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February - 1 
Minister of State for Plantation and Industry K. Velayutham on February 1 said that the election of Maithripala Sirisena as the Sri Lankan President has offered a hope to the Tamils in Sri Lanka and they are able to move freely without the Army’s int
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Minister of State for Plantation and Industry K. Velayutham on February 1 said that the election of Maithripala Sirisena as the Sri Lankan President has offered a hope to the Tamils in Sri Lanka and they are able to move freely without the Army’s interruption, reports Daily Mirror. After meeting Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) leader M Karunanidhi in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, he said he had explained the situation after change in leadership and efforts were on to withdraw the Army from the Tamil areas and camps. Velayutham said one of the priorities of the new Government was to rehabilitate the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) and those who were in the camps.
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February - 1 
Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe on February 1 said that the new Government will investigate the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) activities over the past few years including its funding and alleged links it had with the previous Government
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Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe on February 1 said that the new Government will investigate the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) activities over the past few years including its funding and alleged links it had with the previous Government, reports Colombo Gazette. He said that the Government wants to know what happened to the funds of the LTTE. He said “This is part of our probe on corruption. The former Government always accused us of having links with the LTTE but it was they who had links with the Tigers.” He said that investigations will include obtaining information on the LTTE ships, gold and money yet to be found even after the war. The Prime Minister said that the public in the North have said they have evidence to share over the LTTE and so that evidence will also be obtained. “This is a large scale investigation,” he added. Wickremesinghe also said that when the European court ruled in support of the LTTE the former Government did not take steps to assist the European Union (EU) to reverse the court ruling. He said “We have said we will assist the EU to ensure the ban on the LTTE in the EU remains”. He also questioned the previous Government’s failure to handover Kumaran Pathmanathan alias KP to India. KP is wanted in India over the assassination of former Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi.
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February - 2 
Families of missing and detained persons in war-torn Northern Sri Lanka on February 2 staged a protest in Kilinochchi in Kilinochchi District of Northern Province urging the new Government to establish the whereabouts of their family members disappea
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Families of missing and detained persons in war-torn Northern Sri Lanka on February 2 staged a protest in Kilinochchi in Kilinochchi District of Northern Province urging the new Government to establish the whereabouts of their family members disappeared during and after the war, reports Colombo Page. Family members of missing Tamil youth, carrying placards with names and photographs of the missing and detained, staged a protest in front of the District Secretariat in Kilinochchi. The protesters complained that the new Government is occupied with changing the governance in the south and neglecting the pressing issues of Tamil people in the North. They appealed to the President Maithripala Sirisena to take measures to address the issue and called authorities to publish the details about the missing persons and the detainees for the families to know about them. They also urged the new President to release all Tamil political prisoners from the prisons if legal action is not resorted against them.
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February - 3 
Sri Lanka's major Tamil political party, the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) said it will not support a domestic investigation launched by the new Government over the war between the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and State Security Forces (SF
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Sri Lanka's major Tamil political party, the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) said it will not support a domestic investigation launched by the new Government over the war between the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and State Security Forces (SFs) that ended in May 2009, reports Colombo Page on February 4. TNA parliamentarian Suresh Premachandran, during discussions with United States (US) US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs, Nisha Biswal on February 3, has stressed that an international probe is the only way justice will prevail for the Tamils who have suffered the war. According to Premachandran, the TNA had also informed Biswal that the newly elected Government of President Maithripala Sirisena had not properly addressed the Tamil issue, especially in areas such as resettlement as lands occupied by the army in the north continued to remain vacant. He has added that the Government is slow in releasing the lands of the Tamil people. However, the TNA has expressed its gratitude to the Government's effort in implementing the new Government's 100 day programme.
