Date
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Place
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Incident
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Nature of incident
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January 29
|
Washington
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Two US Senators called for an independent investigation
into the potential war crimes committed by the Sri Lankan Government
and the LTTE during the civil war in Sri Lanka. In a letter
addressed to the outgoing Secretary of State Hilary Clinton,
Democratic Senator from Pennsylvania Bob Casey and Democratic
Senator from Vermont Patrick Leahy said an independent investigation
is needed because the Sri Lankan Government has not answered
the legitimate concerns of the people.
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Non-violent
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February 1 |
London
|
HRW in its World Report 2013 said there was no
fundamental progress on key human rights issues in Sri Lanka over
the past year. Overly broad detention powers remained in place
under various laws and regulations, leaving several thousand people
detained without charge. State SFs committed arbitrary arrests
and torture, including sexual assault, against ethnic minority
Tamils. Repatriated Tamils allegedly linked to the defeated LTTE
were at particular risk, HRW research found.
|
Statement |
February 26 |
New York |
HRW in a report reveals that Sri Lankan military,
military intelligence and the police, including specialized units
such as the CID and TID are accused of continuing to use rape
and sexual assault nearly four years after the end of the war
to torture Tamil detainees suspected of having links with the
vanquished terrorist outfit LTTE.
|
Satement |
March 15 |
Geneva |
Sri Lanka's Permanent Representative to the UN,
Ambassador Dr. Palitha Kohona said that Sri Lanka undertook a
task never undertaken by any country that faced terrorism, by
even rehabilitating suicide bombers of the LTTE and releasing
them to the Sri Lankan community.
|
Statement |
March 15 |
Geneva |
Sri Lanka's Special Envoy of the President on
Human Rights and Minister of Plantation Industries Mahinda Samarasinghe
answering a question during the sessions at the 22nd Session of
the UNHRC asked the International Community as to why "it keeps
silent on the atrocities committed by the LTTE."
|
Statement |
March 18 |
Chennai |
Tamil activists in Tamil Nadu supporting Sri Lanka's
defeated Tamil Tiger terrorist outfit LTTE have assaulted Sri
Lankan Buddhist monk identified as Bandara, who was part of a
group of Sri Lankan pilgrims at the Central Railway Station in
Chennai.
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Violent |
May 27 |
Geneva |
Sri Lanka's Permanent Representative to the UN
in Geneva and Leader of the Sri Lanka Delegation to the 23rd session
of the UNHRC Ravinatha Aryasinha said that the Government has
established a mechanism to ensure the right of information to
the relatives of LTTE suspects.
|
Statement |
May 30 |
Bangalore |
A court in Bangalore city acquitted 10 LTTE suspects
who were being tried for allegedly possessing explosives and substances
used for making bombs. The ten were arrested by Police in the
city in 2002. They were in judicial custody and were subsequently
granted bail by Supreme Court and Karnataka High Court.
|
Non-violent |
May 31 |
Washington |
US Country Reports on Terrorism 2012 released
by the US State Department said that LTTE's financial network
of support continued to operate throughout 2012 and there were
multiple reports of increased LTTE involvement in human smuggling
out of refugee camps.
|
Non-violent |
June 14 |
Berlin, Germany |
External Affairs Minister Prof. G.L. Peiris, during
his bilateral discussions in Berlin with Dr. Guido Westerwelle,
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Federal Republic of Germany
urged Germany to keep a close watch on the several LTTE front
organisations in Germany, breaching the European Union proscription.
|
Statement |
June 19 |
Sydney, Australia |
Stating that there are continuing activities by
LTTE front organizations in Australia, Visiting External Affairs
Minister Prof. G.L. Peiris when he held talks with Brendan O'Connor,
the Australian Minister for Immigration and Citizenship in Australia
pressed for their proscription in Australia under the Australian
Criminal Code Act.
|
Statement |
June 22 |
Sydney, Australia |
Foreign Minister Professor G. L. Peiris during
a long interview in Sydney claimed that remnants of the defeated
LTTE are involved in the people-smuggling business of bringing
Sri Lankan boat people to Australia. He stated, although the war
between the Sri Lankan Government and the LTTE is over, Tamil
Tiger networks still intimidate Tamil families in the diasporas
and extort money from them, while also engaging in a range of
other criminal activities.
|
Statement |
July 2 |
New York |
A Canadian LTTE operative extradited to the US
to face charges of supporting the LTTE pleaded guilty in Brooklyn
in New York to the charges against him. The suspect, Suresh Sriskandarajah
(32), could face up to 25 years in prison after admitting that
he provided material support including sophisticated military
technology to the LTTE. He has used students as couriers to smuggle
prohibited items into LTTE-controlled Wanni region in Sri Lanka
and also helped the LTTE launder its proceeds in the US and elsewhere.
