List of people killed by Sri Lankan government forces explained

The following is a list of notable killings, including terrorists attributed to armed groups under the control of the Sri Lankan government – Army, Navy, Air Force, Police and paramilitary groups (Home Guards/Civil Defence Force, Eelam People's Democratic Party, Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal etc.).

Killings in chronological order

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Beauty queen Shot [1] [2]
Methodist priest; human rights activist Shot [3] [4]
Catholic priest; human rights activist Shot [5] [6]
Sri Lanka Mahajana Party leader, actor Shot [7] [8] [9]
Medical student and prominent student activist Torture Paramilitaries [10]
Radio Ceylon journalist Shot [11]
Lawyer Torture [12]
[13]
Comedian and actor Shot
Author; journalist Shot [14] [15] [16] [17] [18]
Senior naval officer [19]
Senior army officer
Senior army officer
Former cabinet minister; United National Party Member of Parliament Shot [20]
Satana editor Shot [21] [22] [23] [24] [25]
(alias Ramesh) Eelam People's Democratic Party Member of Parliament Shot [26] [27] [28]
Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation journalist Shot [29]
Shot [30]
BBC journalist Shot [31] [32] [33] [34] [35] [36] [37] [38]
Akkaraayankulam Army (LRRP) [39] [40]
LTTE’s military intelligence leader for the east Vaathakkalmadu Army (LRRP) [41] [42]
LTTE’s head of communications for the east Paththarakkaddai Army (LRRP) [43]
LTTE’s second in command Army (LRRP) [44]
Virakesari journalist Shot [45] [46] [47] [48] [49] [50] [51] [52]
Former Tamil National Alliance Member of Parliament [53]
LTTE's regional political leader
TamilNet editor Shot [54] [55] [56] [57] [58] [59] [60] [61] [62] [63] [64] [65] [66] [67]
Tamil National Alliance Member of Parliament Shot [68] [69]
Catholic priest [70] [71] [72] [73] [74] [75] [76]
Sudar Oli journalist Shot [77] [78] [79] [80] [81]
President of the Trincomalee District Tamil Peoples' Forum Shot
Uthayan journalist Shot [82] [83] [84] [85] [86]
Uthayan journalist Shot
LTTE’s military leader for Batticaloa District Vavunathiv Shot [87]
Sathdina journalist Shot [88] [89] [90] [91] [92] [93] [94] [95]
General Manager of the People's Bank; literary figure; poet Shot [96]
Former Tamil United Liberation Front Member of Parliament Shot [97] [98] [99] [100] [101]
Principal of Kopay Christian College Shot [102]
Tamil National Alliance Member of Parliament Shot [103] [104]
Nilam editor Thirunavatkulam Shot [105] [106] [107]
Uthayan journalist Shot [108] [109] [110] [111]
Chaalaram editor Shot [112] [113]
Catholic priest; aid worker Kalvilaan Army (LRRP) [114] [115] [116] [117]
LTTE’s political leader Air strike [118]
Voice of Tigers broadcaster Thiruvaiaru Air strike [119] [120] [121]
United National Party Member of Parliament Shot
LTTE’s military intelligence leader Pallamadu Army (LRRP) [122]
Tamil National Alliance Member of Parliament Army (LRRP) [123] [124]
North East Secretariat on Human Rights (NESoHR) Mannankulam Army (LRRP) [125]
Shakthi TV journalist Navanthurai Hacked to death [126] [127] [128] [129]
Divisional Secretary for Thunukkai Army (LRRP) [130] [131]
The Sunday Leader editor Shot [132] [133] [134] [135] [136] [137] [138] [139] [140]
Freelance journalist Theavipuram Artillery [141] [142]
Isaipriya O'liveechchu broadcaster Shot [143] [144] [145] [146]

Notes and References

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  2. News: Price of a dream. The Nation (Sri Lanka). 1 April 2007.
