09/30/2011
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Associated Press
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka's government on Friday released nearly 1,800 former Tamil Tiger rebels who had been held since the island nation's civil war ended more than two years ago.
08/29/2011
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Al Jazeera
The civil war is over in Sri Lanka, but many men suspected of being Tamil Tiger fighters continue to be detained.
04/22/2011
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Colombo Page
Sri Lanka : 484 ex-Tamil Tiger rebels to be released tomorrow (Sri Lanka - latest news stories and top headlines)
04/10/2011
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Sunday Observer
Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa said that the government was not perturbed over any allegations by human rights groups that accuse Sri Lanka of alleged human rights violations during the final stages of the battle against LTTE terrorists as Government troops had engaged in a battle in keeping with all humanitarian norms.
04/02/2011
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Daily Mirror
A group of 206 LTTE cadres who surrendered to the security forces during the military conflict in the North and the East were released yesterday after being rehabilitated for one and half years. They were residents of Vavuniya, Kilinochchi , Mullativu and Jaffna Districts. Additional Secretary to the Minister of Rehabilitation and Prisons P.W. Kodippili was the chief guest at yesterday’s ceremony at the Vavuniya cultural centre.
02/23/2011
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IRIN
KILINOCHCHI, 23 February 2011 (IRIN) - Former female combatants in northern Sri Lanka face a tough time returning to civilian life, with fewer marriage, education and job prospects due to stigma, say aid workers and activists.
12/09/2010
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Daily News
Prime Minister DM Jayratne said in Parliament yesterday that four hardcore LTTE cadres arrested in Vavuniya recently have confessed that 60 soldiers who were held in LTTE custody were executed by them during the last days of the humanitarian operation. The Prime Minister speaking at the committee stage debate said that the soldiers had been shot dead and their bodies burnt by the terrorists.
09/27/2010
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BBC
The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) says Sri Lanka has failed to adhere to international law in detaining suspected Tamil Tigers.
09/24/2010
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IRIN
MULAITUVI, 24 September 2010 (IRIN) - Sixteen months after the end of the civil war in northern Sri Lanka, thousands of former rebel fighters are still missing or in government detention, according to the government and a local NGO, Law and Trust Society.
09/04/2010
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BBC
Tamil Tiger's wife pleads for help in finding him By Swaminathan Natarajan BBC Tamil Many Tamils have aired their grievances in front of the commission It is an emotive and highly passionate plea. "My husband surrendered to the Sri Lankan army in front of my eyes on 18 May 2009 after the end of the war," laments Ananthi Sasitharan to Sri Lanka's government-appointed reconciliation commission. "I have not heard anything about him after that. Please help me find him."