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August - 1 
Speaking at a media conference, United States (US) Ambassador to Sri Lanka, Alaina Teplitz, called on the Government of Sri Lanka to abide by its international commitments to human rights and take decisive steps to either repeal or amend Prevention o
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Speaking at a media conference, United States (US) Ambassador to Sri Lanka, Alaina Teplitz, called on the Government of Sri Lanka to abide by its international commitments to human rights and take decisive steps to either repeal or amend Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA), reports Tamil Guardian on August 2. Commenting on the recent pardoning of 16 alleged former Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) members detained under the PTA, Tepliz applauded the measure and encouraged for more people to be released “who have been detained under that legislation that no longer conforms to international norms and does need to be revised”. Teplitz’s statement was met with criticism from a journalist at Sri Lanka’s state-run Hiru TV news, who claimed her statement overlooked the release of former LTTE cadres by condemning the pardon of Duminda Silva. Responding to this criticism, she stated “I encouraged the government to continue its review, which it said that it’s doing… it is also my prerogative as a representative of the United States to express the views and the policy concerns of my country.” Commenting on her discussions with the Tamil National Alliance (TNA), Teplitz maintains that she was keen to hear “their concerns related to needed changes in the political process and some of the challenges that people face in the north and the east”.
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August - 1 
Sri Lanka’s terrorism investigation division (TID) has summoned the chair of a Kilinochchi council, Velamalikithan Arunasalam to appear before the TID in Kilinochchi on August 6 for investigation, reports Tamil Guardian on August 2.
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Sri Lanka’s terrorism investigation division (TID) has summoned the chair of a Kilinochchi council, Velamalikithan Arunasalam to appear before the TID in Kilinochchi on August 6 for investigation, reports Tamil Guardian on August 2.
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August - 4 
Sixty-two people who were arrested on charges of having links with Zahran Hashim, the mastermind of the Easter Sunday attacks, have been remanded until August 19, reports Hiru News on August 5.
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Sixty-two people who were arrested on charges of having links with Zahran Hashim, the mastermind of the Easter Sunday attacks, have been remanded until August 19, reports Hiru News on August 5.
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August - 5 
Posts claiming that there is a bomb threat in two leading five-star hotels in Bambalapitiya, Wellawatta, Mirihana, Nugegoda, Mount Lavinia and Dehiwala of Colombo are false and people have been urged not to panic, the Police told Daily Mirror on Augu
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Posts claiming that there is a bomb threat in two leading five-star hotels in Bambalapitiya, Wellawatta, Mirihana, Nugegoda, Mount Lavinia and Dehiwala of Colombo are false and people have been urged not to panic, the Police told Daily Mirror on August 6. Army Commander General Shavendra Silva also confirmed that the post had circulated on social media, soon after the Easter Sunday attacks and are now being re-edited and circulated once again.
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August - 5 
The Supreme Court on August 5 issued an interim order suspending the implementation of regulations issued by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa under the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA), regulations No. 01 of 2021 which was published on March 12, 2021, r
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The Supreme Court on August 5 issued an interim order suspending the implementation of regulations issued by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa under the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA), regulations No. 01 of 2021 which was published on March 12, 2021, reports Colombo Page. This Interim Order will be effective until the next hearing date on August 24. The Supreme Court issued the interim order after considering three fundamental rights petitions filed by a group of journalists and human rights activists seeking an injunction restraining the implementation of the regulations. The petitioners allege that the regulations pose a serious threat to their personal freedom as they are in direct violation of Articles 10, 11, 12.1, 12.2, 13.1, 13.2, 13.4, 13.5, 13.6, 13.1 (b), 14.1 (d) and 17 of the Constitution.
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August - 6 
On August 6, former Defence Secretary Hemasiri Fernando and former IGP Pujith Jayasundara were ordered to be released on previous bail conditions by Colombo High Court Trial-at-Bar, reports Daily Mirror. They were summoned before the Trial-at-Bar ben
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On August 6, former Defence Secretary Hemasiri Fernando and former IGP Pujith Jayasundara were ordered to be released on previous bail conditions by Colombo High Court Trial-at-Bar, reports Daily Mirror. They were summoned before the Trial-at-Bar bench comprising of High Court Judges Namal Balalle, Adithya Patabendi and Mohomed Irshadeen in connection with their criminal negligence and failure to prevent Easter Sunday attacks.