  3. Web site: Report No. 1. University Teachers for Human Rights. January 1989.
  4. Book: Rajasingham, K. T.. Sri Lanka: The Untold Story. https://web.archive.org/web/20020619061046/http://atimes.com/ind-pak/DC16Df02.html. unfit. 2002-06-19. Chapter 31: Indira Gandhi – a casualty of terror.
  5. News: Mannar human rights activist Fr Mary Bastian remembered. TamilNet. 6 January 2004.
  6. Book: Rajasingham, K. T.. Sri Lanka: The Untold Story. https://web.archive.org/web/20021001211016/http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/DC23Df05.html. unfit. 2002-10-01. Chapter 32: Limbo between war and peace.
  7. News: Vijaya Kumaratunga assassination was a UNP conspiracy. Sunday Observer (Sri Lanka). 21 March 2004. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20150924112040/http://www.sundayobserver.lk/2004/03/21/new03.html. 24 September 2015.
  8. News: Seneviratne. Tassie. Vijaya assassination: Politics kills police professionalism. The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka). 12 February 2012.
  9. Book: Rajasingham, K. T.. Sri Lanka: The Untold Story. https://web.archive.org/web/20021021004403/http://atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/DI28Df01.html. unfit. 2002-10-21. Chapter 59: Queries over Premadasa's slaying.
  10. News: Six men came in a black Pajero driven by Punchi Nilame. The Island (Sri Lanka). 16 May 2001.
  11. Web site: Sivasamy. Prem. Armed EPDP is a Threat to Peace. Tamil Canadian. https://web.archive.org/web/20070311023308/http://www.tamilcanadian.com/page.php?cat=52&id=1403. 11 March 2007. November 2002.
  12. News: What the Batalanda Commission found. The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka). 12 April 1998.
  13. News: Rajasingham. K. T.. Rohana Wijeweera's killing – still a mystery. Asian Tribune. 12 November 2008.
  14. Web site: ASA 37/001/2008 Sri Lanka: Silencing dissent. Amnesty International. 7 February 2008.
  15. News: Wijesinha. Rajiva. Rajiva Wijesinha. Richard de Zoysa after 21 years. Sunday Observer (Sri Lanka). 20 February 2011. 2015-07-05. https://web.archive.org/web/20150924132111/http://www.sundayobserver.lk/2011/02/20/mon08.asp. 2015-09-24. live.
  16. Popular Journalist Abducted & Killed. Tamil Times. 15 March 1990. IX. 4. 6–7. 0266-4488.
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  18. News: BBC drama on Richard de Zoysa. BBC Sinhala. 24 November 2008.
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  20. Book: Rajasingham, K. T.. Sri Lanka: The Untold Story. https://web.archive.org/web/20021012224457/http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/DI21Df01.html. unfit. 2002-10-12. Chapter 58: Premadasa indicted.
  21. News: Weerakkody. Kalinga. Police now seek three-wheeler driver in 'Satana' editor killing. The Island (Sri Lanka). 2 July 2000.
  22. News: Uproar in Parliament after editor's slaying. TamilNet. 8 September 1999.
  23. Web site: Rohana Kumara. Committee to Protect Journalists.
  24. News: Catch killers, if your hands are clean. Sunday Times (Sri Lanka). 12 September 1999.
  25. News: Show's nuclear bombshell. The Sunday Leader. 30 December 2001. 5 July 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20151010110000/http://www.thesundayleader.lk/archive/20011230/spotlight.htm. 10 October 2015. dead.
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  27. News: Thinamurasu chief editor killed. TamilNet. 2 November 1999.
  28. Web site: Atputharajah Nadarajah. Committee to Protect Journalists.
  29. Web site: Vasthian Anthony Mariyadas. Committee to Protect Journalists.
  30. News: Abeywardena . Kesara . Baddegane Sanjeewa was top security officer cum famous criminal during PA regime – Rajitha . . 21 August 2002 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120523213141/http://www.asiantribune.com/news/2002/08/21/bbaddegane-sanjeewa-was-top-security-officer-cum-famous-criminal-during-pa-regime-%E2%80%94- . 23 May 2012 .
