Sri Lanka: 1) Sri Lankan refugee claimants in West Germany from 1975 to 1985. 2) Mass arrests of Tamil youths in the North, mainly in Kuppilan, V.V.T., Point Pedro, from April 1984 to September 1984. Detention of these young Tamouls in Boosa. 3) Long term detentions at Boosa and Wilikade from 1984 to 1989. 4) Mannar in December 1984. 5) Murungan from 1978 to 1987. 6) Documentation on the October Offensive of 1987 by the IPKF. 7) The killing of civilians at Kokuvil Hindu College in October 1987 by the IPKF. 8) Statistics on the arrests of Tamil youths by the IPKF. Statistics regarding disappearances and killings. 1987. 9) Refugees at the Nallur Temple. October or November 1987

1) The above-mentioned information will be forwarded to you as soon as the IRB Documentation Centre receives it.

2) Following harsh measures taken by the government in Jaffna in November 1984 to prevent the announced unilateral declaration of independence for Tamil Eelam, the Army and police surrounded villages arresting all young men between the ages of 18 and 35 ["A Horrendous Tale", Frontline. March 23-April 5, 1985.

P. 57.]. They took most of them to a detention camp in Boosa where torture has been reported [ Idem; Amnesty International, 1985. P. 245.]. Mainly since 1983, Tamil youths in the North and East of Sri Lanka have "disappeared" after having been subjected to mass arrests by the security forces [ An Asia Watch Report, Cycles of Violence. December 1987. P. 31.]. Some of the "disappeared" are believed to have been killed by the security forces after being arrested [ Idem.].

3) Find attached previous responses given to information requests on the Boosa camp. The Department of State's Country Reports on Human Rights Practices For 1983, mentions the killing of 35 Tamil prisoners in Colombo's Welikade jail on July 25 1983 (P. 1420). These prisoners had been arrested under the Prevention of Terrorisms Act [ Department of State, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices For 1983. P. 1420.]. 18 other Tamil prisoners had been killed on July 23 1983 in the same jail [ Idem.]. The DOS report states that the prison guards were in part responsible for the deaths that occurred in the Welikade jail [ Idem.].

4) 107 persons, mainly Tamils, have been reported killed after attacks on civilians in Mannar on December 4, 1984, following the explosion of a landmine that destroyed an army jeep [Department of State, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices For 1984. Sri Lanka. P. 1387; An Asia Watch Report, Cycles of Violence. P. 32.]. Find attached reports of the attacks in the Department of State's Country Reports on Human Rights Practices For 1984 (P. 1387) and in the Asia Watch Report's Cycles of Violence (P. 32). Also, find attached articles on the situation at Mannar in 1984-1985: Keesing's Volume XXXI, May 1985.

P. 33583; "Guerrillas killed in raid on Sri Lankan hideout", Globe and Mail, June 17, 1985; "Probe starts on killings in Sri Lanka", Globe and Mail, May 11, 1985; "Soldiers killed 9, Sri Lankans say", Globe and Mail, January 7, 1985; "Tamil Refugees, New Influx", India Today, September 30, 1985; "Sri Lankan Refugees, The Boat People", India Today, March 31, 1985; "Driving the Tamils Out", The Week, March 10-16; "Sri Lanka- A Time of Troubles", Frontline, March 23-April 5, 1985.

5) No information is available at the IRB Documentation Centre on the situation in Murungan from 1978 to 1987.

6) Find attached the following documentation on the October 1987 offensive by the IPKF: Asia Watch Report, Cycles of Violence. Human Rights in Sri Lanka Since the Indo-Sri Lanka Agreement, PP. 60 to 68.; Department of State, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices For 1987, P. 1301; Reports from the BBC and newspaper articles.

7) No information is available at the IRB Documentation Centre on the killing of civilians at Kokuvil Hindu College in October 1987 by the IPKF.

8) Amnesty International's 1988 report mentions the arrest under the Prevention of Terrorism Act of several hundred Tamil

(P. 182). Also, find attached a copy of the same report for information on disappearances and killings. You will also find information on disappearances and killings in Sri Lanka in the Department of State's above-mentioned report.

9) Some 56 000 refugees were located in Jaffna at about 15 locations after the Peace-Keeping Force (PKF) had taken control of the city in October 1987 [ SWB 28 Oct 87, "Indian Forces in Jaffna in `Mopping up Operations'.]. The largest concentration

of refugees was found in Nallur Temple and Hindu college [Idem.]. Find attached transcripts of two reports from the BBC on the control of Jaffna by the PKF and on the situation at the Nallur Temple: "Indian Forces in Jaffna in `Mopping up Operations'", SWB 28 October 1987; "India Reports Operations in Sri Lanka, Denies Killing of Civilians", SWB 14 October 1987.

Attachments:

"A Horrendous Tale", Frontline. March 23-April 5, 1985. P. 57

Amnesty International, Report 1985. P. 245.

_____, Report 1988. PP. 181 to 183.

An Asia Watch Report, Cycles of Violence. December 1987. PP. 31 to 34 and 60 to 68.

Department of State, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices For 1983. Sri Lanka. P. 1420.

_____, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices For 1984. Sri Lanka. P. 1387.

_____, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices For 1987. Sri Lanka. P. 1300 to 1313.

Diverse articles on Sri Lanka.

"Driving the Tamils out", The Week, March 10-16. PP. 17 to 19.

IRB Documentation Centre, Previous Responses to Information Requests.

         Keesing's Volume XXXI, May 1985. PP. 33581 to 33586.

"Sri Lanka - A Time of Troubles", Frontline, March 23-April 5, 1985. PP. 32 to 45, 48, 58-59.

"Sri Lankan Refugees, The Boat People", India Today, March 31. 1985. PP. 76 to 80.

SWB 28 Oct 87, "Indian Forces in Jaffna in `Mopping up Operations'.

"Tamil Refugees, New Refugees", India Today, September 1985.