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February - 3 
The Secretary General of the Commonwealth, Kamalesh Sharma on February 3 said in Colombo that the Commonwealth is pleased with the measures the new Government of Sri Lanka is considering to address the accountability and reconciliation needs and it e
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The Secretary General of the Commonwealth, Kamalesh Sharma on February 3 said in Colombo that the Commonwealth is pleased with the measures the new Government of Sri Lanka is considering to address the accountability and reconciliation needs and it extended support for the vital domestic processes, reports Colombo Page. He welcomed the new Government's intent to establish a credible domestic investigation mechanism that respects international humanitarian law and assured the practical Commonwealth support and expertise to implement the necessary measures including fuller implementation of the recommendations of the Lessons Learned and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC). The Secretary General said the his first visit to the country after the regime change was primarily to reiterate and renew the Commonwealth's commitment to work in partnership with Sri Lanka to advance its own national plans.
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TNA on February 4 officially participated in a National Independence Day celebration after several decades, reports Colombo Page. According to reports, main Tamil political parties had not attended a National Independence Day celebration since 1972.
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TNA on February 4 officially participated in a National Independence Day celebration after several decades, reports Colombo Page. According to reports, main Tamil political parties had not attended a National Independence Day celebration since 1972. However, senior TNA Leader, MP R. Sampanthan and parliamentarian M.A. Sumanthiran participated in the 67th Independence Day celebrations held at the Parliament grounds in Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte in Colombo.
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February - 5 
A Sri Lankan Court on February 5 issued an order preventing the former Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) leader Kumaran Pathmanathan alias KP from leaving the country, reports Colombo Page. The Court of Appeal issued the order barring Pathmanat
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A Sri Lankan Court on February 5 issued an order preventing the former Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) leader Kumaran Pathmanathan alias KP from leaving the country, reports Colombo Page. The Court of Appeal issued the order barring Pathmanathan from traveling overseas. The Court granted the motion of order as a sub decision based upon a petition filed by the Marxist party, Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP). The Court had informed the Department of Immigration and Emigration asking them not permit Pathmanathan to leave the country until the end of the trial.
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February - 5 
Sri Lankan Government on February 5 presented the regulation under the United Nations (UN) Act to locally ratify the ban on al Qaeda as a global terrorist outfit, reports Daily Mirror. The Gazette notification had been signed by former External Affai
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Sri Lankan Government on February 5 presented the regulation under the United Nations (UN) Act to locally ratify the ban on al Qaeda as a global terrorist outfit, reports Daily Mirror. The Gazette notification had been signed by former External Affairs Minister G.L. Peiris on December 14, 2014. According to the regulation, this organisation is continued to be designated as a terrorist outfit. It is prohibited for any individual to aid and abet the al Qaeda. The financial intelligence authorities of Sri Lanka are authorised to seize funds and assets of this terrorist outfit
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February - 6 
The Cabinet Spokesman, Minister Rajitha Senaratne said that Cabinet on February 5 has approved the setting up of a special Presidential Task Force on Reconciliation (PTFR) according to a cabinet paper presented by President Maithripala Sirisena, repo
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The Cabinet Spokesman, Minister Rajitha Senaratne said that Cabinet on February 5 has approved the setting up of a special Presidential Task Force on Reconciliation (PTFR) according to a cabinet paper presented by President Maithripala Sirisena, reports Colombo Page. The Minister said the President has decided to appoint a special Task Force to cater to the need to build a united and integrated nation, while healing the wounds of mistrust and social and cultural stress generated from extended conflicts and violence between different communities in Sri Lanka. The seven members Task Force will inquire into issues related to ethnic reconciliation and suggest remedial measures to bring about ethnic harmony. The PTFR aims to identify the immediate problems that required to be solved and recommend solutions in order to achieve reconciliation and to alleviate the hardships caused to citizens as a result of the conflict. It would study and make recommendations with regard to persons under detention as a result of the conflict, and all other matters relating to rebuilding harmony and effective reconciliation. Senaratne also said that according to the Inspector General (IG) of Police, there are 275 Tamil prisoners who have been in jail for long without being charged. The PTFR would study these cases and determine whether they can be released. Meanwhile, the major Tamil party Tamil national Alliance (TNA) has welcomed the decision to set up the PTFR, reports Colombo Page on February 6. TNA Member of Parliament (MP) Suresh Premachandran said that the Government should see to it that the steps suggested by the PTFR are implemented and that the PTFR does not become a devise to delay implementation of measures already agreed upon.