  31. Web site: Sri Lanka - 2003 Annual report . . 2 May 2003 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120806143101/http://en.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=6486 . 6 August 2012 .
  32. Web site: Open letter to the Sri Lankan Prime Minister . . 18 October 2002 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120806143112/http://en.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=4084 . 6 August 2012 .
  33. News: Mylvaganam Nimalrajan. The Guardian. 23 October 2000.
  34. News: Jaffna journalist killed for his reporting. TamilNet. 20 October 2000.
  35. News: Sri Lankan government ally suspected in murder of BBC's Jaffna correspondent. World Socialist Web Site. 28 October 2000.
  36. Web site: Attacks on the Press 2000: Sri Lanka. 19 March 2001 . Committee to Protect Journalists.
  37. Web site: Ten years of impunity for Jaffna-based journalist's murderers. Reporters Without Borders. 18 October 2010.
  38. News: Nimalarajan murder case struck off from roll call. The Sunday Leader. 22 August 2004.
  39. News: Liyanaarachchi. Champika. Protecting informants: The Government's bounden duty. The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka). 30 April 2003. 5 July 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150714013909/http://archives.dailymirror.lk/2003/04/30/opinion/1.html. 14 July 2015. dead.
  40. Jeyaraj. D. B. S.. Predators as prey. Frontline. 13 October 2001. 18. 21.
  41. News: Claymore kills LTTE's eastern political leader. TamilNet. 15 June 2001.
  42. News: Athas. Iqbal. Iqbal Athas. Situation Report: How a 'top State secret' became public. The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka). 6 January 2002.
  43. News: SLA penetratiom group strikes again in east. TamilNet. 18 September 2001.
  44. News: PTA arrests expose covert operation – paper. TamilNet. 8 January 2002.
  45. Web site: World Report 2005: Sri Lanka. Human Rights Watch.
  46. Web site: Aiyathurai Nadesan. Committee to Protect Journalists.
  47. News: Batticaloa journalist shot dead. TamilNet. 31 May 2004.
  48. Web site: IFJ Condemns "Brutal Slaying" of Leading Tamil Journalist in Sri Lanka. International Federation of Journalists. 4 July 2004. 5 July 2015. https://archive.today/20130415074348/http://asiapacific.ifj.org/en/articles/ifj-condemns-brutal-slaying-of-leading-tamil-journalist-in-sri-lanka. 15 April 2013. dead.
  49. News: Tragic attempt to make Nadesan a Tiger-scribe. The Sunday Leader. 6 June 2004.
  50. News: Fears for Sri Lanka journalists. BBC News. 13 July 2004.
  51. Web site: Sri Lanka. Human Rights Watch.
  52. News: Jansz. Frederica. UPFA's new found silence over MoU violations. The Sunday Leader. 6 June 2004. Frederica Jansz.
  53. News: Sambandan. V. S.. Tamil National Force claims responsibility for Kousalyan's murder. https://web.archive.org/web/20160117183209/http://www.thehindu.com/2005/02/11/stories/2005021114741500.htm. dead. 17 January 2016. The Hindu. 11 February 2005.
  54. News: Jeyaraj. D. B. S.. Did Karuna Personally kill "Taraki" Sivaram?. Tamil Week. May 2008.
  55. News: Journalist Sivaram abducted. TamilNet. 28 April 2005.
  56. Sambandan. V. S.. The end of a dissenter. Frontline. 21 May 2005. 22. 11. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20061017012850/http://www.frontlineonnet.com/fl2211/stories/20050603001305200.htm. 17 October 2006.
  57. News: Journalist Sivaram murdered. TamilNet. 29 April 2005.
  58. Web site: UNESCO Director-General Condemns Murder of Sri Lankan Journalist Dharmeratnam Sivaram "Taraki". https://web.archive.org/web/20051028190751/http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID%3D18849%26URL_DO%3DDO_TOPIC%26URL_SECTION%3D201.html. dead. 2005-10-28. UNESCO. 3 May 2005. 2018-11-22.
