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Maj. Gen. Hemantha Bandara RWP RSP USP. Security Forces Headquarters – Wanni is a regional command of the Sri Lanka Army, that is responsible for the operational deployment and command all army units stationed in and around the southern part or the Vanni region of the Northern Province, this includes several divisions and the independent ...
The final stages of the Sri Lankan Civil War created 300,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) who were transferred to camps in Vavuniya District and detained there against their will. [1][2][3] This process, together with conditions inside the camps and the slow progress of resettlement attracted much concern and criticism from inside and ...
The camps were known for their poor conditions and incidents of sexual violence by the Sri Lankan security forces. [201] An international aid worker who regularly visited the Manik Farm internment camp in Vavuniya District between January and May 2009 reported on multiple rapes committed by the security forces against Tamil women in the camps ...
Between 5th century BC and 13th century AD, present day Vavuniya District was part of the Rajarata historical region. Vavuniya District was thereafter ruled by Vanniar Chieftains who paid tribute to the pre-colonial Jaffna kingdom. [4] The district then came under Portuguese, Dutch and British control. In 1815 the British gained control of the ...
Vavuniya (Tamil: வவுனியா, Romanized: Vavuniya, Sinhala: වවුනියාව, Romanized: Vavuniyāva) is a city of Vavuniya District in the Northern Province of Sri Lanka. The municipality is administered by an Municipal Council .
He was from Vavuniya District. Lt. Colonel Victor † Marcelin Fuselus: 1984: Mannar District commander: He was a Mannar District commander of the Tamil Tigers, until he was killed in October 1986 by the Sri Lanka Army. He ordered the infamous Anuradhapura massacre, which killed 146 Sinhalese civilians in May 1985. [45]
The final stages of the war created 300,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) who were transferred to camps in Vavuniya District and detained there against their will. [370] The camps were surrounded by barbed wire. This, together with the conditions inside the camps, attracted much criticism from inside and outside Sri Lanka. [371]
6 June 2008. Chaitya and ruins. [3] Thammenna Kanda ruins. Thammenna Kanda. Asikulam. Vavuniya. 23 February 2007. Dagaba on top of mountain and archaeological remains at foot of mountain.