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February - 9 
Families of missing persons in Northern Province on February 9 held a protest in the Jaffna town in Jaffna District calling on the new Government to intervene in finding out the whereabouts of their loved ones who had gone missing during the civil wa
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Families of missing persons in Northern Province on February 9 held a protest in the Jaffna town in Jaffna District calling on the new Government to intervene in finding out the whereabouts of their loved ones who had gone missing during the civil war, reports Colombo Page. Family members, carrying photographs of their missing loved ones, held a march before holding a protest outside the Jaffna District Secretariat in Northern Province. According to reports, several politicians including representatives from the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) have taken part in the demonstration. A similar protest had reportedly been held in Mullaitivu in Mullaitivu District on February 8.
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February - 10 
The Northern Provincial Council (NPC) on February 10 adopted a resolution calling for an international investigation into alleged acts of genocide committed against the Tamils during the civil war, reports Colombo Page. Northern Province Chief Minist
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The Northern Provincial Council (NPC) on February 10 adopted a resolution calling for an international investigation into alleged acts of genocide committed against the Tamils during the civil war, reports Colombo Page. Northern Province Chief Minister C.V. Wigneswaran presented an amended version of the resolution calling for an international inquiry on genocide against Tamils committed by the successive Governments since the country's independence from the British in 1948. The resolution notes that the obligation to prevent and punish genocide under the Genocide Convention is not a matter of political choice or calculation, but one of binding customary international law. In the resolution, the NPC has urged the team appointed by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCHR) to investigate the war in Sri Lanka, to comprehensively investigate and report on the charge of genocide in its submission to the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in March 2015.
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February - 11 
Sri Lanka is seeking a delay of several months in the release of a United Nations (UN) report on the investigation of alleged war crimes committed during the country's three-decade long war, reports Colombo Page on February 12. Sri Lankan Foreign Min
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Sri Lanka is seeking a delay of several months in the release of a United Nations (UN) report on the investigation of alleged war crimes committed during the country's three-decade long war, reports Colombo Page on February 12. Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera during his visit to Washington on February 11 said that the new Government is seeking a delay in releasing the report of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) mandated investigation by several months until the Government had time to establish a mechanism to deal with the issue. Samaraweera said that "Once the report is finalized, we are hoping they can refer it to our domestic mechanism for action." "We are hoping they could hold on to it until our mechanism is in place - maybe August, you know, or so," he added.
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February - 11 
The Sri Lankan Government has decided to release lands extending to 1,000 acres in the Northern High Security Zones (HSZs) in several stages to civilians, reports Colombo Page on February 12. The Cabinet of Ministers has approved the proposal present
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The Sri Lankan Government has decided to release lands extending to 1,000 acres in the Northern High Security Zones (HSZs) in several stages to civilians, reports Colombo Page on February 12. The Cabinet of Ministers has approved the proposal presented by President Maithripala Sirisena as the Minister of Defense. As a first step 220 acres of land in the Valalai Grama Niladhari Division of the Valikamam East Divisional Secretariat Division is to be released to establish a pilot village for the resettlement of 1,022 families displaced by the Civil War. Each family will get 20 perches of land and financial assistance to construct a house. It has also been proposed to establish a school, a pre-school, a hospital, religious places of worship, community centers and build other infrastructure activities. The remaining 780 acres of land will also be used in the future to resettle the people displaced by the war. While a large extent of land from the 11,639 acres were under the control of the Security Forces (SFs) during the period of the war, 6,152 acres in the Palaly area is being maintained by the Sri Lanka Army (SLA) and the Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) as an HSZ. Cabinet has also decided to release the lands under the control of the SLAF in the Panama area in the Eastern Province to landless people in the area except the land in an extent of 25 acres in which buildings are now being constructed.
