1744
Abduction of adults	533
Harassment	239
Other measures to restore normalcy (i.e. Flag hoisting)	165
Abduction of children	128
Provocative acts by parties	64
Hostile acts against the civilian population	58
Intimidation	48
Extortion	35
Movement in zone of separation	27
Forced recruitment of adults	25
Occupation of private property	23
Restriction of movement for SLMM	19
Confiscations	17
Firing of weapons	15
Illegal carrying of arms	14
Assassinations	14
Moving military equipment	13
Construction of new positions	13
Torture	12
Other ( Seperation of forces )	7
Activities at check points	7
Offensive naval actions	5
Other restrictions of movement	4
Denied access to specified military areas	4

The highlighted rows indicate an increase since the last month

District with the most number of GOSL violations :	Jaffna (52)
District with the most number of LTTE violations :	Batticaloa (871) & Jaffna (776)
District with the least number of GOSL violations :	Trincomalee (8)
District with the least number of LTTE violations :	Ampara (252) & Trincomalee (256)

Source : Based on statistics provided by SLMM

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