A report by Al Jazeera, saying that crime amongst members of Sri Lankan security forces has risen, has been rejected by the Sri Lankan military.

Spokesperson Brigadier Ruwan Wanigasooriya said that parties “with vested interest” are trying to discredit the military by making these allegations.

The Special Task Force, a feared special forces unit of the Sri Lankan police, conducted a ‘snap road block’ in the country’s Northeast, reported Ceylon Today.

Police Media Spokesman, SSP Ajith Rohana said that 200 STF personnel were deployed in Jaffna and Vavuniya to “nab criminals”.

The STF is accused of committing sever human rights violations, including extrajudicial killings and disappearances.

The UK Foreign Secretary, William Hague, launched the 'International Protocol on the Documentation and Investigation of Sexual Violence in Conflict’, at the second day of the global summit aimed at combatting the crime.

“Sri Lankan defence forces warned us against farming our lands when we tried to farm the land in the manner in which we had done in previous years,” said a farmer to the Uthayan.

Photograph Tamil Guardian

The Global Summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict opened in London today, co-hosted by the UK's Foreign Secretary, William Hague and the Special Envoy for the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Angelina Jolie. 

Follow our Twitter account for live updates throughout the day - @TamilGuardian

Photograph: Tamil Guardian

“We know how few of these crimes have ever been punished and because of impunity they continue today, in Syria, South Sudan and the Central African Republic to name just a few examples... We want the summit to shatter the culture of impunity for sexual violence, to increase support for the survivors and change the situation on the ground for the most affected countries."

“Other survivors live in countries where war is over, but the peace has brought no justice and as an international community we are responsible for that. We need to shatter that culture of impunity and make justice the norm not the exception for these crimes."

A petrol bomb attack on a refugee camp occupied by Tamil refugees has left over 35 houses destroyed.

The attack on Sunday in Thiruvarangulam, Pudukottai district, came after local villagers started claiming the land and threatened the refugees to leave the camp, the Times of India reported.

No one was injured in the attack.

The Sri Lankan government will not attend the high-profile summit on sexual violence in London, nor will it sign the “Declaration of Prevention of Sexual Violence in Conflict” as it could be used against the country, said External Affairs Minister GL Peiris, reported The Island.