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February - 12 
According to a leading survey, Sri Lanka did not show any improvement in press freedom in 2014 although there were no journalists were killed and ranked among the 20 worst countries in the world for media expression, reports Colombo Page on February
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According to a leading survey, Sri Lanka did not show any improvement in press freedom in 2014 although there were no journalists were killed and ranked among the 20 worst countries in the world for media expression, reports Colombo Page on February 13. The annual World Press Freedom Index for 2015 compiled by Paris (France) based Reporters Without Borders (RSF) ranked Sri Lanka 165th out of180 countries. Although Sri Lanka's rank did not change from that of last year score declined from 59.13 in 2014 to 60.28 this year (2015), 100 being the worst. The RSF in its report said Sri Lanka's Government attacks the foundations of journalism by systematically obstructing the activities of non-governmental organizations (NGO) that support the media.
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February - 12 
States (US) Secretary of State John Kerry on February 12 told the visiting Foreign Minister of Sri Lanka, Mangala Samaraweera that the US is excited about the 100-day plan that the new Government of Sri Lanka has put forward to move the country in a
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States (US) Secretary of State John Kerry on February 12 told the visiting Foreign Minister of Sri Lanka, Mangala Samaraweera that the US is excited about the 100-day plan that the new Government of Sri Lanka has put forward to move the country in a new direction, reports Colombo Page. Mangala Samaraweera met Secretary of State Kerry at the Department of State for an hour-long discussion. "This is an exciting moment for all of us here because Sri Lanka on January 8th had an historic election in which there has been really a vote for change, a vote to move Sri Lanka in a new direction, to open up greater accountability and possibility for the preservation of human rights, for democracy, for fighting corruption and putting together a government that will speak for and to the people," Secretary Kerry said.
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February - 13 
President Maithripala Sirisena on February 13 told the diplomatic community in Colombo that if “credible and firm” evidence is found by the proposed inquiry into allegations that Sri Lankan Security Forces (SFs) committed human rights violations duri
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President Maithripala Sirisena on February 13 told the diplomatic community in Colombo that if “credible and firm” evidence is found by the proposed inquiry into allegations that Sri Lankan Security Forces (SFs) committed human rights violations during the fight against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), action would be taken against the guilty, reports Dawn. The President also invited the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCHR) to visit Sri Lanka. Sirisena said the Government needed time to bring about unity and reconciliation as it had assumed office only a month ago. Referring to Tamils living in the Northern Province, he said ‘doubts and mistrust’ between ethnic groups should be removed. He assured the Tamil community that land appropriated by the armed forces during the civil war would be returned, announcing the handover of 1000 acres in the Northern Province as a first step.
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February - 13 
Sri Lanka's Democratic Party (DP) Western Provincial Councilor Susil Kindelpitiya on February 13 handed over information to the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) regarding 13 alleged disappearances and 'white van' abductions that had allegedly
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Sri Lanka's Democratic Party (DP) Western Provincial Councilor Susil Kindelpitiya on February 13 handed over information to the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) regarding 13 alleged disappearances and 'white van' abductions that had allegedly taken place during the previous Government, reports Colombo Page. Kindelpitiya said that after Maithripala Sirisena assumed the office of the President, several families in Colombo had visited him and expressed their grievances over the alleged abduction of their family members. In his letter to the Director of the CID, Kindelpitiya had also requested for investigations to be carried out based on the recent revelation made by former Minister Mervyn Silva, alleging that former Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa was the architect of the 'white van' culture in Sri Lanka.
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February - 15 
Tamil National Alliance (TNA) leader R. Sampanthan on February 15 said that the UNHRC report on the probe on alleged violations that had taken place during the war should be released during the UNHRC sessions in March as scheduled, reports Colombo Pa
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Tamil National Alliance (TNA) leader R. Sampanthan on February 15 said that the UNHRC report on the probe on alleged violations that had taken place during the war should be released during the UNHRC sessions in March as scheduled, reports Colombo Page. Sampanthan noted that the UNHRC probe would have been completed in an unbiased manner and the report should be published in March as agreed in 2014.
