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Return to War
Human Rights under Siege
Map of Sri Lanka
I. Summary
Abuses during
armed conflict
Abductions and
"disappearances"
Arbitrary arrests
and detention..
Karuna group
abuses
Crackdown on
dissent
Impunity reigns
An international
role..
Key
recommendations
Methodology
II. Background
2002 ceasefire
agreement
Return to
hostilities
III. Internal
Displacement
LTTE prevents
civilian flight
Violence and
intimidation by the Karuna group..
Forced returns
High Security
Zones
IV. Attack at the
Kathiravelli School
V. Enforced
Disappearances and Abductions
Jaffna..
Colombo..
Batticaloa,
Trincomalee, and Ampara..
Karuna group..
The government's
response..
VI. Tamil
Evictions from Colombo
VII. Emergency
Regulations
History of abuse..
The Emergency
(Miscellaneous Provisions and Powers) Regulations (EMPPR), August 2005
Emergency
Regulation (Prevention and Prohibition of Terrorism and Specified Terrorist
Activities) No. 7 of 2006
VIII. Freedom of
Expression and Association
Attacks on media..
Attacks on Uthayan and Sudar Oli
Blocking of
Tamilnet website..
Attacks on
Sinhala media..
Harassment by the
Karuna group..
Pressure on NGOs
IX. Karuna Group
and State Complicity100
X. Impunity for
Rights Violations105
Lack of witness
protection.. 108
Non-implementation
of the 17 Amendment109
Inefficacy of the
Human Rights Commission.. 112
Inadequacy of the
Presidential Commission of Inquiry114
The need for
international leverage.. 122
XI.
Recommendations123
To the Government
of Sri Lanka.. 123
To the Liberation
Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE)124
To the Karuna
Group (TMVP and its military wing)124
To donor
governments125
Acknowledgements127
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