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January2

ColomboMagistrateCourtorderedtofurtherremand55former LTTEcadressuspectedofcommitting
seriouscrimesagainsttheStateduringthewarwiththeGovernment.

January6

DineshGunawardena,theChiefGovernmentWhipandWaterSupplyandDrainageMinister,told the
Parliament that the members of the LTTE possessed at least eight vessels and these ships are
beingusedforillegalactivitiesoverseas,includinghumantrafficking.

January9

TheUnitedNationsHighCommissionerforRefugeesinSriLankapredictedthat more refugees and

displacedpersonswouldreturntotheirhomesinnorthSriLankain2011.

January12

Police in Switzerland arrested 10 suspected cadres of the LTTE from various locations in
Switzerland.

January14

Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa said that he was ready to devolve powers and expressed
hishopeabout the prospect of arriving at a solution in consensus with all political parties based on
theirproposals.ThePresident,however,ruledoutthepossibilityofdevolvingPolicepowers.

January18

President Mahinda Rajapakse appointed a fourmember committee to study the cases of detained
LTTEsuspectsandrecommendsuitableactiontoexpeditethecasesagainstthem.

January28

ASriLankancourtissuedopenarrestwarrantsagainstsixprominentcadresoftheLTTEbelievedto
belivingoverseas.ThecourtorderwillbeimplementedthroughtheInterpol.

February8

PrimeMinisterD.M.JayaratnesaidthattheTamilDiasporaandLTTEsympathizersinEuropewere
tryingtoraiseallegationsofwarcrimesagainstthecountry.

February22

Army Commander Lieutenant General Jagath Jayasuriya said that despite the nations physical war
with the LTTE militants being over resulting in their elimination from the land, the warfare has not
cometoanendasthe'cyberwar',thewaroninformationhighway,isstillcontinuing.Deliveringthe
keynote address at the Galadari Hotel in Colombo on "Strategic Dimensions of Cyber Warfare", at
the'CyberWarfareWorkshop2011,'theArmyCommandersaidtheCyberWarfarewasanemerging
threat to the entire world. The General also warned of activities of antiSri Lankan forces and pro
LTTEactivistsaroundtheworld.

February25

The Canadian Government is mulling over the confiscation of all LTTE banking and fund raising
activities in Canada. Minister for ExternalAffairs G. L. Peiris said that Canada was already in the
process of crafting the necessary legislation. The Minister said that Jason Kenny, a Canadian
Ministerhadtakentheleadinthisrespect.

February26

PresidentMahindaRajapaksesaidthathewouldneitherallowarepetitionofviolencenoradivision
ofthecountryandurgedalltostandunitedsansdifferencestotakeSriLankatowardseconomicand
social prosperity. He said that although people belong to different religious and ethnic backgrounds
theywereallchildrenofMotherLanka."Ifweallowdivisionstodominatewewillnotrealiseourtrue
potential. We have had 30 years of division and conflict. We must now secure peace and harmony
forallSriLankans"headded.

February27

The Court of Appeal rejected preliminary objections and fixed appeal filed by Former Army Chief
General(retd.)SarathFonsekaagainstlosinghisseatintheParliamenttoearlyMay.The appeal of
FonsekaagainstunseatinghimfromParliamentwillnowbetakenforhearingbytheAppealCourt on
May4,5and9.TheappealcourtrejectedtheAttorneyGenerals objectionagainstthehearingofthe
appeal.

March1

SriLankanotedthatremnantsoftheLTTEinternationalnetworkcontinueditscriminalactivitiesand
itssecessionistagenda.
GovernmentofSriLankaonitsownmustinvestigatethekillingofthousandsofciviliansinthe final
months of its separatist war with LTTE or else may risk an international probe into the alleged war
crimes,saidRobertO.Blake,AssistantSecretary,BureauofSouth,andCentralAsian Affairsofthe
USStateDepartmentsaidinaninterviewtotheAFPnewsagency.

March2

Sri Lanka Commissioner General of Rehabilitation Brigadier Sudantha Ranasinghe said that 106
rehabilitatedformerLiberationLTTEcadreswerereleased.

March3

ASriLankancourtonMarch3 refusedtograntbailto17suspectedLTTEcadreswhowerearrested
whentheyweretryingtofleethecountryinFebruary.

March4

ExternalAffairsMinistryinresponse to the United States Resolution S.RES.84 said in a statement

issued said those who framed the text of the Resolution, have overlooked the capacity and strong
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track record of the LLRC as a domestic mechanism, to work for reconciliation and the further
strengtheningofnationalamity.
March6

The groups working under the aegis of the LTTE is plotting again at the UN Human Rights Council
sessions to destabilise Sri Lanka but their efforts will not succeed as it had failed during more
difficult times earlier, said Plantations Minister Mahinda Samarasinghe who led the Sri Lankan
delegationtoGeneva.

March7

ASriLankancourtonMarch7orderedtosendover100formerLTTEcadresforrehabilitation.
Canada's Immigration and Refugee Board has ruled that the mere association with the LTTE is not
enoughtoconstituteitsmembership.

March8

Plantation Industries Minister and Presidential nominee on Human Rights Affairs Mahinda
Samarasinghe said that an Inter Agency Committee headed by the Attorney General has already
beenappointedtofacilitatetheimplementationoftheLLRCrecommendationswithoutdelayandhas
made tremendous progress. Samarasinghe added that the members of pro LTTE elements in the
countrieswheretheLTTEhasbeenbannedareholdingthepicturesofLTTEleaderV.Prabhakaran,
LTTE flags and their emblem during demonstrations. The Minister also said that the UN had
appointed an expert panel on Sri Lanka without any resolution being passed by the UN member
countriesnorbytheSecurityCouncil.

March9

SriLankanPrimeMinisterD.M.JayaratnesaidinParliamentthattheLTTEcadresarebeingtrained
insecrettrainingcampsinTamilNaduinIndia.

March11

Economic Development Minister Basil Rajapaksa said that over 70 percent of former LTTE cadres
wererehabilitatedandintegratedtosocietyandtherestisbeingrehabilitatedbytheGovernment.

March13

SriLankanOppositionLeaderRanilWickremesinghesaidthattheGovernmentwasstilltryingtouse
theLTTEtowinvotes.

March14

Sri Lanka's TNA parliamentarians complained to the Supreme Court that the Government was
continuingwiththeforcibleregistrationofresidentsintheNorthdespitehavinggivenanundertaking
totheSupremeCourtensuringitssuspension.

March17

Canadian authorities ordered the deportation of a Sri Lankan Tamil migrant who had entered
VancouverinAugust2010aboardtheThaishipMVSunSea onthechargeofbeingmemberofthe
militantoutfitLTTE.

March19

IndiasMaharashtraAntiTerrorismSquadarrestedaSriLankandrugpeddler,withsuspectedlinksto
theLTTEfromahideoutinNaviMumbai.

March20

The Government and the TNA will continue their talks to discuss the appropriate constitutional
arrangementstomeetthepoliticalaspirationsofpeopleinSriLanka.
The CID and the Maldives National Central Bureau (NCB) are currently cooperating to crack down
onterroristsuspects,whouseSriLankaandtheMaldivesastransithubs.

March25

Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa said the talks with the major Tamil party TNA are
continuingandthere will be several more rounds of talks in the future seeking a political solution to
theethnicissue.
Sri Lanka majorTamil party,TNA said that the aspirations of the Muslim community in the country
neededtobeaddressedwhenpresentingthesolutiontotheethnicissue.

March26

Sri Lanka's Opposition and United National Party Leader, Ranil Wickremasinghe has decided not to
testifybeforetheLessonsLLRC.
PresidentMahindaRajapaksastatedthatinitialtalkshavetakenplacewithTamilpoliticalpartieson
aspectsofpostconflictreconciliationinSriLankaalthoughnoformalproposalshavebeenmadeso
farbythem.

March27

TheArmydeniedanonlineproLTTE propagandareportofaterroristattackonamilitaryconvoyon
March 24 as killing five personnel while injuring a senior officer.According to a proterrorist online
portal,amilitaryconvoyhadcomeunderapossibleLTTEterroristattackdeepinsidetheHabarana
jungle enclave.A spokesman for theArmy said the story was a complete fabrication and no such
incidenthadtakenplace.

March28

SriLankasAmbassadortoBelgium,LuxembourgandtheEURavinathaAryasinhacautionedagainst
those advocating monoethnic separatism in Sri Lanka while espousing the ideology of the LTTE,
usingitsmoneyandbeingmanipulatedbyitssurvivingmilitaryleaders.

March30

Sri Lanka's LLRC said that it has concluded its public sittings. LLRC Spokesperson Lakshman
WickremesinghetoldthemediathattheLLRCpublicsittingswereconcludedwithitsvisittoAmpara.