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February - 16 
Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on Februarys 16 agreed to postpone the release of report of war crimes committed during civil war by six months, reports Colombo Page. The report was scheduled to present the investigative report on the investigat
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Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on Februarys 16 agreed to postpone the release of report of war crimes committed during civil war by six months, reports Colombo Page. The report was scheduled to present the investigative report on the investigation mandated by the UNHRC at its 28th session in Geneva on March 25. The Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein recommended delaying publication of the report from March until the council's 30th session in September as Sri Lanka's Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera during his visit to Washington on February 11 seek a delay in releasing the report of the investigation by several months until the Government had time to establish a mechanism to deal with the issue.
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February - 16 
Tamil National Alliance (TNA) expressed displeasure at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) decision to postpone the submission of war report, reports Colombo Page on February 17. The TNA continuously called for the release of the report o
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Tamil National Alliance (TNA) expressed displeasure at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) decision to postpone the submission of war report, reports Colombo Page on February 17. The TNA continuously called for the release of the report on the scheduled date on March 25 while the Government sought support from the international community to postpone the report. TNA Member of Parliament (MP) Suresh Premachandran told that the decision to postpone the report will be a setback to resolve the Tamil issue in the island.
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February - 17 February - 19
Australian authorities on February 17 have returned four Sri Lankan Tamil asylum seekers to Sri Lankan authorities in mid-sea, reports Colombo Page. The Australian Minister for Immigration and Border Protection Peter Dutton said on February 19 the Au
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Australian authorities on February 17 have returned four Sri Lankan Tamil asylum seekers to Sri Lankan authorities in mid-sea, reports Colombo Page. The Australian Minister for Immigration and Border Protection Peter Dutton said on February 19 the Australian and Sri Lankan Governments have worked together again to disrupt a people smuggling venture. According to the Minister, a suspected illegal entry vessel (SIEV) carrying four Sri Lankan nationals was intercepted by Border Protection Command (BPC) North-West of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands (a territory of Australia, located in the Indian Ocean) on February 9. The four Sri Lankan nationals were transferred at sea from a vessel assigned to BPC to Sri Lankan authorities last Tuesday (February 17), the Australian Minister said
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February - 17 
The Presidential Commission to Investigate into Complaints Regarding Missing Persons (PCICMP) will conduct its next public sittings to hear cases of missing in Trincomalee District in Eastern Province from February 28 to March 3, reports Colombo Page
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The Presidential Commission to Investigate into Complaints Regarding Missing Persons (PCICMP) will conduct its next public sittings to hear cases of missing in Trincomalee District in Eastern Province from February 28 to March 3, reports Colombo Page on February 18. According to report, since the establishment of the Commission on August 15, 2013 by the former President Mahinda Rajapaksa, the Commission to date has received in excess of 20,106 complaints inclusive of approximately 5000 complaints from relatives of missing Security Forces (SFs) personnel.
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February - 18 
Prime Minister Ranil Wickramasinghe on February 18 ordered the release of copies of the Indian magazine, Frontline detained at the Colombo airport by Sri Lanka’s Customs Department in January, reports The Hindu. The copies were of the special edition
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Prime Minister Ranil Wickramasinghe on February 18 ordered the release of copies of the Indian magazine, Frontline detained at the Colombo airport by Sri Lanka’s Customs Department in January, reports The Hindu. The copies were of the special edition of the magazine marking its 30th year, which republished a 1987 interview with slain Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) leader Velupillai Prabakaran, along with other interviews and articles from its archives. An official statement from the Prime Minister’s office said that the interview with Prabakaran would not create any threat to national security.
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February - 19 
The Attorney General's Department of Sri Lanka on February 19 requested more time from the Court of Appeal to decide on former Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) Leader Kumaran Pathmanathan alias KP, reports Colombo Page. Deputy Solicitor Genera
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The Attorney General's Department of Sri Lanka on February 19 requested more time from the Court of Appeal to decide on former Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) Leader Kumaran Pathmanathan alias KP, reports Colombo Page. Deputy Solicitor General Suhada Gamlath informed the Appeal Court that the Attorney General’s Department required more time to decide on the nature of action to be taken against KP. He made this submission when a petition filed by the Marxist party Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) seeking KP's arrest was taken up for hearing. The case has now been put off till February 26.