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August - 7 
In an event held at the Jetwing Hotel in Jaffna on August 7, the Army offered Rs.100,000 cash gifts to each of the 15 ex- Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) combatants, recently pardoned by the President for starting their own self-employment ve
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In an event held at the Jetwing Hotel in Jaffna on August 7, the Army offered Rs.100,000 cash gifts to each of the 15 ex- Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) combatants, recently pardoned by the President for starting their own self-employment ventures and continuing with their peaceful lives as law-abiding citizens, reports Daily News. The event was presided over by Chief of Defence Staff, Army Commander General Shavendra Silva.
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August - 8 
A former Airman found guilty of aiding and abetting Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) terrorists and engaging in conspiracies to murder VIPs by keeping a firearm in his possession has been imprisoned for life, reports Daily News on August 9. A
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A former Airman found guilty of aiding and abetting Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) terrorists and engaging in conspiracies to murder VIPs by keeping a firearm in his possession has been imprisoned for life, reports Daily News on August 9. A fine of Rs.25, 000 was also imposed on the convicted. The accused was taken into custody on May 2, 2009 by officers of the Criminal Investigation Department of Slave Island, Colombo. Amphibious armoured vehicle (05 type) together with 90 nine mm live bullets and 35 7.65mm live bullets were discovered in his possession at the time of his arrest.
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August - 9 
The Attorney General had requested the Chief Justice to appoint a Trial-at-Bar to hear the Indictments comprising 23, 270 charges against 25 accused before the Colombo High Court in connection with the Easter Sunday attacks, April 21, 2019, reports D
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The Attorney General had requested the Chief Justice to appoint a Trial-at-Bar to hear the Indictments comprising 23, 270 charges against 25 accused before the Colombo High Court in connection with the Easter Sunday attacks, April 21, 2019, reports Daily News on August 10.
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August - 10 
The Attorney General has filed the principal indictment in response to the Easter Sunday attacks, April 21, 2019 before the Colombo High Court on August 10 against 25 accused, including Naufer Mawlawi, Sajid Maulawi, Mohommed Milhan, Sadik Abdullah,
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The Attorney General has filed the principal indictment in response to the Easter Sunday attacks, April 21, 2019 before the Colombo High Court on August 10 against 25 accused, including Naufer Mawlawi, Sajid Maulawi, Mohommed Milhan, Sadik Abdullah, Aadam Lebbe alias Gafoor Mama, Mohommed Sanasdeen and Mohommed Rizwan, reports Hiru News.
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August - 13 
The Archbishop of Colombo, Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith on August 13 called on the people to hoist black flags across the country on August 21, two years and four months after the terrorist attack on Easter Sunday on April 21, 2019 in protest of the Gov
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The Archbishop of Colombo, Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith on August 13 called on the people to hoist black flags across the country on August 21, two years and four months after the terrorist attack on Easter Sunday on April 21, 2019 in protest of the Government’s response and inaction, reports Daily Mirror. He said the response he received to a letter to the President asking him to reveal the full truth about Easter Sunday’s terrorist attack was evading the issue and he rejects it.
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August - 13 
National Investigation Agency (NIA), India probing the capture of six Sri Lankan nationals along with five AK-47 rifles and almost 80 billion Sri Lankan Rupees worth of heroin from a boat off the Kerala coast on March 25, 2020 has found that two Sri
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National Investigation Agency (NIA), India probing the capture of six Sri Lankan nationals along with five AK-47 rifles and almost 80 billion Sri Lankan Rupees worth of heroin from a boat off the Kerala coast on March 25, 2020 has found that two Sri Lankan nationals who had been residing in Chennai allegedly have associations with members of Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), reports Daily Mirror on August 14. The NIA got these details while questioning Suresh Raj and Soundarajan in the past 13 days. “Suresh is a Sri Lankan national who had been staying illegally in India for the past several years without any visa or passport. He managed to obtain a PAN card, Aadhaar card, driving license, voter ID card and passport of India using forged documents. He was arrested by the Q Branch from Angamaly last month,” a source has said.
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August - 15 
Taliban spokesman and international negotiator Suhail Shaheen said that the Taliban is an independent liberation force and does not “have any links to the Tamil Tigers” as the Taliban captured major cities in Afghanistan and was at the gates of the c
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Taliban spokesman and international negotiator Suhail Shaheen said that the Taliban is an independent liberation force and does not “have any links to the Tamil Tigers” as the Taliban captured major cities in Afghanistan and was at the gates of the capital Kabul on August 15, reports Daily Mirror.
