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a military investigation and accompanied Maheswaran to the site where they discovered blood-like stains on a concrete slab covering a cesspit which when removed revealed parts of an animal. A nearby building occupied by a unit of the army was led by Sergeant Ranasinghe. According to Major Soyza, Maheshwaran identified two of the soldiers who came with Sergeant Ranasinghe were the soldiers who restrained and assaulted him. These two were identified as Lance Corporal Rathnayake and Private Mahinda Kumarasinghe. Major Soyza took five soldiers including Rathnayake and Kumarasinghe into custody. The site was then put on guard by the Military Police personnel while the Police were informed. A police force headed by Senior Superintendent of Police Kankesanthurai arrived on the scene followed by the Magistrate who ordered the police to dig. In the process 8 bodies were recovered. The location was discovered based on information collected by Major Soyza from Rathnayake.
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One of the arrested, Ponnuthurai Maheswaran allegedly escaped from Army custody with serious injuries and informed relatives. Major Sydney de Soyza who headed the military police in the Jaffna region received orders from Brigadier Thoradeniya on 23 December to launch an investigation. Major Soyza led
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According to the evidence of District Medical Officer, Dr. C. Kathirvetpillai, their throats had been slashed. The dead included three teenagers and five-year-old Vilvarajah Prasath One of the arrested, Ponnuthurai Maheswaran allegedly escaped from Army custody with serious injuries and informed
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that Sunil Ratnayake who was on death row over the massacre was going to be pardoned and "applauded" the move. On 26 March 2020 Ratnanayake was granted a full presidential pardon which was condemned by human rights groups and the Tamil National Alliance. However Ajith P Perera's official Twitter
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from 1996 to 1997. The Sri Lankan government has said that 765 complaints of disappearance had been received. Sixteen people were ascertained as killed in custody and 201 were said to be in prisons. The fate of 548 remains unknown. The
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e was caught by some army personnel armed with weapons while he was collecting firewood with other villagers. He said the army men ordered them to put down the knives and started to assault them. Later he was blindfolded with his own
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camps and resettlement villages unable to go back to their original place of residence due to security concerns and lack of infrastructure. Most are looked after by a combination of help from the local communities, the government,
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has been sentenced to death by the Colombo High Court on 25 June 2015. He was found guilty of 15 offences. However, four other soldiers were acquitted as there was insufficient evidence to connect them to the murders.
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and remanded. CHRD lawyer Mr. M. Remadious was instrumental in participating in legal proceedings against the suspects and also met and interviewed the relatives of the victims to collect more information.
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Initially 14 Soldiers were taken into custody and later nine of them were acquitted from all charges. But after Attorney General had filed charges against 5 soldiers in connection with this case.
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The government in 2002 agreed to try the arrested army officers without a jury. During the proceedings of the court case the main witness in the court case was quoted as saying that:
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groups such as Center for Human Rights Development (CHRD) along with other civilian groups initiated a campaign and demanded the government to arrest the murderers and as a result 14
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account replying to a tweet by Sumanthiran clarified that the original comment was meant to be sarcastic and condemned the release. Former Army Commander
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After about 13 years of the case, the first accused army Staff Sergeant Sunil Ratnayake was found guilty for the murder of eight civilians in Mirusuvil,
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also criticised the decision claiming that the military should never show mercy to soldiers who committed murder.
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said that a woman's body was seen partially buried in the area, leading to suspicions that there were other
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agencies have complained of delays in hearing of this and other human rights related cases.
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returning to inspect their property were arrested on 19 December 2000 in a village named
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Later the case was referred to the Colombo High Court and it longed for about 13 years.
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soldiers and buried in a mass grave, about 16 miles east of Jaffna town.
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List of attacks on civilians attributed to Sri Lankan government forces
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were taken into custody. They were produced before the Magistrate in
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The Mirusuvil massacre happened on 20 December 2000, when eight
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and the Emergency regulations which facilitate disappearances.
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relatives. Eventually the Sri Lankan government charged five
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The case was then transferred to the Magistrate Court in
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Index

Mirusuvil mass grave
template
Infobox civilian attack
considered for merging
Mirusuvil
Jaffna district
Sri Lanka
Coordinates
9°40′0″N 80°14′0″E / 9.66667°N 80.23333°E / 9.66667; 80.23333
Sri Lankan Tamil
Sri Lanka Army
massacre
Sri Lankan Tamil
internally displaced
refugees
Mirusuvil
Jaffna
Sri Lankan Army
Udupiddy
Sri Lankan Army
torture
murder
President
Chandrika Kumaratunga
member of parliament
Mavai Senathirajah
mass graves
Human rights
Sri Lanka Army
Soldiers

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