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February - 21 
Chief Minister of the Northern Provincial Council (NPC) C. V. Wigneswaran has expressed concern over the delay in releasing Tamil political prisoners by the Sri Lanka Government, reports Colombo Page on February 22. Wigneswaran told the New York Time
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Chief Minister of the Northern Provincial Council (NPC) C. V. Wigneswaran has expressed concern over the delay in releasing Tamil political prisoners by the Sri Lanka Government, reports Colombo Page on February 22. Wigneswaran told the New York Times that he fears the Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has refused to release prisoners because he does not want to anger the Sinhalese majority ahead of parliamentary elections. "I'm talking of a history of not living up to promises in the past. The prime minister wants to play for time because the elections are coming," he claimed. Meanwhile, Tamil National Alliance (TNA) has alleged that a secret military camp, named Gota, in the naval base in Trincomalee was in operation and held 700 Tamils and 35 Tamil families, Colombo Page reports on February 21. TNA Jaffna District Parliamentarian Suresh Premachandran had told the BBC Sandeshaya that the Tamil people are of the belief that there were many more of such camps.
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February - 22 
Member of Northern Provincial Council (NPC) M. K. Sivajilingam has reportedly written to United Nations (UN) Human Rights Chief Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein saying the Tamils see the delay to release the report based on the probe on the war in Sri Lanka as
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Member of Northern Provincial Council (NPC) M. K. Sivajilingam has reportedly written to United Nations (UN) Human Rights Chief Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein saying the Tamils see the delay to release the report based on the probe on the war in Sri Lanka as a failure of the UN system to protect and listen to the victims of mass atrocities, reports Colombo Page on February 23. Sivajilingam has said the Tamil people hoped that the UN system will not victimize the Tamils once again by delaying or denying them full and complete justice. "The Tamil people are highly disappointed and dismayed by your announcement on February 16, to delay the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights [OHCHR] Investigation on Sri Lanka (OISL) Report until September 2015. The Tamil people had been anxiously waiting with high hopes for the release of the Report, but this unexpected delay has caused serious concerns to the victimized Tamil population, and we strongly believe justice delayed is justice denied," Sivajilingam has stated in his letter.
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February - 24 
A Colombo Court on February 24 has ordered Balendran Jeyakumari, who has been searching and campaigning for the release of her son, to continue to be held in detention custody till March 10, as per the request made by the Terrorism Investigations Dep
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A Colombo Court on February 24 has ordered Balendran Jeyakumari, who has been searching and campaigning for the release of her son, to continue to be held in detention custody till March 10, as per the request made by the Terrorism Investigations Department (TID), reports Colombo Mirror. Jeyakumari, who was arrested on March 13 2014 on suspicion of harbouring former rebel cadres at her home in Kilinochchi in Northern Province, was transferred to the Welikada prison only last week, where she was allowed to meet briefly her 13-year old daughter Vibushika, who is also in the protective custody in Kilinochchi. According to the published report, her son, Balendran Mahindan was alive and was going through the government’s “rehabilitation program” at an unknown ‘rehabilitation’ centre. Several local and international human right organisations have campaigned for her early release.
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February - 24 
Thousands of Tamils in Jaffna city in the Northern Province staged a massive protest on February 24 against the United Nations Human Right Council's (UNHRC) decision to defer the report of the United Nations (UN) investigation on alleged war crimes i
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Thousands of Tamils in Jaffna city in the Northern Province staged a massive protest on February 24 against the United Nations Human Right Council's (UNHRC) decision to defer the report of the United Nations (UN) investigation on alleged war crimes in Sri Lanka during the war, reports Colombo Page. Thousands of students of the University of Jaffna along with the residents staged a protest march from the University. At the end of the protest march, the president of Jaffna University Teachers Association, A Rasakumaran handed over an appeal on behalf of the organizers of the protest to Mannar Bishop Rayappu Joseph requesting him to hand it over to the relevant UN agencies. The appeal, addressed to the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCHR) Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein, requested the UN official to have the findings of the investigations published as scheduled. The appeal stressed that the Tamils in the North have no faith in any domestic mechanism that the current government may establish to investigate the injustices caused upon them by previous governments and another domestic mechanism will only waste time. The protesters emphasized that the large number of votes of Tamil people for President Maithripala Sirisena at the last month's presidential election was "merely an anti-Rajapaksa vote". The appeal said the Tamil people cannot expect anything new from this government barring a few cosmetic changes. The protesters asked the UN official to request the Sri Lankan Government to give access to the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights [OHCHR] Investigation on Sri Lanka (OISL) team to gather evidence in Sri Lanka, leading to a much more comprehensive report in September. The appeals also requested the UN High Commissioner to submit the report in September and initiate necessary processes following the submission of the report leading to international prosecutions.
