|
Date
|
Place
|
Incident
|
Nature of incident
|
| January 18 |
Germany
|
German national Yogendran G. (53) accused of raising
funds from 2007-2009 for the LTTE in and around Hamburg City in
northern Germany went on trial. Prosecutors in the Hamburg court
said that the man raised more than 81,000 Euros for combat and
terrorist activities including suicide attacks by the LTTE in
its campaign for a separate Tamil homeland in Sri Lanka.
|
Non-Violent |
| February 2 |
Germany
|
A German Court convicted Sri Lankan-born German
national Yogendran G. (53) for raising funds in Germany from 2007-2009
for the LTTE. The Court found that the man raised more than 81,000
Euros for the LTTE.
|
Non-Violent |
| March 21 |
Geneva
|
UN Secretary General's Deputy Spokesman Farhan
Haq reiterated the requirement of a credible investigation into
the alleged human rights violations and war crimes committed by
the LTTE and the Sri Lankan security forces.
|
Statement |
| June 2 |
United States |
US Country Report on Terrorism said that Sri Lanka's
focus on LTTE resurgence diverted attention from emerging threats
such as reports of Sri joining the ISIL.
|
Statement |
| June 28 |
Geneva |
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad
Al Hussein in an annual report said that Sri Lanka must rein in
its military forces, prosecute war crimes committed during the
long civil war with LTTE rebels and win the confidence of the
Tamil minority.
|
Statement |
| July 20 |
Switzerland |
Switzerland's AG indicted 13 LTTE supporters for
providing financial support via a sophisticated microcredit system
reportedly raising around $15.2 million.
|
Non-Violent |
| September 1 |
India
|
Intelligence Bureau and CISF officials arrested
a Sri Lankan national identified as Suthan Suppiah suspected of
having links to LTTE in Maharashtra, India.
|
Non-Violent |
| September 4 |
Malaysia
|
Sri Lanka's High Commissioner to Malaysia Ibrahim
Ansar was assaulted by a group of protestors allegedly linked
to the LTTE after he refused to divulge the details of former
President Mahinda Rajapaksa who is on a visit to Malaysia, at
the Kuala Lumpur International Airport.
|
Violent |
| September 9 |
India
|
India deported Sudhan Subbiah (37), a Sri Lankan
national having links with LTTE.
|
Non-Violent |
| September 13 |
India
|
The Mandapam Station (Ramanathapuram District
of Tamil Nadu) of the Indian Coast Guard arrested a Sri Lankan
Tamil, suspected to be a militant of LTTE identified as A. Arul
Jayarathinam alias Rajan.
|
Non-Violent |
| September 22 |
Brussels, Belgium |
Top EU lawyer Advocate General Eleanor Sharpston
recommended removing the LTTE from the EU''s list of terrorist
organizations because procedural mistakes invalidated the decision
to include them in the list.
|
Statement |
| October 23 |
Harrow / London |
Northern Province Chief Minister C.V. Wigneswaran
has refused to hoist the LTTE's flag at a function organized by
the pro-LTTE organization TCC at Harrow in London. Tamil Coordinating
Committee is a proscribed organization in Sri Lanka. However,
the Chief Minister attended the function and delivered an address.
Speaking at the event, Wigneswaran stressed the need for the Tamils
to unite by shedding political differences and eschewing one-upmanship.
He appealed to the Tamils to shed arrogance and the practice of
opposing anything that is suggested as an alternative to one's
way of thinking.
|
Non-violent |
| December 21 |
Washington, US |
Tamils for Obama, a Tamil Diaspora group in the
U. S. urged the outgoing U.S. President Barack Obama to delist
the LTTE from the U.S. Terrorist Organizations list.
|
Non-Violent |
