Welcome to UTHRJ: Report 10

RAYS OF HOPE AMIDST DEEPENING GLOOM

Report No 10

CONTENTS

PREFACE

CHAPTER 0 Special Feature : Massacre in the Jaffna Lagoon

           0.1 Press Reports
           0.2 The background
           0.3 The Massacre
           0.4 Government responsibility and responses
           0.5 Bad laws and corruption
           0.6 The responsibility of other organisations

CHAPTER 1 The South: War, Democracy & Human Rights

           1.1 Failure of democracy and   the culture of repression
           1.2 Crucial differences
           1.3 The armed forces and the nemesis of lawlessness
           1.4 Reporting and National Unity Operations in the North
           1.5 Peace Moves
           1.6 The Role of NGOs, Religious bodies and Non-party organisations

CHAPTER 2 The Maskade Chain -

Tamil Detainees of the SriLanka Forces

           2.1 Introduction
           2.2 Cases
           2.3 Prisoners & International Organisations

CHAPTER 3 The LTTE and the Emerging Society in Jaffna

           3.1 Priorities
           3.2 Effects on the Organisation
           3.3.Influence on Caste
           3.4 Impact on the Middle Class
           3.5.The Role of Institutions

CHAPTER 4 The Jaffna Gulag

           4.0 An overview
           4.1 What motivates the Tigers to hold
               so many prisoners?
           4.2 The Wardens of the Gulag
           4.3 Merchants in Prison
           4.4 Other Detainees
           4.5 Dangers faced by detainees
              - further information
           4.6 Detainees and the ICRC
           4.7 Malli Camp
           4.8 Prisoners and Caste
           4.9. The Deserting Recruit

CHAPTER 5 North - East Notes

           5.1 General
           5.2 Mannar
           5.2.1 Security
           5.2.2 Refugees
           5.2.3 The Vankalai mystery
           5.3 Coconuts and the fate of the North -East
           5.4 Wanni: The people and the Tigers
           5.4.1 Executions in the Wanni: Monday, 6th July 1992.
           5.5 Jaffna : More disappearances and bombings
           5.5.1 Jaffna Lagoon : Missing fishermen
           5.5.2 New year bombings in Jaffna
           5.5.3 Pathinathar Santhiapillai
           5.5.4 Ganeshasunderam, Chelliah and Ganeshan

CHAPTER 6 Trincomalee : June - December 199O

           6.1 The war begins
           6.2 The army enters Trinco town
           6.3 Killings at Monkey Bridge, Palampottaru
           6.4 Ratnam Master, Nilaveli
           6.5 Plantain Point Camp, Trincomalee
           6.5.1 Festivities at Plantain Point
           6.5.2 Suthahar and hostage patrols
           6.5.3 Dr.(mrs) Savarimuthu
           6.6   Trincomalee:"Normality" Restored!

APPENDIX 1 Muslim Reactions to the UTHR(Jaffna)

A.1.1 A reaction from Mannar
A.1.2 A reaction from Sammanthurai

APPENDIX 2 RAJANI : Three Years After

           A 2.1 The Primacy of the People
           A 2.2 Rajani's Political Vision
           A 2.3 Rajani and feminism
           A 2.4 The Spiritual and the Material

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