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Ceasefire Violations

CFA Violations at a Glance

February 22, 2002 – December 31, 2005 (Cumulative statistics)

February 2002 to December 2005
Number of (ruled) Violations Committed by the GOSL	162
Number of (ruled) Violations Committed by the LTTE	3471

Most Common Violations Committed by the GOSL

February 2002 to December 2005
Harassment	65
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	5
Confiscations	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
Restriction of movement for SLMM	2
Failure to vacate places of worship	1

Most Common Violations Committed by the LTTE

February 2002 – December 2005
Child recruitment	1794
Abduction of adults	587
Harassment	244
Abduction of children	197
Other measures to restore normalcy (i.e. Flag hoisting)	166
Provocative acts by parties	68
Hostile acts against the civilian population	58
Intimidation	49
Extortion	35
Forced recruitment of adults	32
Movement in zone of separation	27
Occupation of private property	23
Restriction of movement for SLMM	22
Assassinations	18
Confiscations	17
Firing of weapons	17
Moving military equipment	17
Illegal carrying of arms	16
Construction of new positions	13
Torture	13
Other restrictions of movement	9
Other ( Seperation of forces )	7
Activities at check points	7
Assault	5
Offensive naval actions	5
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 (53)
District with the most number of LTTE violations :	Batticaloa (980) & Jaffna (802)
District with the least number of GOSL violations :	Trincomalee (9)
District with the least number of LTTE violations :	Ampara (255) & Trincomalee (271)

Source : Based on statistics provided by SLMM

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