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January - 5 
As long as Sri Lanka remains divided on lines of race, religion, caste, language, regions, poor and rich, the country will be devoid of the ‘balance’ to forge ahead, said Sivaraja Rashasingham, PLOTE’s (People’s Liberation Organization of Tamil Eelam
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As long as Sri Lanka remains divided on lines of race, religion, caste, language, regions, poor and rich, the country will be devoid of the ‘balance’ to forge ahead, said Sivaraja Rashasingham, PLOTE’s (People’s Liberation Organization of Tamil Eelam) coordinator based in Norway, reports The Island on January 5."The ‘imbalance’ could open the door to outside forces to take control. It is left to us to decide whether to allow such forces to triumph or to take ‘control’ ourselves without being slaves to external elements, who will have their way, if they succeed", he said in an interview during a visit to Colombo, last week.PLOTE, a one-time militant group, later worked with the Sri Lanka Army (SLA) to crush the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). After entering the political firmament, PLOTE contested parliamentary polls. The group’s leader, DharmalingamSiddarthan, is a Member of Parliament (MP).
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January - 6 
The Colombo Crimes Division (CCD) arrested Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) Colombo Municipal Councilor, KulathissaDeeganage in connection over the unruly behaviour at the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) premises in Dematagoda in Colombo in West
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The Colombo Crimes Division (CCD) arrested Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) Colombo Municipal Councilor, KulathissaDeeganage in connection over the unruly behaviour at the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) premises in Dematagoda in Colombo in Western Province, on January 6, reports Daily News. He was remanded till January 11 by Colombo Chief Magistrate Lanka Jayarathne CCD officials informed court that a tense situation had prevailed as a result of the Councillors unruly behaviour. The phones had contained footage of Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) training, according to the Security Forces (SFs).Further investigations are being carried out by the Puliyankulam Police, Vavuniya Police and Military intelligence units.
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January - 10 
A Sri Lankan court on January 10 sentenced two cadres of the defeated terrorist group Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) for bombing of a military aircraft over 18 years ago, reports Colombo Page.North Central Provincial High Court Judge Mahesh
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A Sri Lankan court on January 10 sentenced two cadres of the defeated terrorist group Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) for bombing of a military aircraft over 18 years ago, reports Colombo Page.North Central Provincial High Court Judge Mahesh Weeramanon January 10 sentenced the two ‘LTTE Missile Brigade’ cadres, RajathuraiJaganaliasKulawan(41) and NallanSivalingamaliasSinnathilakan (43), both residents of Irasathurai in Jaffna, who pled guilty to launching a missile attack on a Sri Lanka Air Force aircraft in 2000 killing 37 people, to 185 years rigorous imprisonment. The court heard that the suspects fired a missile at the Antonov-32 aircraft flying from Palaly to Ratmalana over Anuradhapura (North Central Province) on or near 30thof March 2000 and downed the plane killing 37 people onboard.At the time of the missile attack, members of the Air Force, the Navy and the Police and the Russian pilot were among the 37 people killed.The Judge ordered five years of rigorous imprisonment for each count, a total of 185 years for each suspect to be served in five years.The two LTTE suspects arrested in 2012 in Kilinochchi had revealed that the rebels had fired missiles towards the aircraft from Wilpattu jungles. The Police had recovered parts of the missiles used in the attack.
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January - 10 
Tamil National Alliance (TNA) Parliamentarian M.A Sumanthiran told Parliament on January 10 that he is ready to admit that the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) committed war crimes, reports Colombo Gazette. He said that all international repor
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Tamil National Alliance (TNA) Parliamentarian M.A Sumanthiran told Parliament on January 10 that he is ready to admit that the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) committed war crimes, reports Colombo Gazette. He said that all international reports very clearly say that both the military and the LTTE committed war crimes.Sumanthiran said that he will come under fire from his community for saying the LTTE committed war crimes.However, he said he is prepared to admit that the LTTE did commit war crimes during the war.“All parties committed (war crimes),” he added
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January - 16 
A Sri Lankan court on January 16 sentenced two members of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), who pleaded guilty to their role in the attack on the Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) camp in Anuradhapura in Anuradhapura District in North Central Pro
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A Sri Lankan court on January 16 sentenced two members of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), who pleaded guilty to their role in the attack on the Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) camp in Anuradhapura in Anuradhapura District in North Central Province in 2007, to 10 years rigorous imprisonment, reports Colombo Page. North Central Provincial High court judge Mahesh Weeraman sentenced the two former LTTE cadres Aravindan and Thabo Ruben to 10 years rigorous imprisonment with eligibility for parole after five years. The two LTTE cadres have admitted that they provided the information for the attack on October 22, 2007 on the SLAF camp which destroyed a number of aircraft and killed more than 30 people including 21 rebels. The two suspects, Aravindan and Thabo Ruben had been charged on three counts of providing information to LTTE rebels to carry out the raid on the Air Force base. Aravindan pleaded guilty to the first and second charges while Thabo Ruben admitted guilty to the first and third charges. Each suspect was sentenced to 10 years in prison, five years for each charge.