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Non-violent |
August 30 |
Tamil Nadu, India |
The 'Q' Branch of Tamil Nadu Police arrested the
two LTTE suspects, Sivaneshwaran alias Nesan (34) and Gopi
alias Manoharan (37) from an apartment in Chennai city.
Police said Sivaneshwaran was formerly an important functionary
in the political recruitment wing of the LTTE while Gopi had completed
his training and was a member of the outfit. The two suspects
were reportedly making IEDs to trigger explosions in Sri Lanka.
|
Non-violent |
September 4 |
Melbourne, Australia
|
Ranjini, a Tamil refugee in Australia, admitted
to having trained child soldiers of LTTE during Sri Lanka's civil
war to justify her indefinite detention in Australia. She also
told Australian immigration officials she rose to the rank of
'Lieutenant Colonel' in the LTTE and fought two battles in the
late 1990s against Sri Lankan forces. Ranjini is the most well-known
of a group of 47 refugees held in immigration detention but not
permitted a visa to live in Australia.
|
Statement |
September 5 |
Geneva, Switzerland
|
A man, believed to be a supporter of LTTE, committed
self-immolation in front of the United Nation's Human Rights Committee
building in Geneva, Switzerland. There was a photo of a soldier
next to him with a symbol of the LTTE as well as documents on
self-immolation of Tibetans in Tibet.
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Violent |
September 27 |
New York, U.S.
|
Prosecutors in the New York, U.S. asked Suresh
Sriskandaraja, a Canadian man to serve the maximum sentence of
15 years after he admitted to helping LTTE in Sri Lanka. He was
arrested in 2006 and freed on bail three years later before his
extradition to the U.S. in 2012. While in Canada, Sriskandarajah
helped research and acquire aviation equipment, submarine and
warship design software, night vision equipment and communications
technology for the LTTE.
|
Non-violent |
October 17 |
New York, U.S |
Seven years after he was arrested by the RCMP
in Toronto, Canada Piratheepan Nadaraja (37), a Canadian LTTE
supporter pleaded guilty in New York, U.S. to conspiring to buy
anti-aircraft missiles for LTTE. The FBI in a statement said "Nadarajah
and his associates attempted to acquire these weapons at the direction
of senior LTTE leadership in Sri Lanka. The anti-aircraft weapons
were to be used by the LTTE to shoot down aircraft used by the
Sri Lankan military."
|
Non-violent |
October 17 |
London, U.K. |
The members of the House of Lords of the British
Parliament in London, UK pounded on Sri Lanka's human rights issues
during the debate on the future of the Commonwealth, in light
of Sri Lanka hosting the CHOGM in November. Lord David Chidgey
said despite the charter's intention to strengthen the Commonwealth,
the controversy over Sri Lanka hosting this year's CHOGM while
claims of war crimes committed against the LTTE remain unresolved
threatens to undermine the Commonwealth's fundamental values.
|
Statement |
October 29 |
New York, U.S.
|
A New York court in U.S. sentenced a Canadian
LTTE operative to two years in prison. Suresh Sriskandarajah was
arrested in 2006 and extradited to the U.S. in 2012. While in
Canada, Sriskandarajah helped research and acquire aviation equipment,
submarine and warship design software, night vision equipment
and communications technology for the LTTE.
|
Non-vioelnt |
November 28 |
Brussels, Belgium
|
'The Last Phase', a documentary film depicting
the life story of a former female LTTE cadre during the final
stages of the humanitarian operation in Sri Lanka was screened
at the EU Parliament in Brussels for the first time.
|
Non-violent |
December 6 |
New Delhi, India
|
T.R. Baalu leader of DMK of Tamil Nadu, India
issued a notice seeking a discussion, under Rule 193 in the Lok
Sabha, against the human rights violations and war crimes committed
by the Sri Lankan defence forces against Tamils during the civil
war against the LTTE.
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Non-violent |