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| ] bodies from the mass grave were reburied with the help of Human Rights groups<ref name="chrdsl">{{cite web |url= http://www.chrdsrilanka.org/pages/activities.html | |||
| |title= Activities of Center for Human Rights Development|date =2007-05-09 |format= |work=chrdsrilanka.org}}</ref>, source chrdsrilanka.org]] | |||
| '''Mirusuvil massacre and mass grave''' <ref name="BBCS2000"> {{cite news | url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2005/03/050306_mirusuvil.shtml | |||
| | title = Mirusuvil massacre case | publisher =].com | date = 2007-05-09 }}</ref> refers the massacre and mass burial of eight (8) ] ] ] including children<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.epidemio-ufpel.org.br/proesf/Anaclaudia/Somasundaram.pdf | |||
| |title= Child soldiers:Understanding the context |date =2007-05-06 |format= | |||
| |work=BMJ.com}}</ref> following an incident referred to as Mirusuvil massacre. <ref name="SLM2000">{{cite news| url= http://brcslproject.gn.apc.org/slmonitor/december2000/miru.html | |||
| |title = Mirusuvil mass graves | publisher = British Refugee Council: Sri Lanka Monitor | date = 2007-05-09 }}</ref><ref name="BBCS2000"/> | |||
| ===The Incident=== | |||
| Mirusukvil massacre happened on ], | |||
| ] <ref name="hrw"> {{cite web |url= http://hrw.org/wr2k2/asia10.html | |||
| |title= HRW Country Report – Sri Lanka|date =2007-05-09 |format= |work=].com}}</ref> when eight (8)]{{cref|Internally displaced}} ] returning to inspect their property were arrested on ] ] in a village named ] close to ]. They were subsequently murdered by ] soldiers and buried in a mass grave, about 16 miles east of Jaffna town.<ref name="SLM2000"/><ref name="BBCS2000"/>(see location ) | |||
| The refugees had returned from ], further north. They returned to Mirusuvil on ] to inspect their houses and to collect firewood, when they were seized by the Army. The refugess had obtained permission from local authorities before visiting their former properties. 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 <ref name="SLM2000"/><ref name="BBCS2000"/> {{Sri Lankan Conflict}} The murders came to light because one of the arrested, Ponnuthurai Maheswaran escaped from Army custody with serious injuries and informed relatives.<ref name="SLM2000"/>Eventually five ] soldiers were charged with illegal arrests, ], ] and burial of their dead bodies in a mass grave.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2005/03/050306_mirusuvil.shtml|title= New panel to probe Mirusuvil massacre |date =2007-05-09 |format= |work=].com}}</ref> | |||
| ==Reactions== | |||
| In a letter to the then ] ], the local ] Mavai Senathirajah said that a woman’s body was seen partially buried in the area, leading to suspicions that there are other ]{{cref|Disappearances}}. He urged the president to order further excavations in Mirusuvil.<ref name="SLM2000"/> | |||
| ] 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 ] ] were taken into custody. They were produced before the Magistrate in ], located in ] ] 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. | |||
| The case was then transferred to the Magistrate Court in ] and was taken up on ] ] ]. ] then nominated three Judges to hear the case at Trial at Bar, High court, Colombo on ] ] ]. Group of volunteer lawyers took care of the interests of the victim’s families and key witnesses.<ref name="chrdsl"/> | |||
| ==Case follow up== | |||
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| The government in 2002 agreed to try the arrested army officers without a jury.<ref>{{cite news | url= http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=7212 | title = No jury in Mirusuvil case | publisher =Tamilnet | date = ]}}</ref> The main witness in the court case was quoted as saying that {{Bquote|he 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 ] and taken near a ] where another soldier was waiting with a ] ]. He described that there were blood stains at the place. While the army men were talking, the main witness Ponnadurai Maheshwaran had managed to escape by running away from the place}}<ref>{{cite news | url= http://www.dailymirror.lk/2003/02/15/News/1.html | |||
| | title = Main witness in the Mirusuvil massacre case testifies | publisher =Dailymirror.lk | date = 2007-05-10 }}</ref> | |||
| It should be noted that all the bodies of the victims including three teenagers and a five year old child were exhumed from a toilet pit by a team led by the ]. | |||
| Although the case was still being heard in 2005,<ref>{{cite news | url= http://www.achrweb.org/reports/saarcar2006/srilanka.htm | |||
| | title = Mirusuvil case | publisher =].com | date = ]}}</ref> ] agencies have complained of delays in hearing of this and other human rights related cases. <ref name="hrw"/> | |||
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| *{{cnote|Internally displaced|Sri Lanka has over 600,000 people who are internally displaced due to the effect of the Sri Lankan civil war since ] and the ]. They live in ] 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, ]'s and international aid agencies such as ].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGASA370042006|title=Amnesty International report on internally displaced in Sri Lanka|accessdate=2007-04-22 |format= |work=].org}}</ref>}} | |||
| *{{cnote|Disappearances|More than 700 people disappeared in ] in ] to ]. The remains of 17 people were found buried at ] in ]. 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 urged the government in March, to abolish the ] and the Emergency regulations which facilitate disappearances.<ref name="BBCS2000"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ictj.org/static/Asia/SriLanka/facade.eng.pdf|title= Façade of accountability: Disappearances in Sri Lanka|publisher= Third World Law Journal: Boston College Vo l23:115|Date = ], ]}}</ref>}} | |||
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