  59. Web site: Tamilnet editor's murder still unpunished after one year. International Federation of Journalists. 28 April 2006. 5 July 2015. https://archive.today/20130415034339/http://asiapacific.ifj.org/en/articles/tamilnet-editors-murder-still-unpunished-after-one-year. 15 April 2013. dead.
  60. News: Murdered editor champion of Tamil cause. BBC News. 29 April 2005.
  61. News: Bandara. Chandana Keerthi. Siva is no more!. BBC Sinhala. 29 April 2005.
  62. News: Azeez. Abdul H.. 6th Death Anniversary Of D. Sivaram. The Sunday Leader. 1 May 2011.
  63. Web site: Editor of TamilNet murdered in Colombo. Reporters Without Borders. 29 April 2005.
  64. News: Abeynayake. Rajpal. Sivaram, much more than a scribe. Sunday Times (Sri Lanka). 1 May 2005.
  65. News: RSF 'revolted' at Sivaram's murder. TamilNet. 29 April 2005.
  66. Web site: Tamilnet editor's murder still unpunished after one year. Reporters Without Borders. 28 April 2006.
  67. News: Sivaram murder case postponed. BBC Sinhala. 5 January 2012.
  68. Web site: CASE No. SRI/49 – JOSEPH PARARAJASINGHAM. Inter-Parliamentary Union. 18 October 2006.
  69. Web site: Supplement to Special Report No. 23 – Before Time Obscures the Moul'dring Heap I. University Teachers for Human Rights. 13 December 2006.
  70. Web site: Special Report No. 25 – From Welikade to Mutur and Pottuvil: A Generation of Moral Denudation and the Rise of Heroes with Feet of Clay. University Teachers for Human Rights. 31 May 2007.
  71. Web site: SRI LANKA: One Catholic priest and a man disappear. Asian Human Rights Commission. 30 August 2006.
  72. Web site: ASA 37/023/2006 Sri Lanka: Fear for safety/Possible "disappearance". Amnesty International. 29 August 2006.
  73. Web site: ASA 37/025/2006 Sri Lanka: Further information on fear for safety/possible "disappearance". Amnesty International. 12 September 2006.
  74. News: Akkara . Anto . Sri Lankan priest, companion disappear amid fighting . http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20060829183048/http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/0604802.htm . dead . 29 August 2006 . . 23 August 2006 .
  75. Web site: Sri Lanka: Letter to Pope Benedict XVI on the Situation In Sri Lanka. Human Rights Watch. 16 April 2007.
  76. News: Haviland. Charles. Sri Lanka bishop accuses forces over missing priests. BBC News. 3 November 2010.
  77. News: Tamil journalist shot dead in Trincomalee. TamilNet. 24 January 2006.
  78. News: Black January And Counter Moves By The Government. The Sunday Leader. 29 January 2012.
  79. Web site: Subramaniyam Sugitharajah. Committee to Protect Journalists.
  80. News: Perera. Jehan. No problem solving without first accepting problems do exist. The Island (Sri Lanka). 30 January 2012.
  81. Web site: Tamil journalist gunned down in Trincomalee after covering paramilitary abuses. Reporters Without Borders. 24 January 2006. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304052031/http://en.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=16252. 4 March 2016.
  82. News: Gunmen 'kill two' at Jaffna paper. BBC News. 2 May 2006.
  83. News: Azeez. Abdul H.. Uthayan Under Fresh Attack. The Sunday Leader. 12 June 2011.
  84. News: Uthayan 'worst hit' of Sri Lanka's media – RSF. TamilNet. 13 September 2006.
  85. Web site: Gunmen open fire inside Tamil newspaper, killing two employees. Reporters Without Borders. 5 May 2006. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20131103030601/http://en.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=17591. 3 November 2013.
  86. News: Two traders shot in Jaffna, one dead. TamilNet. 2 May 2006.
  87. News: LTTE Senior Commander Ramanan assassinated. TamilNet. 21 May 2006.
  88. News: Freelance journalist Sampath Lakmal assassinated. Lanka-e-news. 2 July 2006. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120206001808/http://www.lankaenews.com/English/news.php?id=2603. 6 February 2012.