March31

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March31

The Interpol issued an arrest warrant against a Sri Lankan national in the United Kingdom for his
alleged involvement in human smuggling (Sri Lankan Tamils to Canada), trafficking, illegal
immigration, and terrorism. The accused, identified as Shanmugasundaram Kanthaskaran, is
originallyaSriLankanTamilfromSilavathurairegion.

April4

TheconferenceofthePolicechiefsfrom the SAARC countries begins in Colombo.The conference

willbeheldatColomboIntercontinentalHotelunderthepatronageoftheSecretaryoftheMinistryof
DefenseGotabhayaRajapaksa.

April5

DefenceSecretaryGotabhayaRajapaksa,saidthatSriLankaunderPresidentMahindaRajapaksas
leadership,directionandguidancesucceededineliminatinganddefeatingterrorismafternearlythree
decadesofprolongedagony.

April6

Assistant Secretary, Bureau of South and CentralAsianAffairs, Robert O. Blake (Jr.) said that Sri
Lanka's worrisome record on human rights, weakening democracy and the accountability during the
finalmonthsofwarhadlimitedUnitedStates'abilitytofullyengagewithSriLanka.

April7

SriLankanForeignMinisterG.L.PeiriscalledforhisGovernmenttobegiven"space''todealwiththe
legacyofthreedecadesofethnicconflictandrejectedallegationsof"Triumphalism''sayingColombo
wasengagedinrehabilitationandreconciliation.
Sri Lankan Prime Minister D.M. Jayaratne informed Parliament that over 6,000 former members of
theLTTEhadbeenhandedovertotheirfamiliesafterrehabilitation.
The Sri Lankan Government and the major Tamil party, Tamil National Alliance (TNA), met for the
fourthroundofdiscussionsonresolvingissuesfacedbytheTamilcommunityinthecountry.
CanadaBorderServiceAgency(CBSA)askedtheCanadianImmigrationandRefugeeBoard(IRB)to
deport a Sri Lankan Tamil migrant for his role in the human smuggling operation that brought
hundredsofTamilrefugeestoCanadaaboardtheThaicargoshipMVSunSeainAugust2010.

April8

The 2010 Human Rights Report released by the United State Department of State said that the Sri
LankanGovernmentanditsagentscontinuedtoberesponsibleforserioushumanrightsproblemsin
thecountry,

April10

The LLRC appointed by the Sri Lankan Government said that it has received over 370 written
submissionsattheMarch27hearingsinKalmunai.
Sri Lankan Prime Minister D M Jayaratne said that the international network of the defeated LTTE
militantswasstillactiveandwaslookingforopportunitiestorevivetheoutfit.

April12

ThePanelofExpertsappointedbytheUnitedNationsSecretaryGeneralBanKimoontoadvisehim
on human rights and humanitarian law violations during the last phase of Sri Lanka's civil war,
handedintheirreporttotheUNChief.
Agroupofrepresentativesfrom the Sri Lankan Government and theTNA will go for an observation
tour in Northern Province to inspect the process of rehabilitation of the Tamil youth arrested for
subversiveactivities.
ACanadianFederalCourtdenied refugeestatustoaSriLankanTamilmigrantwhoembarkedinthe
VancouvershoresonAugust2010,aboardtheThaishipMVSunSea.
TheSriLankanGovernmentsaidthatamajorityofthedisplacedpersonsintheNorthandEasthave
beenresettled

April13

The Sri Lankan Government rejected the report that was handed over to the United Nations
SecretaryGeneralBanKimoononApril12bythePanelofExpertsappointedbyhim to inquire into
SriLankasaccountabilityissuesduringthefinalphaseofthewaragainsttheLTTEmilitants.

April15

ThereportofthePanelofExpertsappointedbytheUnitedNationsSecretaryGeneraltoinvestigate
accountability issues during the later stages of the Sri Lanka's war against the LTTE militants was
leakedtothelocalmediabeforeitsofficialpublication.

April17

Following the rejection of the report of the United Nations' Panel of Experts handed over to the UN
SecretaryGeneralBanKimoonbytheSriLankanGovernment,PresidentMahindaRajapaksacalled
formassprotestsagainstittoshowsolidarityforthecountry'sarmedforces.

April18

UnitedNationswouldmakethereportofthePanelofExpertsonSriLankapublicveysoonfollowing
finalizing its review by the SecretaryGeneral Ban KiMoon and his senior advisers, the UN
spokesmanfortheSecretaryGeneralsaid.

April19

Rehabilitation Commissioner General Brigadier Sudantha Ranasinghe stated that 480 former LTTE
cadreswouldbereleasedonApril23.AccordingtotheBrigadierRanasinghe over 7000 rehabilitated
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formerLTTE cadres have been released so far and some 4100 cadres are still in the rehabilitation
centres.
April20

TheLLRCistargetingthecompletionofitsreporttobehandedovertoPresidentMahindaRajapaksa
byMay15.
When Sri Lanka is healing from the 30 years long armed conflict, the United Nations must render
assistance,notcomplicatethereconciliationprocess,theRussiangovernmentsaid.
CanadaBorderServiceAgencytold theCanadianImmigrationandRefugeeBoard(IRB)todeporta
SriLankanTamilmigrant,whoarrivedintheMVSunSea,forhisroleintheshootingofcapturedSri
Lankansoldiers.

April21

FormerTNA Member of Parliament S. Kanagaratnam alleged that over 600 innocentTamil civilians
wereshotandkilledlikestraydogsfromOctober1,2008toMay18,2009intheVanniregionbythe
LTTEmilitants.
External Affairs Minister Professor G L Peiris said that the Government strongly objected to the
publication of the report of the UN Secretary General's Panel of Experts on accountability in Sri
Lankaandtothetakingofmeasuresbasedontherecommendationsmadebythesaidpanelsince
thepanelwasnotappointedbytheUNsystem.

April22

Deputy Spokesperson for the UN SecretaryGeneral, Farhan Haq at the daily press briefing in New
YorksaidthattheUNintendstopublishthereportinfullwithoutanyamendmentbyApril28.
Sri Lanka's main opposition, UNP, suggested the Government to empower the LLRC to inquire into
warcrimesallegationsmentionedinthereportpreparedbythePanelofExpertsappointedbyUnited
NationsSecretaryGeneralBanKimoon.

April23

TheoppositionleaderofIndia'sTamilNaduGovernmentandAIADMKchiefJ.Jayalalithademanded
theIndiangovernmenttotakeimmediatemeasurestobringSriLankanPresidentandhismilitaryto
trialattheInternationalCourtforallegedwarcrimes.

April25

The UN released a muchdelayed Expert Panel report on Sri Lanka's accountability in the armed
offensiveagainsttheLTTEmilitantsthateffectivelyendedthethreedecade long terrorism from the
country.
AUNpanelsaidthatthoughtheSriLankanArmyhadkilledmostofthetensofthousandsofcivilian
victimsofafinaloffensiveagainstLTTEmilitantsin2009,bothsideswereguiltyofwarcrimes.
TheEuropeanPoliceOffice(Europol)accusedtheTamilmilitantoutfitLTTEofbeinginvolvedinthe
traffickingofdrugsandhumanbeingstoraisefundsfortheirterrorismactivities.

April27

Reacting to the report by a UNSG appointed panel of experts, which has accused Colombo of
committing war crimes, the Indian Government said it was willing to engage Sri Lanka on the
contentsofthereport.
The UN panel report, which accused both the Sri Lankan Government and the LTTE militants of
committingwarcrimesandorderedColombotoconducta"genuine"inquiryintotheallegedkillingof
innocentcivilians.
Welcoming the public release of the report by the United Nations SecretaryGeneral's Panel of
Experts on the Sri Lanka's accountability during the last phase of the armed conflict the High
Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay onApril 27 called for further international investigation
ontheallegedwarcrime.
The United Nations said that it was unable to provide an accurate count of fatalities during the last
stages of Sri Lanka's armed offensive against the LTTE militants. Responding to questions during
thedailypressbriefingattheUNheadquartersinNewYork,MartinNesirky,thespokespersonof the
UNSecretaryGeneralsaidthatforsecurityreasons,UNstaffhadtobewithdrawnfrompartsofSri
Lankaduringthatperiodandwereunabletomakeassessmentsasaresult.
TheGovernmentofSriLankasaidthat the public release of the United nations SecretaryGeneral's
Expert Panel report at the present stage was divisive, disrupted Government's efforts to reinforce
peace,securityandstabilityinSriLankaandfedintothepoliticalagendasofinterestedparties.

