"Hundreds of
people in northeastern Sri Lanka have reportedly
'disappeared' after being detained by Sri Lankan
security forces since 21 June 1990. Bodies, some
of which have been identified as those of prisoners,
have been dumped in several places. In Kalmunai, over
70 people were reportedly detained and then
'disappeared' after the soldiers reclaimed the town
from the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam...
Over 30 bodies were dumped in a burnt out shop in
Kalmunai, including the body of 23 year old
Chandrikumar, who had been earlier taken by the
security forces.. In Vavuniya on the 13th or 14th
June, government forces reportedly shot and killed
defenceless civilians... about 15 bodies were found
on the road... hundreds of thousands of people
fled their homes as fighting intensified: in early
August there were over 300,000 refugees in Jaffna
District alone, and fears of food shortages".
- Amnesty International Report, 10 July
1990