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August - 16 
Backward and Rural Areas Development and Domestic Animal Husbandry Promotion State Minister Sathasivam Viyalendran has held an inspection tour at the lands used by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) during the 30-year conflict in the Kokkadd
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Backward and Rural Areas Development and Domestic Animal Husbandry Promotion State Minister Sathasivam Viyalendran has held an inspection tour at the lands used by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) during the 30-year conflict in the Kokkaddichcholai and Morakkaddanchenai areas of the Batticaloa District, reports Daily News on August 17. The lands are to be released to the public soon.
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August - 17 
Mohamed Razik Taslim, who was shot in the head by Zahran Hashim’s followers linked to the Easter Sunday attacks, was offered Rs. 2.5 million in cash by Public Security Minister Sarath Weerasekera for providing information to the Police of the suspect
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Mohamed Razik Taslim, who was shot in the head by Zahran Hashim’s followers linked to the Easter Sunday attacks, was offered Rs. 2.5 million in cash by Public Security Minister Sarath Weerasekera for providing information to the Police of the suspects, reports Daily Mirror on August 18.
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August - 17 
The information revealed by former Attorney General Dappula de Livera on the 2019 Easter Sunday attacks must be divulged to the public immediately, says Reverend Cyril Gamini Fernando, reports Ada Derana on August 18. Reverend Fernando added that no
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The information revealed by former Attorney General Dappula de Livera on the 2019 Easter Sunday attacks must be divulged to the public immediately, says Reverend Cyril Gamini Fernando, reports Ada Derana on August 18. Reverend Fernando added that no justice has been done so far regarding these terror attacks and this would force them to seek international assistance.
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August - 18 
Tamil National Alliance (TNA) leader R. Sampanthan has written to President Gotabaya Rajapaksa requesting an appointment on the earliest possible date to discuss matters pertaining to a new Constitution, reports Daily News on August 19. He pointed ou
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Tamil National Alliance (TNA) leader R. Sampanthan has written to President Gotabaya Rajapaksa requesting an appointment on the earliest possible date to discuss matters pertaining to a new Constitution, reports Daily News on August 19. He pointed out that the previously scheduled meeting on June 16 was cancelled at the eleventh hour by the President and that his Party was still waiting for a new date for the meeting.
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August - 18 
The four suspects who were allegedly involved in the bombing of the Kingsbury Hotel on April 21, 2019 as part of the Easter Sunday attacks including the wife of Mohamed Mubarak, have been remanded until September 1, reports Hiru News on August 19.
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The four suspects who were allegedly involved in the bombing of the Kingsbury Hotel on April 21, 2019 as part of the Easter Sunday attacks including the wife of Mohamed Mubarak, have been remanded until September 1, reports Hiru News on August 19.
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August - 19 
Police and the Special Task Force (STF) personnel on August 19 arrested a youth in the Dharmapuram Musuram area of Kilinochchi District with a mobile phone containing several promotional videos aimed at reviving the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (
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Police and the Special Task Force (STF) personnel on August 19 arrested a youth in the Dharmapuram Musuram area of Kilinochchi District with a mobile phone containing several promotional videos aimed at reviving the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), reports Daily News. Dharmapuram Police said that the suspect had distributed the videos to his friends and a large number of other people through various social media channels and that he had received the assistance of several others for this purpose. The suspect is being detained and questioned by the Police on a detention order obtained from a Kilinochchi Court.
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August - 21 
During a prayer service to commemorate the Easter Sunday attacks victims Archbishop of Colombo Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith said those who were behind the Easter Sunday mayhem will face a similar fate like that of blast victims, reports Daily Mirror on A
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During a prayer service to commemorate the Easter Sunday attacks victims Archbishop of Colombo Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith said those who were behind the Easter Sunday mayhem will face a similar fate like that of blast victims, reports Daily Mirror on August 22.
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August - 24 
Jaffna District Tamil National Alliance (TNA) Member of Parliament M. A. Sumanthiran said to the media on August 24 that although the Geneva Human Rights Commission sessions are due to be held in September, the post of Commissioner will not change, r
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Jaffna District Tamil National Alliance (TNA) Member of Parliament M. A. Sumanthiran said to the media on August 24 that although the Geneva Human Rights Commission sessions are due to be held in September, the post of Commissioner will not change, reports Daily News. He also said that if an opportunity arises, the Tamil National Alliance will hold talks regarding this with the Government prior to the Geneva Human Rights Commission sessions. Speaking further he said that, the Tamil National Alliance should hold discussions with the Government prior to the next sessions in relation to the recommendations provided during previous sessions of the Geneva Human Rights Commission, for Sri Lanka to fulfill.