April28

The United Kingdom and the United States, welcomed the report submitted to the United Nations
SecretaryGeneral by the Panel of Experts appointed by him to probe Sri Lanka's accountability
duringthelaststagesofthearmedconflictagainsttheLTTEmilitants.
CommentinguponthereportoftheUNPanelofExperts(alsoknownastheDarusmanreport)which
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was appointed by SecretaryGeneral Ban Kimoon to investigate accountability issues during the
laterstagesoftheSriLanka'swaragainsttheLTTEmilitants,SriLankanMediaMinisterandCabinet
SpokesmanKeheliyaRambukwellathattheGovernmentwouldhold talks with all relevant local and
foreignactorsonthecontroversialreportwhichhadbeenrejectedoutrightinSriLanka.
April29

Representatives of the Sri Lankan Government and the major Tamil party, TNA participated in a
discussioninColombotofindapoliticalsolutiontotheethnicissue.
ASriLankanGovernmentminister saidthatthatformerLTTEinternationalwingheadandchiefarms
procurer Kumaran Pathmanathan alias KP could be used by the Government to respond to
internationalallegations.

April30

The UN)SecretaryGeneral Ban Kimoon asked the member states to give serious consideration to
theExpertPanelreportonSriLanka(alsoknownasDarusmanreport)andactaccordingly.

May3

SriLanka'sExternalAffairsMinister Prof.G.L.PeirissaidthatinresponsetothereportofthePanel
of Experts on Sri Lanka appointed by United Nations SecretaryGeneral Ban Kimoon the
Government would explain to the UN SecretaryGeneral about the post war reconciliation and
developmentworkinNorthandEast.

May5

The Sri Lanka Government requested the UN to include the definition for the term 'terrorist' or
'terrorism' in its Charter and said that the absence of such a definition had led to contradictory
positionsadoptedbytheUNsystem.
SriLankanGovernmentsaidthatitwouldsendadelegationincludingExternalAffairsMinister Prof.
G.L. Peiris to meet with the representatives of NAM during its Foreign Ministerial meeting in Bali,
Indonesia,onMay26and27todiscusstheUNreport.
A group of legislators from the main opposition UNPhanded over a motion to Speaker calling for a
parliamentaryselectcommitteetoinquireandreportontheformerLTTEinternationalarmsprocurer
KumaranPathmanatahanaliasKP.

May10

President Mahinda Rajapaksa said the report of the LLRC would be credible unlike the Darusman
report(ThereportofpanelofexpertsappointedbyUNSecretaryGeneralBankiMoon).

May11

ThemembersoftheEuropeanparliamentcalledforafull,impartial,andtransparentinvestigationinto
theallegationsofhumanrightviolationscitedintheUnitedNationsExpertPanelreportonSriLanka.

May15

Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten, reported that Norwegian authorities had helped dozens of
suspectedLTTEmilitantstofleeSriLankaandhadgiventhemasyluminNorway.
Sri Lanka Government sources said that the next round of talks with the TNA regarding a political
solutiontotheTamildemandswilltakeplaceonMay23,2011.

May16

InresponsetoanallegationmadeonthebasisofanewspaperreportthatNorwegianauthoritieshad
beensecretlyassistingcadresofthemilitantoutfitLTTEoutofthecountry,theNorwegianEmbassy
inColombosaidthattheNorwayhadneverindulgedinsuchactivities.

May15

Sri Lanka's Justice Minister Rauf Hakeem said that the Government was looking into the delay in
takinglegalactionagainstformerLTTEcadres.

May17

The Sri Lankan Government affirmed its commitment to work towards a genuine national
reconciliationandproduceadevolutionpackagebasedonthe13thAmendmenttotheConstitutionto
createthenecessaryconditionsforsuchreconciliation.

May18

Police Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of Sri Lanka arrested three persons under suspicion
for the killing of coordinating secretary of Deputy Minister Vinayagamoorthy Muralitharan alias
KarunaAmman.
AuthoritiesdiscoveredLTTEpropagandamaterialinsideacargocontainerboundforCanadafromthe
TamilNaduportofChennai(India)throughColombo.

May21

A Norwaybased leader of the LTTE, Perinpanayagam Sivaparan alias Nediyawan, was arrested by
theNetherlandsPoliceandproducedinacourtinOsloinNorway.

May23

A top leader of the LTTE Kumaran Pathmanathan apologised to India for V. Prabakaran's (the slain
LTTEchief)"mistake"ofkillingtheformerIndianPrimeMinister,RajivGandhi.

May25

Dutch authorities investigating the financial network of the LTTE leaders in the Netherlands plan to
interrogate former and current LTTE leaders in Sri Lanka and are in the process of seeking
permissionfromtheSriLankanauthorities.

May29

The name of former LTTE international wing head and chief arms procurer Tharmalingam
Shanmugam Kumaran also known as Kumaran Pathmanathan (KP) has reportedly been reincluded
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intheInterpollistofwantedpersons.
Addressing the 17th Session of the United Nations Human Right Council in Geneva, the High
Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay called for an international mechanism to monitor Sri
Lanka'sowninvestigationsintotheaccountabilityduringthewaragainstLTTEmilitants.
May31

Sri Lankan Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa said that one key factor that assured the
success of the war against the LTTE militants that ended in May 2009 was "the success in
managinginternationalpressures",particularlyIndia.
The Sri Lankan Government disputed the report by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on
extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions Christof Heynes, on a video footage which allegedly
documentsmembersoftheSriLankaarmycommittingextrajudicialexecutions.

June1

The Ministry of Rehabilitation and Prison Reforms announced that it would release another 800
former LTTE militants upon completion of their rehabilitation program at the Pompamadu and
PunethottamrehabilitationcampsinVavuniya.
Sri LankaArmy Commander said that theArmy was not evading the issue of accountability during
the war against the LTTE militants and it would investigate if specific allegations of crimes were
broughttoitsnotice.

June3

Addressing the plenary session of the 17th session of United Nations Human Right Council on
Protection and promotion of Women in Geneva on June 3, Sri Lanka's envoy Sugeeshwara
Gunaratna said that the Sri Lankan Government had successfully rehabilitated and reintegrated ex
combatantsofthedefeatedterrororganizationLTTE.

June8

The Assembly of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu passed a special resolution demanding that the
IndianGovernmenttakeactiontogetallthoseresponsibleforlargescalecivilian deaths, during the
SriLankancivilwar,declaredas'warcriminals'bytheUnitedNations.

June9

Dismissing the unanimous resolution of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly that called upon the
Government of India to impose economic sanctions against Sri Lanka and declare its President
Mahinda Rajapaksa a war criminal, Sri Lanka Cabinet spokesperson and Media Minister Keheliya
RambukwellasaidthatSriLankadealtwithIndiaandnotwithindividualStates.

June10

TheLLRCsaidthatplansareunderwaytoreleaseitsfinalreportbeforeNovember15,2011.

June14

Sri Lankan Government intends to use the detained leader of LTTE, Kumaran Pathmanathan, alias
KP,asaStatewitnesstodiscovermoreinformationabouttheLTTE'soverseasoperations.
TheRoyalCanadianMountedPolice(RCMP)arrestedfourSriLankanTamilsintheTorontoarea.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa accused the Sri Lankan Government of seeking to
"exterminate"Tamilsintheislandnation.

June15

Following the broadcasting of a documentary on Sri Lanka's war with the LTTE militants by the
Channel 4TV, the United Kingdom pressed Sri Lanka to investigate the alleged war crimes or face
aninternationalinquiry.
A team of Dutch officials investigating the financial network of the LTTE leaders in the Netherlands
arrivedinSriLankatointerrogateformerandcurrentLTTEleadersinthecountry.

June16

In the wake of a documentary aired by Britain's Channel 4 on Sri Lanka's war, the United Nations
renewed its call for Sri Lanka to investigate the alleged violations of human rights during the last
phaseofthethreedecadelongconflictwiththeLTTEmilitants.

June18

DefenceSecretaryGotabhayaRajapaksarequestedallcommunitiesofSriLankatostandupagainst
elementsattemptingtorevivetheremnantsofthedefeatedmilitantoutfitLTTEwhowereinvolvedin
tarnishingthecountry'simageintheaftermathoftheGovernment'svictoryoverterrorism.
InseparatebilateralmeetingsbetweenSriLankanPresidentMahindaRajapaksaandthePresidents
of Russia and China in St. Petersburg leaders of both the countries reassured Sri Lanka of their
supportinitsstruggletodefeattheforcesofdestabilisationworkingfromoutsidetheislandnation.

June19

Sri Lanka Rehabilitation Commissioner General, Major General Sudantha Ranasinghe said that 500
morerehabilitatedexcadresoftheLTTEwillbereleasedbytheendofJune.

June20

David Miliband and Bernard Kouchner, the former Foreign Ministers of Britain and France
respectively, called for action on the basis of the report by the United Nations SecretaryGeneral's
ExpertPanelappointedtoprobetheaccountabilityofSriLankaduringthewarwithLTTEmilitants.
TheDefenceMinistrysaidthatIssipriyatheladywhoisallegedtohavebeenajournalistanda news
presenter in the Channel 4 documentary (which allegedly showed a footage of Sri Lankan soldiers
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massacringTamil prisoners of war), was a LTTE cadre.The Ministry also released a photograph of
theidentitycardissuedbytheLTTEtoIssipriya,inwhichshewascladincombatattire,confirming
hermilitaryinvolvementwiththeLTTE.AccordingtothereportsIssipriyawasbornin 1982inJaffna
andwassubsequentlyrecruitedbytheLTTEandunderwentmilitarytrainingintheVanni.
June22

Resettlement Minister Gunaratne Weerakoon who visited the Kadirgamar relief camp in Mullaitivu
DistrictsaidthatPresidentMahindaRajapaksainstructedtoexpediteandcompletetheresettlement
programme before the end of the year. He said that all IDPs will be resettled before the end of the
yearastheGovernmentbythenexpectstocompletethedeminingoperationsintheNorth.

