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The first Director General of the Civil Defence Force was Rear Admiral Sarath Weerasekara. [2] Functions of the Department of Civil Security were established to be: [1] Taking actions as a supplementary force for aiding and assisting the armed forces and police service, depending on the prevailing security status in the country,
Sri Lanka Civil Security Force (1 C, 1 P) I. Sri Lankan intelligence agencies (4 C, 4 P) L. Military locations of Sri Lanka (2 C) M. Sri Lankan military memorials and ...
The 1983 anti Tamil pogrom in Trincomalee was organised violence by Sinhalese mobs and security forces, which targeted the Tamil population of Trincomalee between June and July 1983. [ 1 ] [ 3 ] At least 27 Tamils (including women and children) [ 4 ] were killed in the ensuing violence, with hundreds of Tamil homes, shops, hotels, boats and ...
Sri Lanka's security forces abducted men and women from the ethnic Tamil minority and tortured them in custody long after the end of a bloody civil war in the South Asian island nation, a human ...
Pages in category "Attacks on civilians attributed to the Sri Lanka Civil Security Force" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Civil Security Forces may refer to: Sri Lanka Civil Security Force; Ministry of State Security ... Civil defense; Civil Guard (disambiguation) This page was last ...
UTHR names one member of the Sri Lankan Home Guard—now the Civil Defence Force—and two Police Constables based in the Muthur Police Station as perpetrators, but adds that several Sri Lanka Navy Special Forces were part of the group that entered the ACF compound and remained passive as the ACF staff were murdered. [11] [12]
The Sri Lanka Civil Defence Force, which is under direct command of the Ministry of Defence. [34] The Sri Lanka Prisons Emergency Action and Tactical Force, which comes under the Department of Prisons tasked with security and riot control in prisons. [35]