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.
09/25/2011
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Times of India
NEW YORK: Sri Lanka's foreign minister has told The Associated Press that hundreds of hardcore Tamil rebels are likely to be prosecuted on charges including mass murder for crimes committed during the island's quarter-century civil war that ended in 2009.
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.
07/29/2011
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BBC
Former Tamil Tiger (LTTE) rebels in Sri Lanka say they are being harassed and cannot reintegrate into society, a year after they were freed from government
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)
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.
02/18/2011
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Associated Press, New York Times
A senior United Nations official said Friday that 5,000 former combatants remained in Sri Lankan camps 21 months after the civil war ended.
10/15/2010
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Channel 6 News Online
COLOMBO, SRI LANKA (BNO NEWS) -- Around 500 separatist rebels have been released in the northern region of Sri Lanka after they completed their rehabilitation program, military officials said on Friday.
03/21/2010
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ColomboPage
Mar 21, Colombo: Sri Lanka Election Department will set up special polling centers in Jaffna for over 1,500 LTTE suspects, who are being held in rehabilitation camps in Jaffna, to exercise their franchise at the next month's parliamentary election.