June23

TheSriLankanGovernmentistorespondwithinaweektothepowerdevolutionproposalpresented
bythemajorTamilparty,TNA,RepresentativesoftheGovernment andtheTNAmetonJune23to
discussapoliticalsolutiontotheethnicissue.TNAparliamentarianSureshPremachandransaid that
thegovernmentisexpectedtorespondwithinaweekandthatthenextroundoftalksarescheduled
forJuly9.

June26

The Sri Lanka Government plans to hand in the written submissions regarding the proposals of the
major Tamil party, TNA in relation to power sharing on June 29. The written submissions are to be
discussedatthenextroundoftalksbetweentheGovernmentandtheTNA.
The detained senior leader of LTTE Kumaran Pathmanathan alias KP said that he knew where the
moneyofLTTEwaskeptaftertheirdefeatinMay2009bytheSriLankanGovernment."Iknowwho
ishavingthelargesumsofmoneybelongingtotheLTTE.IknowthiswillbeadifficultjobbutI will
trytofindthatmoneyinordertohelpTamilpeople,"aPTIreportsaidquotingastatementmadeby
KPtotheBBC.

June27

SFsareinvestigatingaterroriststylekillingofa30yearoldman,identifiedas,BalachandranSathkunaraja,
anexmilitantof(LTTE),whowasfoundhangingonagoalpostofafootballcourtinPutturinJaffnaDistrict
onJune26.Investigationsrevealedthathewashangedafterbeatentodeath.
CommissionerGeneralofRehabilitationinSriLanka,MajorGeneralSudanthaRanasinghesaidthat108
formermembersoftheLTTEarepreparingtotaketheGCEAdvancedLevelexaminationinAugustthisyear.
Ranasinghe has observed that all former LTTE members currently undergoing rehabilitation will be re
integratedtosocietybytheendoftheyear.

June28

The Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa announced that Government will hold provincial
council elections in the wartorn Northern Province next year. The President stressed the need to
hold the NPC election to further democratize the process in the North. Northern Province includes
Jaffna,Mannar,Kilinochchi,MullaitivuandVavuniyaDistricts.

June29

JVP charged the Government with setting up military rule in the Northern Province. Addressing a
press briefing in Colombo, JVP parliamentarianAnura Kumara Dissanayake said that the people of
NorthernProvincehadtotakepermissionfromthemilitarytoholdmeetings.

July1

The Commander of Sri Lanka Army Eastern Command Major General Boniface Perera in a
discussion warned the armed groups in the Eastern Province to suffer unless they surrender their
weapons. He said that military had identified the persons carrying weapons in the area and warned
them to surrender cautioning that they would be followed otherwise. Paramilitary groups that
surrendered their weapons earlier were called for this discussion participated by the senior defence
officialsofthearea.
Another 1,200 people from 339 families from Ananda Coomaraswamy and Kadirgamar IDP camps
wereresettled,saidResettlementMinisterGunaratneWeerakoon."Sofar255,238peoplehavebeen
resettled in the Northern Province and the rest will be resettled by year's end," he said, adding,
"PresidentMahindaRajapaksahasinstructedtheauthoritiestoexpeditetheresettlementprocess."

July2

FormerinternationalwingleaderandchiefarmsprocureroftheLTTE,KumaranPathmanathanalias
KPsaidonJuly2thathismainaimwastohelpthewaraffectedTamilcommunityintheNorthand
thatanEelamStatewasnottheneedofthehour.Pathmanathansaidthatprioritywouldbegivento
helpingthewaraffectedTamilsthroughhisnewhumanitarianagencyandthathewouldnotdiscuss
politicsorthinkaboutitatpresent.

July3

Government was preparing to bring a resolution to set up a PSC to find a political solution to the
ethnic issue on July 5. Leader of the House and Minister of Irrigation and Water Resource
Management Nimal Siripala de Silva will table the resolution. Meanwhile, the final stage of the
resettlement process of IDPs in Jaffna peninsula was completed on July 3 under the patronage of
Economic Development Minister, Basil Rajapaksa. The resettlement of 863 displaced families took
placeinKevilvillageinJaffnaatafunctionheadwiththeparticipationofMinisterRajapaksaasthe
chiefguest.

July4

TheMoDliftedtheimposedpretravelapprovaltotheNorth,exclusivelyforforeignpassportholders
witheffectfromJuly4.Accordingtomilitaryliaisonofficials, foreign passport holders are no longer
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required to produce a MoD travel approval document at Omanthai entry/exist point in Vavuniya
District.
July5

ThePrimeMinisterD.M.JayaratnasaidthatsomeLTTEcadres,whofledduringthefinalstagesof
the war, are still at large and search operations are underway to locate them. Jayaratna told the
parliamentthateventhoughthewaragainsttheLTTEwasoverthereareattemptsbysomegroups
torevivetheconflictonceagain.ThePrimeMinisteralsoexpressedfearthatseparatistgroupsmay
attempttoconvincetherehabilitatedexcombatantstotakeuparmsagain.

July6

The Government will hold another round of talks with theTNA on July 7. Government sources said
thatthewrittenresponsetotheTNAproposalsonsolvingthe ethnicproblemwouldbesubmittedto
thediscussion.TheGovernmentdelegationwasalsototalkaboutthepowerdevolutionunits.
RajivaWijesinha,MemberofParliamentandAdviser to the Sri Lankan President on Reconciliation,
accused the British media of conducting a hostile campaign against the Sri Lanka Government
singlingoutTheTimesandChannel4forwhathedescribedastheirattemptstofalsifyfacts,reports
TheHindu.

July7

A Tamil Minister in the Sri Lankan Government said that the political solution to the ethnic issue
wouldbebasedonthe13thAmendmenttotheConstitution,reports. TraditionalIndustriesandSmall
Enterprises Minister Douglas Devananda told parliament that there would be devolution of power
underthe13thAmendment.
TheSriLankangovernmentcalledontheoppositionpoliticalpartiestorendertheirsupporttofind a
political solution to the ethnic issue. Leader of the House and Minister of Irrigation and Water
Resource Management Nimal Siripala de Silva observed that the government was committed to
finding a political solution. The Minister said that the political solution would not be based on a
federalsystembuttheGovernmentwasforasustainablenegotiatedsolutionbytalkingtoallparties
andseekingtheirviews.

July8

SFsdiscoveredaboatmanufacturingcentreintheKilinochchiDistrict,suspectedtobeoperatedby
theLTTE.
Sri Lanka Ministry of Prison Reforms and Rehabilitation said that 302 former LTTE will sit for the
G.C.E.AdvancedLevelexaminationinAugustfromtheplaceswheretheyaredetainednow.

July9

The Secretary of State for Defence of the United Kingdom and British Conservative Party
parliamentarian Dr. Liam Fox met Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa on July 9 at the Temple
TreesinColombo.TheBritishDefenceMinisterarrivedinSriLankatodelivertheannualLakshman
KadirgamarmemoriallectureinmemoryoftheSriLankanforeignministerwhowasassassinatedby
the LTTE in 2005. Dr. Fox and President Rajapaksa discussed the postwar developments in the
country including concerns raised in Britain over alleged human rights allegations committed by Sri
LankanforcesduringthelaststageofthewaragainstTamilTigers.

July10

SriLanka'smainoppositionUNP leader,RanilWickremasinghesaidthathispartywouldparticipate
inthePSCproposedbytheGovernmenttofindasolutiontotheethnicissue.
Economic Development Minister Basil Rajapaksa officially handed back land to 247 families in
Thanankilappu area in Jaffana District on the ChavakachcheriPooneryn road after it was cleared of
landmines by theArmy. The minister said that the Government gave top priority to uplift the living
conditions of the people who were badly affected by the 30 year war. "The displaced people have
nowbeenfullyresettledintheJaffnaDistrict.OncethemineclearingincertainplacesinMullaitivuis
completed,theytoowouldberesettledsoon,"hesaid.

July12

TheformerSriLankaArmyCommander SarathFonseka,whoisservingajailterm,wasbroughtto
court regarding the Hicorp arms deal. The Colombo High Court Judge Deepali Wijesundara heard a
case filed against the exArmy Commander. The Judge postponed the hearing for November 14.
Fonseka and his private Secretary Senaka de Silva are accused of employing a group of deserted
Armysoldierstorallyagainstthegovernment.
Chief Minister of Sri Lanka's Eastern Province Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan alias Pillayan said
that the Northern and the Eastern Provinces should not be remerged under any circumstance,.
Chandrakanthan commented this during a visit to the Southern Provincial Council. However,
ProvincialCouncilsshouldbevestedwithpowersoutlinedinthe13thAmendmenttoConstitution.

