10/02/2011
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TransCurrents
A report on BBC Tamil service says, the “1,800 rehabilitated LTTE fighters released on Friday, September 30th after having rehabilitated them with skills development”, are yet to be re-united with their parents.
10/01/2011
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BBC Tamil
இலங்கை ஜனாதிபதியால் விடுவிக்கப்பட்ட முன்னாள் போராளிகளை வீட்டுக்கு அழைத்துச் செல்ல முடியவில்லை என்று பெற்றோர் கவலை.
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.
09/15/2011
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The Guardian (UK)
Relatives and charity say Viswalingam Gopithas has suffered a stroke and is being held without charge under terror legislation
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.
03/29/2011
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news.nationalpost.com
"The blue steel door slides open and a guard leads a line of detainee children out of Bangkok’s immigration prison, past visitors waiting with bags of rose apples, and across a tight alley to a classroom.
Many of the children are Sri Lankans.
They travelled to Thailand with parents who paid smugglers for a spot on a migrant ship to Canada. But they never made it to sea. Instead, they were arrested and locked up inside the immigration detention centre."
03/09/2011
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Amnesty International
Amnesty International has called on the Sri Lankan government to immediately release thousands of people currently being held in detention without charge or trial and to amend its repressive anti-terrorism laws to conform to international standards.
03/09/2011
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Associated Press, Washington Examiner
An international human rights group urged Sri Lanka's government on Wednesday to release hundreds of prisoners held without charge under the country's tough anti-terror laws.
11/13/2010
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BBC
A group of LTTE suspects arrested more than a decade ago requests MP's help to get them released.
10/25/2010
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Colombo Page
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