Former Tamil Tigers Are Having Rehabilitation Problems

Tamil Tiger Releases Hit By Rehabilitation Problems -- BBC

There have been problems rehabilitating ex-Tamil Tiger fighters into society, the Sri Lankan authorities say.

They say some have been taken back in for police questioning after being freed, but that those numbers are not high and the releases continue.

The Brussels-based International Crisis Group says it has heard of freed rebels being subject to "frequent, arbitrary questioning" by security forces.

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More News On Rehabilitation Problems Of Former Tamil Tigers

Sri Lanka: Tamils resist rehabilitation -- UPI
Released former LTTE members facing rehabilitation problems in society -- Sify News
Nearly half of Sri Lanka's former LTTE detainees released -- Colombo Page
Of 11,696 LTTE personnel taken into custody, 5,586 have left rehabilitation centres since the end of the war -- Lanka Web

Tamil Tigers 'Putting 11-Year-Old Girls On The Front Line'

A young displaced Tamil girl looks on as David Miliband and his French counterpart Bernard Kouchner arrive in northern Sri Lanka recently Photo: (AFP: Pedro Ugarte)

From The Telegraph:

Child soldiers including girls as young as 11 have been forced to fight on the front line by retreating Tamil Tiger rebels, senior Sri Lankan army officers have claimed.

Division commanders described discovering their enemy included a conscript army of children as they stood on the edge of the 'no fire zone' where 50,000 civilians are believed to be trapped by the once-feared Liberation Tigers of Tamil Elaam (LTTE) making their last stand.

As both sides in the conflict traded claims of war crimes, one army commander spoke of his regret that his men had shot and killed young girls.

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My Comment: A War Crimes investigation and tribunal must be set up to look at this conflict. I doubt that the Sri Lankan Government will do this as soon as the conflict is over, but for closure to happen, the Sri Lankan Government will have to decide one day to establish such a commission.