July15

The Sri LankaArmy demining unit recovered a large haul of weapons in a toilet pit of a makeshift
hospitalbuildingmarkedwithaRedCrosslogoinNorthernSriLanka,.TheArmy troops engaged in
deminingoperationsrecovered2160mmmortarbombs,1060mmParamortarbombs,95481mm
mortar bombs, 1,555 120mm mortar bombs, 3,000 86pounder bombs, 50 130mm projectiles, 3
claymore mines, 10 boxes of 7.62x59 mm ammunition, 20 boxes of T56 ammunition, 26 boxes of
12.7mmammunition,10air bombs weighing about 250 kg each, one torpedo, 100 152mm artillery
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shelland2,000roundsofMultiPurposeMachineGun(MPMG)ammunition.
Sri Lanka's (JVP) accused the Government of using Security Forces personnel to carry out
undemocratic activities in the North during the local Government election period. JVP Central
Committee member Ramalingam Chandrasekar told a press conference in Jaffna District that the
partyactivistswhowereengaged in election campaign work were constantly targeted and that they
areunabletocarryouttheircampaignworkasaresult.
July17

Northern Province is preparing to restore democracy as local government elections, to elect

members for 23 local bodies, are scheduled to be held on July 23 after a lapse of three decades.
Electionswillbeheldfor16PradeshiyaSabhasandthreeUrbanCouncilsintheJaffnaDistrict,three
PradeshiyaSabhasintheKilinochchiDistrictandonePradeshiyaSabhaintheMullaitivuDistrict.All
major political parties, ruling UFPA, major opposition party UNP and major Tamil party TNA are
contestingforalllocalbodies.

July18

A website close to the Government coalition party National Freedom Front reported on July 18 that
majoroppositionUNPwaslikelytoofferapartydeputyleader posttotheformerArmyCommander
Genera(retired)SarathFonsekawhoisnowinjail.
SriLankaPoliceCIDproducedtheleaderofthewomen'spoliticalwingofthe(LTTE),Subramaniam
Shivathai alias Thamilini, before Colombo Magistrate Court on July 18 and informed that the
investigationsregardingSubramaniamShivathaiarestillunderway.
FormerArmy Commander Sarath Fonseka withdrew an application against the appointments of the
judges into the second military tribunal against him. The counsels appearing for the exArmy
Commander informed the Supreme Court that another case was filed in a lower court on the same
matter.
The detained LTTE cadres who started a hunger strike in Vavuniya prison in Vavuniya District
demandingtheirlegalproceduresquickened,suspendedtheirhungerstrike.
SriLankanPresidentMahindaRajapaksaarrivedinKaytsIslandintheJaffnapeninsulaasapartof
histourtotheNorthtoinspecttheprogressofongoingdevelopmentprojectsintheregionandboost
therulingparty'scampaignfortheupcominglocalGovernmentpollsintheNorthernProvince.
The newlyappointed Head of the United Nations in Sri Lanka made his first visit to the conflict
affectedNorthern Province.The UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator, Subinay Nandy arrived
in Vavuniya District on a twoday mission to get a firsthand look on the postwar progress in the
region.

July19

Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa who is touring the conflictaffected Northern Province
pledged to rebuild everything the public in the North lost during the threedecade long war with the
separatist LTTE. The President said he was ready to serve for everyone in the country as their
Presidentwithoutanydiscrimination.
PresidentMahindaRajapaksehandedover100newhousesbuiltentirelybytheSLAinKeeramalaiin
JaffnaDistricttotheneedyfamilies.

July20

The TNA said that the party was working at building a political solution within the framework of a
unitedandundividedcountry.
TheUnitedStatesSecretaryofStateHillaryClintonsaidthattheUnitedStateswaslookingat some
innovative and creative ideas to enable the Sri Lankan Tamils in camps to get back to their own
homes.

July21

Prison Reforms and Rehabilitation Minister Chandrasiri Gajadeera said that the Rehabilitation
AuthorityhastakenstepstointegrateformerLTTEcadresintosocietywithimmediateeffect.
Minister of Human Resources D.E.W. Gunasekera said that international groups looked at the
situation in the country from the viewpoint of the LTTE. He said that since the international groups
view the situation in Sri Lanka like the LTTE, their viewpoints would be different from the real
situation.

July22

Sri Lankan voters will go to polls again on July 23 to elect members to 65 local government
institutions across the country but the main focus will be on the Northern Province where the
electionsareheldafteralapseof20years.
Security arrangements in the Northern Province were beefed up to ensure a free and fair. Around
1,500 Police personnel together with the STF have been deployed in the Jaffna District for election
dutiesandtwopolicepersonnelwillescorteachballotbox.
SLAMediaSpokesmanMajorGeneral UbhayaMedaweladeniedmediareportsthattheArmylosta

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SLAMediaSpokesmanMajorGeneral UbhayaMedaweladeniedmediareportsthattheArmylosta
training opportunity in an Indian military academy in Tamil Nadu due to protests of Tamil groups
supportingSriLankanTamils'issues.
UPFAsecuredacomfortablevictory attheelectionheldonJuly23for65LocalGovernmentbodies.
IntheNorthernProvinceoutofthe20localbodiestherulingUPFAwononlytheKayts,Velanaiand
DelftPradeshiyaSabhasinJaffnadistrictandthe(ITAK),aconstituentpartyofTNAwontherest.
FormerPresidentofSriLankaChandrikaBandaranaikeKumaratungasaidthatalthoughthewarhas
beenwon,thecountryhasnotevenbeguntowinthebattleforpeace.

July26

The (JVP), affiliated SYU) of Sri Lanka, said that it would compile a list of Tamil youth who
disappeared in the North and those who were arrested. Head of the SYU Bimal Ratnayake told a
pressconferencethattheunionwouldcompilethelistandreleaseittotheparliamentshortlythrough
theparty'sparliamentarians.

July27

Radio Netherlands claimed that Rehabilitated (LTTE) cadres are ready to fight again if life doesn't
improve. A (RNW) team who visited Sri Lanka recently interviewed a group of nine rehabilitated
combatants, six men and three women, in a walledcompound of an unnamed NGO in the Eastern
city of Batticaloa.The group complained to the RNW team about lack of freedom referring to many
militarycheckpointstheyhavetogothroughintheNorth.Theexfighterstoldthattheyhavetosign
amonthly'goodbehaviorreport'andthePolicearesuspiciousofthem.
Former parliamentarian of Sri Lanka Marxist party (JVP) Bimal Ratnayake said at a media briefing
thattheJVPwouldholdaprotestdemonstrationinColombotodemandthereleaseofTamilpolitical
prisoners.

July28

ThemajorTamilpoliticalpartyinSriLanka,theTNAsaidthedecisionoftheElectionsDepartmentto
reducethenumberofparliamentaryseatsallocatedtotheJaffnaDistrict,fromtentosix,wasunfair.
TNA parliamentarian Suresh Premachandran told the media that the decision to reduce the
parliamentaryseatswasnotafairdecision.

July29

A Canadian court released on bail four Tamil Sri Lankan asylum seekers accused of smuggling
refugees on a ship to British Columbia shores. British Columbia Supreme Court Justice Gregory
Bowdenorderedthereleaseoffourmenonbailpendingtheirtrial,Canadianmediareportssaid.
QuotingtheAttorneyGeneral's DepartmentColomboPagereportedthattheSriLankanGovernment
had resettled over 11,000 families in Thelippalai just outside the Palali (HSZ) in the North. The
Attorney General's Department has informed the Supreme Court that 11,879 families consisting of
38,637 members have been resettled in ValiKamam North, when only 6,928 families consisting of
25,114membersweretoberesettledthere.
TheUnitedNationscalledforaspeedyinvestigationandprosecutionintothemurderofaSriLankan
humanrightactivistwhosebodywasfound17monthsafterhisabductionintheEast.

August1

TheSriLankanGovernmentupdatedarequesttotheEUtolistfrontorganizationsoftheLTTEasterrorist
entities.
SecretaryofSriLankaDefenceMinistryGotabhayaRajapaksadeniedtheallegationthattheSriLankaArmy
killedLTTEcadreswhentheytriedtosurrender.

August2

SriLanka'smainoppositionUNPexpresseddoubtsonreachingapositiveoutcomefromthedialogue
betweenthemajorTamilparty,TNAandtheGovernment.

August3

A Strike was held in North Western town of Puttalam against the death of Human Rights activist
PattaniRazeekwhosebodywasfound17monthsafterhisabductionintheEast.

August4

TheTNAannouncedasuspension oftalkswiththeGovernmentonarrivingatapoliticalsolutionto
theTamilquestionbycallingupontheSriLankanGovernmentto"meaningfullydefineandstate"its
stand on devolution to the Northern Province, and citing the lack of progress in its talks with the
Government.

