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Ceasefire Violations

CFA Violations at a Glance

February 22, 2002 – May 31, 2006 (Cumulative statistics)

February 2002 to May 2006
Number of (ruled) Violations Committed by the GOSL	200
Number of (ruled) Violations Committed by the LTTE	3711

Most Common Violations Committed by the GOSL

February 2002 to May 2006		%
Harassment	70	35.00
Hostile acts against the civilian population	16	8.00
Other measures to restore normalcy	10	5.00
Other restrictions of movement	10	5.00
Occupation of private property	8	4.00
Intimidation	8	4.00
Firing of weapons	8	4.00
Construction of new positions	8	4.00
Restriction of movement for SLMM	8	4.00
Abduction of adults	7	3.5
Movement in zone of separation	6	3.00
Extortion	6	3.00
Activities at checkpoints	5	2.5
Provocative acts by parties	5	2.5
Confiscations	4	2.00
Assault	3	1.5
Fishing restrictions	3	1.5
Not related to CFA	3	1.5
Assasinations	3	1.5
Offensive army, air force and STF actions	3	1.5
Failure to vacate public buildings	2	1.00
Offensive Naval action	1	0.5
Failure to vacate places of worship	1	0.5
Moving military equipment	1	0.5
Passage between Jaffna and Vavuniya on A9	1	0.5

Most Common Violations Committed by the LTTE

February 2002 – May 2006		%
Child recruitment	1847	49.77
Abduction of adults	626	16.87
Harassment	252	6.79
Abduction of children	213	5.74
Other measures to restore normalcy (i.e. Flag hoisting)	166	4.47
Provocative acts by parties	76	2.05
Hostile acts against the civilian population	60	1.62
Intimidation	50	1.35
Assault	47	1.27
Assassinations	45	1.21
Extortion	38	1.02
Forced recruitment of adults	33	0.89
Movement in zone of separation	29	0.78
Moving military equipment	27	0.73
Firing of weapons	27	0.73
Restriction of mov't for SLMM	24	0.65
Occupation of private property	23	0.62
Confiscations	18	0.49
Illegal carrying of arms	16	0.43
Construction of new positions	16	0.43
Torture	13	0.35
Other restrictions of movement	11	0.3
Other ( Seperation of forces )	7	0.19
Activities at checkpoints	7	0.19
Offensive naval actions	6	0.16
Denied access to specified military areas	4	0.11
Abductions, military related	3	0.08
Deployment of weapons	3	0.08
Fam. Members denied access to detainees	3	0.08
Offensive army, air force, STF action	2	0.05
Faliure to protect SLMM members	1	0.03
Sabotage	1	0.03

The highlighted rows indicate an increase since the last month

District with the most number of GOSL violations :	Jaffna (63)
District with the most number of LTTE violations :	Batticaloa (1088) & Jaffna (889)
District with the least number of GOSL violations :	Trincomalee (10)
District with the least number of LTTE violations :	Trincomalee (262)

Source : Based on statistics provided by SLMM

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