The Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) has been engaged in a campaign of intimidation and assassination in the South-western part of the country since the signing of the Indo-Sri Lankan Accord in July 1987 (IRB, 1988, 12; Tefft, 1988). According to Professor Bruce Matthews, who was in Sri Lanka in 1989, for those who lived in Colombo at that time, the anti-Indian and anti-government movement was " only an occasional nuisance [...]. Elsewhere [...] its spectre [loomed] larger " (Matthews, 1989). However, other news reports indicate that the JVP's activities in Colombo became violent during the summer of 1989 (Athas, 1989; Kelliher, 1989; De Silva, 1989; Sebastian, 1990). The Sri Lankan army - JVP war has claimed over 30 000 deaths in the south in 1989 (The Sri Lanka Monitor, August 1990). The insurgent movement is still active, predominantly in the South of Sri-Lanka (The Sri Lanka Monitor, July 1990; August 1990; November 1990).

The reports currently available to the IRBDC do not indicate whether Tamils and judges and court employees have been or not
attacked by the JVP in Colombo. However, most reports indicate that government institutions have been major targets of the JVP up to now.
ATTACHED DOCUMENTS:

Sheila Tefft, " Surprise Pact with Sinhalese Extremists May Revitalize Peace Process in Sri Lanka ", The Christian Science Monitor, 11 May 1988.

Bruce Matthews, " Taming Terrorism Is His Only Hope ", The Globe and Mail, 3 April 1989.

Adam Kelliher, " Sri Lanka Braces for Indian Pullout ", United Press International, 28 July 1989.

Iqbal Athas, " Sri Lanka on Strike, Under Rebel 'Curfew' ", United Press International, 26 June 1989.

Dalton De Silva, " Attacks by Suspected Rebels Mar Ceasefire in Sri Lanka ", Reuters, 27 September 1989.

, " Sri Lanka Extends Ceasefire in Military Drive Against Rebels ", Reuters, 29 September 1989.

Rita Sebastian, " Sri Lanka: Counsel in De Zoysa Case Wants New Inquiry ", Inter Press Service, 31 August 1990.

" The Rise of the JVP ", The Sri Lanka Monitor, July 1990.

" Disappeared Families Petition the President ", The Sri Lanka Monitor, August 1990.

" The missing 60,000 in the South ", The Sri Lanka Monitor, October 1990.

" Security Forces Stall JVP Comeback ", The Sri Lanka Monitor, November 1990.