August5

TheSriLankanGovernmentrejectingtheultimatumsetbythemajorTNAduringthetalksheldwith
the Government onAugust 4, said a solution for power devolution should be acceptable for all Sri
Lankansandthereforeitcannotmakedecisionsoncrucialissueshastily.

August6

Sri Lanka's former Prime Minister and Senior Minister Ratnasiri Wickramanayake said a political
solutiongrantedtotheNorthshouldbeaonethatcouldbemarketedintheSouth.

August8

AnorganizationinSriLanka,affiliatedwiththeMarxistpartyJVPandworkingforthewelfare of the
IDPs alleged that certain IDP camps lacked basic facilities. The WASL organization said that the
electricitysupplytothePoonthottamcampinVavuniyaDistricthasbeendisconnectedforthe past
threedays.
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JusticeMinisterRaufHakeemsaidthattheMuslimcommunityshouldbeincludedintheprocessto
seeksolutionstotheethnicissue.Hakeemmadethesecommentsduring a meeting with a group of
diplomatsfromtheBritishHighCommissioninColombo.
Sri Lankan authorities are making arrangements to release another batch of 150 rehabilitated LTTE
cadresonAugust12inVavuniyaDistrictupontheircompletionoftherehabilitationprogram.
PrimeMinisterofSriLankaD.M.JayaratnesaidthattheGovernmentwasconsideringabolishingthe
emergencyregulationssoonfollowingconsultationswiththeNationalSecurityCouncil.

August10

AnorganizationinSriLankaaffiliatedwith the Marxist party JVP and working for the welfare of the
IDPs alleged that certain IDP camps lacked basic facilities. The WASL organization said that the
electricitysupplytothePoonthottamcampinVavuniyaDistricthasbeendisconnectedforthepast
threedays.

August11

SriLanka'smainopposition,UNPsaidthatthepartyhasnointentionofformingallianceswithother
political parties to contest the remaining local Government bodies at the elections scheduled for
October.UNPGeneralSecretaryTissaAttanayakesaidthattheUNPwouldcontestonitsownas it
didinthepreviouslocalGovernmentelections.

August12

Pottuvil Police fired tear gas to contain a volatile situation erupted following a demonstration in
Pottuvil town inAmpara District.The demonstration was held in the town demanding the release of
four persons arrested by Police by the Security Forces in connection with an incident where two
Policeofficerswereassaultedandajeepwasdamaged.
Another protest was held in Vavuniya town of Northern Province against the construction of a
mosque, under the patronage of Minister of Rehabilitation Rishad Bathiyutheen, as alleged by the
protesters.Someoftheshopsandofficeswereclosedinthetownthismorning.

August15

FMMandothermediaorganizationsofSriLankaaretoholdaprotestcampaigninJaffna.Agroup of
40 journalists from Colombo left for Jaffna onAugust 15 to express their solidarity with embattled
journalistcommunityinJaffna,saidFMMsecretarySunilJayasekara.
Indian High Commissioner to Sri LankaAshok K. Kantha said that India hoped that the vision and
leadershipthatresultedinanendtoarmedconflictwillnowbeemployedinthequestforagenuine
PoliticalSettlementresultinginnationalreconciliationamongallthecommunitiesofSriLanka.

August17

UNP Working Committee decided that Ranil Wickremasinghe will continue to hold the leadership of
UNPdespitetheobjectionsbytheproreformistgroupledbydeputyleaderSajithPremadasa.
Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa giving evidence before the Mount Lavinia District Judge
MCBS Moraes said that the Government succeeded in eradicating Terrorism in the Country due to
theclosecooperationbetweenSriLankaandIndia.

August18

LLRC of Sri Lanka said that its final report would be submitted on November 15 and not before the
setdateduetoanykindofpressure.
The overseas cadres of LTTE continued to procure weapons while the LTTE Diaspora continued to
support the organization financially, a report released by the US Department of State onAugust 18
said.
The'CountryReportsonTerrorism',aUSstatedepartmentreportonterrorismreleasedsaidthatSri
Lankashowedahighlevelofcommitmenttocounterterroristfinancingandmoneylaundering.

August21

Sri Lanka'sAmbassador to the US Jaliya Wickremasuriya said that the US State Department was
given a copy of the report prepared by the Defence Ministry on the military operation to defeat the
LTTE.

August23

ASriLankanwomanfacingdeportation fromUKreportedlystabbedherselfwithaknifewhenBorder
Agencystaffturneduponthedoorstepofherhome.Thewoman'smissing husband was said to be
wantedbySriLankanauthoritiesonsuspicionofsmugglingarmsfortheLTTE.
ThePeople'sFrontofLiberationTigers(PFLT),thepoliticalpartyformedbytheLTTEin1989whenit
beganpeacetalkswiththethenGovernmentoflatePresidentR. Premadasa, will be removed from
theelectoralregisterintermsofthenewprocedureintroducedfortherecognitionandregistrationof
politicalpartiesinSriLanka.
Professor Rohan Gunaratne, a specialist in terrorism research while addressing the fifth annual
symposiumoftheSirJohnKotalawelaDefenceUniversitysaidthatdespiteLTTEbeingwipedoutin
SriLanka,theirinternationalpresencestillposedathreattothecountry.
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Sri Lanka's main opposition UNP)said that the Government failed to reduce defence spending even
twoyearsafterthewarendedinthecountry.
August25

Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapakse declared an end to strict wartime emergency regulations
imposedin2005,notingtherewasnotanyterrorattackssincetheendofwaragainstLTTEinMay
2009.

August27

SriLanka'sAmbassadortothe EuropeanUnion(EU)RavinathaAryasinhasaidthattheEUwasyet
to respond to a request from Sri Lanka on listing LTTE front organizations in Europe as terrorist
entities.

August29

TheSriLankanGovernmentclaimedtohaveeitherresettledorreleasedover270,000IDPsand that
only7,422wereremaininginthecamps.
The Sri Lankan Government's proposed Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC) aimed at finding a
permanentsolutiontoresolvetheethnicissueisyettobeenteredintheHouseOrderBookandthen
tabledinparliament.

August31

About1,200allegedcadresoftheLTTEinSriLankawillbereleased,withtheendofemergencyrule
imposed28yearsagotodealwiththeseparatistmovement.
Sri Lanka is considering enacting new laws under the Prevention of TerrorismAct (PTA) to handle
possible future and past terrorist activities by the defunct terror group LTTE as the emergency
regulationsthatwereimposedonandoffforthepast30yearsceasetobeinoperationfromAugust
31.

September1

The US said that it was studying the implications of the new legislation that came into effect in Sri
Lankatohandletheterrorismrelatedissuesastheemergencyregulationsexistedforthreedecades
inthecountrylapsedattheendoflastmonth.
Leader of Sri Lanka's National Freedom Front (NFF) and Housing and CommonAmenities Minister
WimalWeerawansasaidthatitwastheGovernment,andnottheTamilDiasporaorevensomeTamil
politicalpartiesthataddressedtherealneedsofthewaraffectedTamilpeople.
SriLankamediasourcesreportedthatanattemptwasunderwaytoimposetravelbansonSriLankan
media persons who supported the war against the, LTTE militants on the grounds of alleged war
crimecharges.
Sri Lankan Parliamentarian and Adviser on Reconciliation to the President Prof. Rajiva Wijesinha
denied a report from the Indian newchannel NDTV which said he had admitted that some army
personnel might have been guilty of alleged war crimes during the last phase of the war with the
LTTEmilitants.

September4

Sri Lanka stood proud as a nation that eradicated terrorism from the country and in doing so made
SouthAsiatoosaferfromterrorism,SriLankanPresidentMahindaRajapaksasaid.
TheSriLankanGovernmentwasaskedtoratifytheInternationalConventionfortheProtectionofAll
Persons from Enforced Disappearance by the UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary
Disappearances(WGEID).

September6

The Government said that Welfare camps in the Eastern and Northern provinces had been closed
withover95percentofthequartermillionIDPsinthemhavingreturnedtotheirhomes.
The Sri Lanka Government reiterated its commitment to reply queries raised in any quarter in the
international arena in respect of the humanitarian operation launched by the Security Forces to free
over300,000peoplewhowereheldhostagebytheLTTEmilitants.
The Sri Lankan Government said that 27,000 personnel from the three Armed Forces currently
stationedintheNorthwereassistingthedeminingworkinthearea.

September10

The Sri Lankan Government strongly condemned the international human rights group Amnesty
International (AI) for prejudging the country''s own investigative mechanism that looked into the last
sevenyearsofwaragainstmilitantsoftheLTTE.

September11

TheUnitedNationsHighCommissionerforHumanRights,NaviPillaythatSriLankawasanexample
ofastatethatdisregardedthehumanrightswhenadoptingcountermeasurestocombatterrorism.