  89. News: Sinhala journalist shot dead in Colombo. TamilNet. 2 July 2006.
  90. Web site: Director-General of UNESCO condemns murder of Sri Lankan journalist Sampath Lakmal de Silva. http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20150314212341/http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=22540&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html. dead. 14 March 2015. UNESCO. 7 July 2006.
  91. News: Killing of journalist Sampath Lakmal: 25 questioned. Daily News (Sri Lanka). 4 July 2006. Rafik Jalaldeen. Chandrika Perera. dead. https://archive.today/20130221003810/http://www.dailynews.lk/2006/07/04/news17.asp. 21 February 2013.
  92. Web site: Journalist Abducted and Murdered in Colombo. International Federation of Journalists. 3 July 2006. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120728132555/http://www.ifj.org/en/articles/journalist-abducted-and-murdered-in-colombo. 28 July 2012.
  93. News: Sunil. W. A.. Sri Lankan military personnel questioned over murder of journalist. World Socialist Web Site. 12 July 2006.
  94. Web site: Bulletins No.42, 43 and Supplement to SpR.23 October 2006. University Teachers for Human Rights. 13 December 2006.
  95. News: Killed journalist was a paid military informant – CID. The Sunday Leader. 17 February 2008.
  96. Web site: ASA 37/002/2006 Pon Ganeshamoorthy: a Tamil Nationalist, murdered by Sri Lanka Intelligence Operatives, 4 August 2006 . 29 January 2009 . Sri Lanka Atrocities . 17 June 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101011022726/http://www.srilankanatrocities.com/killings/?cat=11 . October 11, 2010 .
  97. Web site: Director-General condemns murder of Sri Lankan newspaper managing director Sinnathamby Sivamaharajah. http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20150314212331/http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=22702&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html. dead. 14 March 2015. UNESCO. 28 August 2006.
  98. News: Sivamaharajah assassinated. TamilNet. 21 August 2006.
  99. News: Former Tamil MP killed in Jaffna. BBC News. 21 August 2006.
  100. Web site: Sinnathamby Sivamaharajah. Committee to Protect Journalists.
  101. Web site: Crisis: International. Centre for Media Freedom and Responsibility. 27 September 2006.
  102. News: Jeyaraj. D. B. S.. LTTE fails to utilise political opportunity. Tamil Week. 23 October 2005.
  103. News: GoSL should take responsibility for Raviraj's assassination – Sampanthan. TamilNet. 10 November 2006.
  104. Web site: Special Report No. 26 - Can the East be won through Human Culling?: Special Economic Zones - An Ideological Journey Back to 1983. University Teachers for Human Rights. 3 August 2007.
  105. News: 'Nilam' editor shot dead. The Island (Sri Lanka). 23 April 2007.
  106. Web site: Tamil journalist murdered in government-controlled zone. Reporters Without Borders. 20 April 2007.
  107. Web site: Subash Chandraboas. Committee to Protect Journalists.
  108. Web site: Young reporter with Tamil newspaper murdered in Jaffna . . 30 April 2007 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120806143309/http://en.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=21932 . 6 August 2012 .
  109. News: Airlines cancel Sri Lanka flights. BBC News. 30 April 2007.
  110. News: Young journalist shot dead in Jaffna. TamilNet. 29 April 2007.
  111. Web site: Selvarajah Rajeewarnam. Committee to Protect Journalists.
  112. News: Media student shot dead in Jaffna. TamilNet. 1 August 2007.
  113. Web site: Sahadevan Nilakshan. Committee to Protect Journalists.
  114. News: More clashes in Sri Lankan north. BBC News. 27 September 2007.
  115. News: Sri Lankan church worker killed in attack while delivering aid. Christian Today. 1 October 2007.
  116. Web site: De Silva. Sunil. Rev. Fr. Nicholaspillai Packiyaranjith killed in a Claymore explosion. Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Colombo. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20111001091348/http://www.archdioceseofcolombo.com/news.php?id=122. 2011-10-01.