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February - 25 
The United Kingdom (UK) based Amnesty International (AI) organization has noted that several human rights violations have taken place in Sri Lanka last year (2014), reports Colombo Page on February 26. The organization in its annual report has called
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The United Kingdom (UK) based Amnesty International (AI) organization has noted that several human rights violations have taken place in Sri Lanka last year (2014), reports Colombo Page on February 26. The organization in its annual report has called on the new Sri Lankan Government to take measures to address those violations. AI said that Sri Lanka faced a catalogue of endemic human rights issues in 2014. "Unlawful detentions and torture by Security Forces (SFs) were carried out with impunity as the authorities continued to rely on the Prevention of Terrorism Act to arrest and detain suspects without charge or trial. Human rights defenders and family members of people subjected to enforced disappearance were threatened and arrested, and fatal attacks on religious minorities went unpunished," the AI report said. Political violence and intimidation - mainly against political opposition supporters and civil society activists - were reported in the run-up to the snap presidential election called for January 2015, it noted. It also said that United Nations (UN)-led investigation into alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity during the conflict raised hopes for victims waiting for truth and justice, but this will require the full cooperation of the new Sri Lankan Government.
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February - 25 
The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on February 25 defended its move to defer the release of a report into alleged war crimes committed during Sri Lanka's civil war saying that it was a "very rational" decision taken in a "relatively uniq
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The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on February 25 defended its move to defer the release of a report into alleged war crimes committed during Sri Lanka's civil war saying that it was a "very rational" decision taken in a "relatively unique" case, reports Colombo Page. The new President of the UNHRC Joachim Rücker said that the decision to defer the release of the report on the human rights violations in Sri Lanka by six months to September was "very rational". The report, which was earlier scheduled to be released on March 25 during the 28th session of UNHRC from March 2-27, was deferred by six months last week, following a request by the new government of Sri Lanka to allow more time to conclude a domestic probe.
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February - 26 
The Attorney General (AG) of Sri Lanka on February 26 requested six months to present a comprehensive report to the Court of Appeal on former Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) leader and arms procurer Kumaran Pathmanathan alias KP, reports Colo
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The Attorney General (AG) of Sri Lanka on February 26 requested six months to present a comprehensive report to the Court of Appeal on former Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) leader and arms procurer Kumaran Pathmanathan alias KP, reports Colombo Page. According to the Attorney General's Department, the 193 incidents mentioned in the petition against KP have to be examined properly and time was required for the matter. The Court of Appeal at the last hearing directed the Attorney General's Department to inform of its proposed action on KP at today's (February 26) hearing. However, the Department has now sought more time.
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February - 27 
Newly appointed Commander of the Sri Lanka Army SLA), Lieutenant General Chrishantha De Silva, during a visit to Kandy in Central Province on February 27 has assured that national security will be given highest priority and will not be compromised at
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Newly appointed Commander of the Sri Lanka Army SLA), Lieutenant General Chrishantha De Silva, during a visit to Kandy in Central Province on February 27 has assured that national security will be given highest priority and will not be compromised at any cost, reports Colombo Page. He said the Army will maintain security even in the north. "I will give the highest priority to National Security. The army has a responsibility towards the National Security of the country," De Silva said. The Army Commander said that discipline of the army will also be given priority. However, he added that there is confidence that Sri Lankan soldiers will not violate the code of conduct in the army.
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*Data till , March 28, 2024
Source:Compiled from news reports and are provisional.
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