September14

TheSriLankanGovernmentrecalledtheDeputyAmbassadortoGermany,SwitzerlandandVatican,
formerMajorGeneralJagathDiaswhowasunderscrutinyforallegedwarcrimes.

September15

TerroristInvestigationDepartment(TID)officialssaidthatsixcadresofthemilitantoutfitLTTEwere
amongthe44suspectswhowerearrestedbytheNavyintheKalmunaihighseaswhileattemptingto
leaveSriLankaillegallyforAustraliaduringearlySeptember,2011.
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September16

RepresentativesoftheSriLankanGovernmentandthemajorTamilpoliticalparty,TNAarelikely to
recommencetalksonfindingapoliticalsolutiontotheethnicissue.

September17

A domestic Dutch criminal court, trying five Sri Lankan Tamils for supporting Sri Lanka's defeated
Tamil Tiger terrorist outfit LTTE, will screen Britain's Channel 4 documentary "Sri Lanka's Killing
Fields"onarequestmadebythedefencecounsel.

September20

The Government is taking accelerated measures to close the last of the camps that housed over
200,000IDPsattheconclusionofthecivilwarinMay2009.
Head of a demining group said that postwar Sri Lanka will need another decade to clear the half
millionlandmineswhichlieburiedunderswathesofagriculturalandforestlandandaroundvillagesin
thenorth.

September25

ScoresofcadresofthemilitantoutfitLTTEarelikelytobeprosecutedforcrimescommittedduring
thethreedecadeconflictthatendedin2009.

September26

A senior American counterterrorism official warned Canadian authorities that two Sri Lankan
migrantswhoarrivedofftheBritishColumbiaCoastin2009aboardasmugglingshipweresuspected
cadresofLTTE.

September27

DutchprosecutorstryingfiveSriLankanTamilnationals,(whoareallnaturalizedDutchcitizensnow)
accused of extorting money from other Dutch Tamils in the Netherlands are seeking long prison
terms.

September30

SriLankanbornAmericanhedge fundfounderRajRajaratnam,whowasfoundguiltyonallcountsin
the highprofile insider trading trial and awaiting sentencing in the United states, also financed the
TamilmilitantoutfitLTTE,initsdecadeslongwaroftheSriLankanGovernment.
President Mahinda Rajapaksa vowed that former LTTE combatants who were rehabilitated by the
Governmentwouldbeintegratedintothedevelopmentprocessofthecountry.
Sri Lankan Government released 1,800 former cadres of the LTTE after their completion of a two
yearrehabilitationprogramfollowingtheendofthewarinMay2009.

October2

ArmytroopsontheirsearchandclearoperationsinthegeneralareasofOddankulam,Kokkutoduvai,
MulankavilandMankulamrecovered49antipersonnelminesandoneRPG.

October3

Sri Lanka's elite STF Police recovered a huge arm cache hidden by the LTTE rebels in Mullaitivu
area.

October5

FrontorganizationsofthedefeatedTamilmilitantoutfitLTTEarerunningprivateSaturdayschoolsin
theNetherlands,RadioNetherlandsreportedcitingarecentreportbytheDutchnationalPolice.

October7

Ivo Opstelten, the Minister of Security and Justice of the Netherlands Government said that the
NationalCoordinatorforCounterterrorismandSecurity(NCTV)wasconsideringtotakeactionagainst
theSaturdayschoolsrunbythefrontorganizationsofthemilitantoutfitLTTEinthecountry.

October14

Sri Lanka's ambassador to Belgium, Luxembourg and the EU Ravinatha Aryasinha, alleged that
Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and the International Crisis Group were intent on pre
judginganddiscreditingtheLLRCreportevenbeforeitisreleased.

October17

A Sri Lankan Government Minister urged the Norwegian Government to ban Sri Lanka's defeated
militantoutfitLTTE.
SriLanka'smainTamilpartyTNA stagedaprotestinnorthernVavunyatowntohighlightallegednew
Sinhala majority settlements being pushed by the government in the country's northern and eastern
regions.
TheUSGovernmentsaidthattheUSwillnothaveanykindofjudgmentonthereportofSriLanka's
LLRCuntilitsreleasethatisexpectedtobeinmidNovember,2011.

October21

A Dutch court convicted and sentenced five Dutch citizens of Sri Lankan Tamil origin accused of
extorting money from other Dutch Tamils to fund the terrorist activities of Sri Lanka's terror outfit
LTTE.

October24

Sri Lanka's major Tamil political party, the TNA is to file a Fundamental Rights petition before the
SupremeCourtagainsttheGovernment'smovetoregisterthelandsintheNorthandEast.

October25

AheadofCommonwealthHeadsofGovernmentMeetinginPerthinAustraliaaSriLankanman,who
hadmigratedtoAustralia,filedwarcrimeschargesagainstSri LankanPresidentMahindaRajapaksa
inacitycourtinMelbourne
Sri Lanka's ruling UPFA parliamentarian Thilanga Sumathipala, said that there was no ethnic
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cleansinginthecountry.
Economic Development Minister Basil Rajapaksa categorically denied allegations raised in certain
quarters that the Government is in the process of colonizing areas in the North which are inhabited
bymembersofboththeTamilandSinhalacommunities.
October1

TheLLRCappointedbyPresidentMahindaRajapaksatostudySriLanka'sthreedecadelongwaris
gettingreadytopresentitsfinalreporttothePresidentduringthesecondweekofNovember,2011.

November1

Sri Lanka's External Affairs Minister Prof. G.L. Peiris said that President Mahinda Rajapaksa will
makethemuchawaitedreportoftheLLRCavailableforpublicfollowingitsreleasewithinafortnight.

November3

The Royal Norwegian Government has provided assistance to the International Organization for
Migration to contribute to the Sri Lankan government's efforts to rehabilitate and reintegrate former
cadresofthemilitantoutfitLTTE.

November8

TheLLRCsaidthatitsfinalreportwillbereadybyNovember10tobesubmittedtothePresident.

November11

EvenasitpubliclyadvocatedpeacewhentheSriLankanconflictwasraging,Indiaquietlyinformed
Norway that the LTTE must be "put in its place", a Norwegian Government sponsored study titled,
"PawnsofPeace:EvaluationofNorwegianPeaceEffortsinSriLanka,19972009"revealed.
Sri Lanka's LLRC announced that the report of the committee will be handed over to the President
MahindaRajapaksaonNovember20.

November12

Parliamentarian Prabha Ganeshan claimed that Indian origin Tamils in Sri Lanka needed a bigger
shareofrepresentationinaproposedsolution.

November14

Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa called for a coordinated international effort to uphold
maritimesecurityintheIndianOceanregionandgreatercooperationbetweenthemaritimepowers.

November18

Athreemembertrialatbarof theColomboHighCourtthatheardthecontroversial'WhiteFlag'case
againsttheformerArmyCommanderSarathFonseka,foundhimguiltyofthechargesandsentenced
to3yearsinprisonalongwithafineof5000LKRimposeduponhim.

November20

The Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC), appointed by the Sri Lankan President
Mahinda Rajapaksa to probe the threedecade long armed conflict with the Tamil Tiger terrorists,
handedoveritsfinalreporttothePresident.

November22

Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa will submit the report of the LLRC to the Parliament in
December2011,President'sMediaDirectorGeneral,BandulaJayasekeratoldthelocalmedia.

November23

SriLankaparliamentpassedamotiontosetupaparliamentaryselectcommittee(PSC)toformulate
apoliticalsolutiontothecountry'sethnicissue.
DefenceandUrbanDevelopmentSecretaryGotabhayaRajapaksasaidthatSriLankaasasovereign
nationdidnotneedexternalguidancetoachievepostconflictreconciliationwhichwouldbeachieved
through an organic, local effort consistent with national values, and not based on external ideals
imposedbyothers.

November27

A clash took place in the premises of the Anuradhapura Prison following an attempt by several
incarceratedLTTEsuspectstocelebratetheMaveerarDay(HeroesDay)insidetheprison.

December1

SriLanka'smajorTamilpoliticalparty,theTNAisyettohandinnamesofthepartyrepresentatives
who would be appointed to the parliamentary select committee (PSC) on finding a solution to the
ethnicissue.

December2

The Union Cabinet of the Government of India approved the Central Government's proposal to
reconstruct and repair 49,000 houses for IDPs in Northern and Eastern Provinces and for Indian
OriginTamils(IOTs)inSriLankaundergrantassistance from the Government of India. Indian High
CommissioninColombosaidinastatementthattheprojectwillbeunderfullgrantassistanceofthe
Government of India with a total outlay of INR 29.4 billion (approximately US $ 260 million or INR
13.19billion).

December3

The Union Cabinet of the Government of India approved the Central Government's proposal to
reconstruct and repair 49,000 houses for IDPs in Northern and Eastern Provinces and for Indian
OriginTamilsinSriLankaundergrantassistancefromtheGovernmentofIndia.