  117. Web site: ASA 37/008/2011 Sri Lanka: When will they get justice? Failures of Sri Lanka's Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission. Amnesty International. 7 September 2011.
  118. News: Thamilchelvan killed in SLAF air attack. TamilNet. 2 November 2007.
  119. News: SLAF bombs VoT radio station in Vanni, 11 killed, 15 wounded. TamilNet. 27 November 2007.
  120. News: Air Force bombs VOT building. BBC Sinhala. 27 November 2007.
  121. Web site: Isaivizhi Chempiyan. Committee to Protect Journalists.
  122. News: LTTE's Head of Military Intelligence killed in Claymore ambush. 6 January 2008. TamilNet.
  123. News: Pro-rebel lawmaker among two killed in Lanka blast. https://web.archive.org/web/20120922083629/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2008-03-06/rest-of-world/27764099_1_lanka-blast-roadside-bomb-wanni. dead. 22 September 2012. The Times of India. 6 March 2008.
  124. News: Tamil MP is killed in Sri Lanka. BBC News. 6 March 2008.
  125. News: NESoHR Chairman Fr. Karunaratnam killed in DPU attack . TamilNet. 20 April 2008.
  126. News: 3rd death anniversary of slain journalist Thevakumar observed in Moo'laay. TamilNet. 30 May 2010.
  127. News: TV journalist killed in Sri Lanka. BBC News. 28 May 2008.
  128. News: Journalist slain in Jaffna. TamilNet. 28 May 2008.
  129. Web site: Paranirupasingham Devakumar. Committee to Protect Journalists.
  130. News: Assure government employees in Vanni their safety – Ki'linochchi GA. TamilNet. 3 July 2008.
  131. Web site: Thunukkaay DS killed in DPU attack. Sri Lanka Truth. 29 June 2008. 5 July 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20110726022123/http://www.srilankatruth.com/news/newspublish/photo.news.php?news_id=1499&start=0&category_id=1&parent_id=1&arcyear=&arcmonth=. 26 July 2011. dead.
  132. News: Sri Lankan journalist predicted own execution. CNN. 16 January 2009.
  133. Thottam. Jyoti. Dying for Journalism: Lasantha Wickrematunge of Sri Lanka. https://web.archive.org/web/20090113091741/http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1870440,00.html. dead. 13 January 2009. Time. 8 January 2009.
  134. News: Top Sri Lankan editor shot dead. BBC News. 8 January 2009.
  135. News: And Then They Came For Me. The Sunday Leader. 11 January 2009. 2015-07-05. https://web.archive.org/web/20121016035116/http://www.thesundayleader.lk/20090111/editorial-.htm. 2012-10-16. dead.
  136. News: Luft. Oliver. Sri Lankan newspaper editor shot dead. The Guardian. 8 January 2009.
  137. News: Sunday Leader Editor assassinated. TamilNet. 8 January 2009.
  138. News: Chronicle of a death foretold. The Economist. 15 January 2009.
  139. News: Lasantha murder: International probe urged. BBC Sinhala. 8 January 2012.
  140. News: Radhakrishnan. R. K.. Lasantha's killers still at large. The Hindu. 8 January 2012.
  141. News: Journalist Sathiyamoorthy killed inside Safe Zone. TamilNet. 14 February 2009.
  142. Web site: Puniyamoorthy Sathiyamoorthy. Committee to Protect Journalists.
  143. Web site: Shoba. Committee to Protect Journalists.
  144. News: Miller. Jonathan. Sri Lanka 'war crimes' video: woman's body identified. Channel 4 News. 8 December 2010.
  145. Web site: New video evidence of alleged Sri Lankan war crimes requires UN investigation. Amnesty International. 8 December 2010.
  146. Web site: Sri Lanka: Army Unit Linked to Executions. Human Rights Watch. 8 December 2010.

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