Event
Killing of 17 Action Contre La Faim workers, Muttur, 4 August 2006
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Details
- What
- Human Rights Watch says local staff of the aid organisation were killed at their compound in Muttur, Trincomalee district: 16 ethnic Tamils, including four women, and a Muslim
- Status
- Human Rights Watch reported on 1 August 2019 that there was no progress in prosecuting the killings
Connections (4)
- Action Contre La Faim / Seventeen local staff killed at its compound in / Killing of 17 Action Contre La Faim workers, Muttur, 4 August 2006
- University Teachers for Human Rights (Jaffna) / Alleged that police constables and naval commandos were directly responsible for / Killing of 17 Action Contre La Faim workers, Muttur, 4 August 2006Allegation
- Human Rights Watch reports that the group published findings based on witness accounts and weapons analysis alleging that two police constables and naval special forces commandos were directly responsible and that senior police and justice officials were linked to a cover-up. The article carries no response from those named.1 Aug 2019 · Human Rights Watch · Sri Lanka: No Progress in Prosecuting Aid Worker Massacre
- Presidential Commission of Inquiry into 16 major human rights cases / Report said there was insufficient evidence to identify the perpetrators / Killing of 17 Action Contre La Faim workers, Muttur, 4 August 2006Allegation
- Human Rights Watch reports that the full report, published in September 2015, said there was insufficient evidence to identify the perpetrators. It says the report effectively cleared the army and navy and suggested the LTTE or a Muslim militia was responsible. It also reports that families who testified described threats from security force personnel and that the commission’s international monitors resigned in 2008 citing serious problems.1 Aug 2019 · Human Rights Watch · Sri Lanka: No Progress in Prosecuting Aid Worker Massacre
- Dappula de Livera / Ordered police to speed up the investigation, 13 June 2019 / Killing of 17 Action Contre La Faim workers, Muttur, 4 August 2006