December5

TheTNAsaysitwouldnamerepresentatives totheproposedPSCtofindapoliticalsolutiontothe
ethnic issue only after reaching an agreement with the Government. TNA parliamentarian M.A.
Sumanthiran told Colombo Page that the TNA would put forward names of party members to the
PSC after reaching a consensus on a solution, which in turn would be presented to the PSC for
furtherdiscussion.

December6

The Terrorism Investigations Department (TID) of Sri Lanka has arrested two local government
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membersfromNorthonDecember6forhavinglinkswithLTTEmilitants.The TIDsaidthatthetwo
localgovernmentmemberswerearrestedfollowinginformationreceivedoftheirallegedlinkswiththe
LTTEorganizationduringtheperiodofthewar.
December8

The TNA says it would further discuss three key issues of the 1012 proposals presented by the
party to resolve the ethnic issue with the Government. TNA parliamentarian and Attorney M.A.
Sumanthiran said that three issues related to the remerger of the North and East Provinces, the
implementationofthe13thAmendmentandgivinglandandpolicepowerstothe provinceswouldbe
furtherdiscussedatthenextroundoftalksscheduledtobeheldonDecember14.
MediaMinisterandCabinetSpokesmanKeheliyaRambukwellasaidthatSriLankaisnotinahurry
to make the report of the LLRC public and the report will be presented in the parliament after the
President carefully reviews it. He said the LLRC compiled its report to serve the domestic
requirementandnottoappeasetheforeignelements.

December9

The TNA asked the Government to reveal the list of exLTTE cadres and supporters who are
detained or in custody. The TNA parliamentarian Suresh Premachandran said, "The government
needstogivedetailsaboutthepeoplebeingdetained.
According to Premachandran, persons like Kumaran Pathmanathan alias KP who were directly
involved in the LTTE's decision making and fighting machinery are being entertained by the
Governmentwhilethepoorpeoplewhofollowedtheirordersarebeingdetainedsincetheendofthe
war.
TheGovernmenthasrepeatedlysaidthatduringandimmediatelyafterthefinalphaseofthewar in
May2009,11,664LTTEcadressurrenderedtotheGovernmentSecurityForces.

December12

Authorities expect to release all remaining former LTTE by the middle of 2012 following the
completion of their training program. The last remaining group of 700 former LTTE cadres will be
released by mid2012 after providing them the mandatory 12 months training, Secretary for the
MinistryofRehabilitationandPrisonReforms,A.DissanayakasaidonDecember9.
The Traditional Industries and Small Enterprise Development Minister and EPDP leader Douglas
Devananda said the ethnic issue could be solved only if all Tamil political parties unite. He added
thattheTamilpoliticalpartiesneededtoparticipateintheproposedParliamentarySelectCommittee
tofindasolutiontotheethnicissueandallpartiesneededtoputforwardtheirproposals.
National Languages and Social Integration Minister Vasudeva Nanayakkara said that persons who
arefluentintheTamillanguagewouldbeemployedtotheSriLankaPoliceasconstablestoservein
the country's North and East. He said the Government was looking at employing 350 such
constablestobeassignedtotheNorthernandEasternProvinces.

December14

ExternalAffairsMinisterGLPeirisstatedinParliamentthatSriLankadoesnotneedaninternational
Policemantosolveitsinternalmatters.HealsostatedthatSriLankaisasovereignnationandcan
solveitsinternalissuesonitsown.
Languagepolicymakersandinstitutionalleadersatstatelevelarerapidlytakingmeasurestoelevate
the status of bilingualism at public institutions, sequel to a call by President Mahinda Rajapaksa to
ensure 100 percent implementation of the country's national language policy. Rajapaksa had
reportedly told officials involved in the implementation of the national language policy, that all Sri
Lankans should be able to receive services from Government departments and institutions in the
officiallanguageoftheirchoice.

December16

TheLLRC,whileadmittingthattherewereciviliancasualtiesduetocrossfire,hasconcludedthat Sri
Lankan Security Forces had not deliberately targeted civilians in the NFZs established by the
Government."Onconsiderationofallfactsandcircumstancesbeforeit,theCommissionconcludes
that the Security Forces had not deliberately targeted the civilians in the NFZs, although civilian
casualtieshadinfactoccurredinthecauseofcrossfire,"thereportsaid.

December18

Ruling UPFA Parliamentarian Sajin Vass Gunawardena on December 18 emphasized that any final
solution to the Tamil question will only be through the PSC process. Issuing a statement Vass
Gunawardena said: "Any final solution will only be through the PSC process, the Tamil national
Alliance(TNA)shouldrefrainfromunderminingthisprocessandintheleastrespect the supremacy
ofParliamentandbegenuineinparticipatingintheprocesssoastoreachtheobjectivesofthePSC
acceptabletoallpoliticalpartiesrepresentedinParliamentfulfillingtheaspirationsofallcommunities
inSriLanka."
TNA parliamentarian and Attorney M. A. Sumanthiran has said that the LLRC has severely
contradicteditselfinitsreportandhasashortcomingaswell.HeexplainedthattheCommissionhas
severely contradicted itself by concluding that civilians had not been deliberately targeted by the
SecurityForcesinthefinalstagesofthewarandhascommendedtheconductof the armed forces
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afterclaimingtheLLRCdidnothaveamandatetoinvestigateintoanyincident.
PresidentMahindaRajapaksasaidheneverhesitatedintakingdecisionsforthegoodandwellbeing
of the country, like he did when he took a firm decision to end the 30year old war and protect the
sovereigntyofthenation."We had to decide if we are going to see this country dividedor liberated
fromtheclutchesofmurderousterrorists.Thebenefitofthatdecisionisbeingreapedbythepeople
today".
December19

External Affairs Minister G L Peiris stated in Parliament that the LLRC report is prepared with
transparency whereas the Darusman Report is not. He also stated that the Darusman Report had
manyflawsbuttheLLRCreporthasbeenpreparedwithresponsibility.
United States urged the Sri Lankan Government not only to fulfill all of the recommendations made
bytheLLRCbutalsotoaddresstheaccountabilityissuesthattheLLRCdidnot cover in its report.
Deputy spokesperson of the US State Department Ms. Victoria Nuland said the US has concerns
that the report prepared by the LLRC does not fully address all the allegations of serious human
rightsviolationsthatoccurredinthefinalphaseoftheconflict.
The Government has completed the resettlement of 88,666 displaced families in the North todate.
This was revealed by Industry and Commerce Minister Rishard Bathiutheen and Northern Province
GovernorMajorGeneralG.A.ChandrasirionDecember 19.MinisterBathiutheensaidthenumberof
familiesresettleddistrictwiseintheNorthisMannar18,273,Mullaitivu4,373,Vavuniya11,291,
Killinochchi4,859andJaffna49,870.

December20

The Government is to activate the National Police Commission by appointing members to the
defunctbodyinJanuary2012.PresidentialSecretaryLalithWeeratungasaidtheappointmentswould
be made in the first week of January. The Commission was established in 2002 under the 17th
AmendmenttotheConstitution.
PresidentMahindaRajapaksesaidthattheTNA hasbeenrequestedtonametheirnomineesforthe
PSC,whichwillbeentrustedwithformulatingasolutiontothegrievancesofcommunities.However,
theTNAhassofarnotobliged.
ExternalAffairs Minister G. L. Peiris said that the TNA has called for an international investigation
intotheissuesraisedbythe."TheTNAistheonlypartytodosoand itshouldbeevidentthatthis
could pave way for international interference in Sri Lanka's issues" he added. "That the TNA is
callingforaninternationalprobeisamatterforprofoundregret"headded.

December21

President Mahinda Rajapakse said that the Army camps set up at District level are of national
importance, and these camps which have been established with the intention of promoting national
securitywillnotberemoved.HenotedthatthiswasapolicymaintainedbyeveryGovernmentafter
achieving independence. He also asserted that thoseArmy camps set up for the national security
wouldnotberemoved.

December22

Cabinet spokesman and Mass Media and Information Minister Keheliya Rambukwella said that the
TNA should appoint members to the PSC to look into the issues of the Tamil community, reports
DailyNews.Theoppositionparties,includingTNA,sofarhavefailedtoappointtheirmemberstothis
PSCeventhoughtheGovernmenthasalreadyappointeditsmembers.

December27

An ally of Sri Lanka's governing UPFA, the SLMC has opposed the Government's decision not to
allocate land and Police powers to the Provinces. SLMC Deputy Secretary Nizam Kariyappar
observed that the Tamil speaking people in the North and East Provinces were hopeful of power
being devolved to the Provinces as promised by President Mahinda Rajapakse at the All Party
Representativemeetingin2006.
MahindaRajapakserecentlytoldamediameetingthattheGovernmentwillnotgrantlandandpolice
powerstoprovincialcouncils as sought by theTNA in accordance with the 13thAmendment to the
Constitution.
Note:Compiledfromnewsreportsandareprovisional.

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