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August - 25 
On August 25, a group of priests representing Buddhist, Catholic and Islam denominations said that the senior Police officials who investigated into Easter Sunday attacks are trying to push the investigations and legal work connected to it into racis
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On August 25, a group of priests representing Buddhist, Catholic and Islam denominations said that the senior Police officials who investigated into Easter Sunday attacks are trying to push the investigations and legal work connected to it into racist and religious plane, reports Daily News. “The statement made at a media briefing recently by this group of top Police officials who had been named by the Commission of Inquiry into the Easter Sunday attacks and recommendations made against them, implies that provisions are underway to find them guilty in connection with the Easter Sunday Terror Attacks merely because they are Sinhala Buddhists…We emphatically request relevant authorities to hence, not be shaken in the face of such extremist statements and to carry out investigations and legal work pertaining to the Easter Sunday Terror Attacks fairly and with transparency sans any political influence” they said.
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August - 25 
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has appointed an Advisory Board as per the Section 13 of the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA), No.48 of 1979, reports Daily News on August 26. The Advisory Board is expected to make recommendations and advise the Preside
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President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has appointed an Advisory Board as per the Section 13 of the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA), No.48 of 1979, reports Daily News on August 26. The Advisory Board is expected to make recommendations and advise the President on the investigation, release, granting of bail and future action related to the persons imprisoned over terrorist activities and detained under detention orders. The Chairman of the Advisory Board is retired Chief Justice Asoka de Silva and retired high Court Judge A.A.R. Heiyanthuduwa and retired Solicitor General Suhada Gamalath have been appointed as the other members.
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August - 25 
The series of bomb attacks on Easter Sunday in 2019 was not an isolated criminal activity orchestrated by Zahran Hashim and his group within a short period of time, Inspector-General of Police (IGP) C.D. Wickramaratne said on August 25, reports Ada D
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The series of bomb attacks on Easter Sunday in 2019 was not an isolated criminal activity orchestrated by Zahran Hashim and his group within a short period of time, Inspector-General of Police (IGP) C.D. Wickramaratne said on August 25, reports Ada Derana. The IGP further stated that several events that led up to the carnage, including the time bomb attack on a house in Kattankudy, murder of two constables on duty at Vavunativu roadblock, Buddhist status vandalism in Mawanella and recovery of explosives from Wanathawilluwa, indicate that it was pre-planned. Previously, these incidents were probed as isolated incidents and the lack of coordination between the investigating units led to a missed opportunity to reveal the connection between the events. According to the IGP, the previous investigating bodies had also assumed that a self-motivated pro-Islamic State (IS) group in the country had acted independently, without foreign involvement. He added Rs. 365 million in cash and assets belonging to terrorists and aiders and abettors of the deadly attacks have been confiscated so far while cash and property worth Rs. 168 million were banned.
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August - 30 
A meeting was held on August 30 between senior leaders of the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) to discuss the proposals to be submitted to the United Nations Human Rights Commission (UNHRC) and matters that had been submitted based on the request of the
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A meeting was held on August 30 between senior leaders of the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) to discuss the proposals to be submitted to the United Nations Human Rights Commission (UNHRC) and matters that had been submitted based on the request of the President, to be considered when preparing a new Constitution, reports Daily News.
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August - 30 
Tamil families of the disappeared held sit in protests in their homes on August 30 to mark International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances, reports Tamil Guardian. The families who have been demanding answers about the fate of their loved
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Tamil families of the disappeared held sit in protests in their homes on August 30 to mark International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances, reports Tamil Guardian. The families who have been demanding answers about the fate of their loved ones, lit lamps in their homes as a curfew has been imposed due to the spread of Covid-19 across the island. At a press conference, Thambirasa Selvarani, President of the Amparai District Missing Persons' Association said that the families of the disappeared don't have any hope in any domestic mechanisms. "We trust that the International Criminal Court (ICC) is the only solution for justice. We will continue our protests until our demands are met," he added.
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August - 31 
A special three-member panel of judges has been appointed to hear the case regarding the 2019 Easter Sunday terror attacks, reports Ada Derana. Reportedly, the Chief Justice has appointed the aforementioned special bench. High Court Judge Damith Thot
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A special three-member panel of judges has been appointed to hear the case regarding the 2019 Easter Sunday terror attacks, reports Ada Derana. Reportedly, the Chief Justice has appointed the aforementioned special bench. High Court Judge Damith Thotawatte will act as the presiding judge of the case. Judges Amal Ranaraja and Navaratne Marasinghe will serve as the remaining judges.
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*Data till , April 23, 2024
Source:Compiled from news reports and are provisional.
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