Sri Lanka, March 14 -- The 'Batalanda' Commission report was presented to the Parliament this morning (14) by Leader of the House, Minister Bimal Ratnayake.

The Concluding Observation Notes of the 159 page report submitted by the commission states that the period from 1988 to 1990 was one of the darkest and most violent chapters in Sri Lanka's history, marked by a cycle of terror that engulfed the nation and that the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) engaged in widespread insurgency, while state and non-state forces responded with brutal countermeasures, often outside the boundaries of the law.

The Batalanda Commission Report confirms that forces operating beyond the formal government structure, including shadowy "search teams," carried o...