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January - 16 
German authorities on January 16 arrested a suspected cadre of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), identified as Navanithan G. alleged to have been involved in the 2005 assassination of Sri Lanka’s then Foreign Minister Lakshman Kadirgamar,
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German authorities on January 16 arrested a suspected cadre of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), identified as Navanithan G. alleged to have been involved in the 2005 assassination of Sri Lanka’s then Foreign Minister Lakshman Kadirgamar, reports Colombo Gazette. Federal prosecutors said that Police him in southwestern Germany and searched his home on January 16. The man, whose surname wasn’t released because of Germany privacy laws, is accused of membership in a foreign terrorist organisation, murder and attempted murder. Prosecutors said the suspect was part of the group’s secret Police, participating in the killing of Kadirgamar in August 2005 and the attempted killing of Eelam People’s Democratic Party leader Douglas Devananda. It wasn’t immediately clear how long the suspect had been in Germany.
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January - 19 
Sri Lanka's Terrorism Investigation Division (TID) officers arrested a former Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) cadre, identified as Suthan from Karanthai Palai in Northern Province on January 19, reports Tamil Guardian. The 40-year-old man, wh
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Sri Lanka's Terrorism Investigation Division (TID) officers arrested a former Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) cadre, identified as Suthan from Karanthai Palai in Northern Province on January 19, reports Tamil Guardian. The 40-year-old man, who is understood to have undergone an amputation, was arrested along with two pistols, 150 bullets and locally made gun which were found at his address. The TID have taken him to Vavuniya for further inquiry. The arrest is part of a series of interrogations and detentions of former LTTE cadre across the North-East over recent months.
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January - 26 
Dozens of members of Sri Lanka's Tamil minority on January 26 marched towards a sprawling Keppapulavu army camp in Mullaitivu District in Northern Province, determined to breach its perimeter and reclaim their homes, reports Colombo Page. Keppapulavu
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Dozens of members of Sri Lanka's Tamil minority on January 26 marched towards a sprawling Keppapulavu army camp in Mullaitivu District in Northern Province, determined to breach its perimeter and reclaim their homes, reports Colombo Page. Keppapulavu's residents fled their houses in 2008 during the bloody last phase of Sri Lanka's 26-year civil war, which was fought between the Government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). The military occupied over 500 acres of Tamil-owned residential land in Keppapulavu, subsuming the former residents' homes in expansive camps. When the war ended in 2009, Keppapulavu's former residents were moved to Manik Farm, a military-run displacement camp plagued by widespread human rights violations, according to a 2015 United Nations (UN) report. Manik Farm was closed in 2012, and the 560 former Keppapulavu residents remaining in the camp were resettled on small plots of undeveloped jungle in Sooripuram, a village that borders Keppapulavu.
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January - 30 
Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena, on January 30, said that in addition to the programs that are being implemented to control and eradicate illicit drugs, new set of programs will also be launched within the next few months, reports Colombo P
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Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena, on January 30, said that in addition to the programs that are being implemented to control and eradicate illicit drugs, new set of programs will also be launched within the next few months, reports Colombo Page. The new programs aim at the school students and public servants to further strengthen the fight against drug and a special program has been launched with the help of universities to save youth from illicit drugs, the President said. He also said the illicit drugs are part of a major coup of certain organized groups to destroy the country and fight against drugs will be carried out on a war footing, similar to the war to defeat Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) terrorism.
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January - 31 
The proposed Counter Terrorism Act (CTA) intended to repeal its draconian predecessor, needs substantial amendment to be brought in line with international law, Amnesty International said in a statement on January 31, reports Colombo Gazette.Sri Lank
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The proposed Counter Terrorism Act (CTA) intended to repeal its draconian predecessor, needs substantial amendment to be brought in line with international law, Amnesty International said in a statement on January 31, reports Colombo Gazette.Sri Lanka promised to repeal the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) when it cosponsored United Nations Human Rights Council (UHRC) Resolution 30/1 in September 2015 and to replace it with anti-terrorism legislation which would be in accordance with contemporary international best practice.Despite their commitment, the Government of Sri Lanka has delayed doing so by more than three years. Amnesty International is concerned that the proposed legislation falls short in many sections from what the Government promised. The PTA was a temporary measure when it was enacted in 1979. Consecutive governments have chosen to retain it and the Act has in turn became a permanent feature of Sri Lanka’s criminal justice system.It allows for suspects to be held without charge for up to 18 months, special rules of evidence allowing for confessions to be admissible in court, and for the onus to be placed on a suspect to prove to a court that a statement was made under duress.Since the armed conflict with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) erupted in 1983, tens of thousands of Tamils suspected of links to the LTTE have been arrested and detained under the PTA. The Act was also used as a tool to quell dissent against Government.
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