Sri Lanka releases ex LTTE soldiers
June 6, 2011 – 9:12 am
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Colombo, June 5 (TruthDive): A high level delegation from India led by National Security Advisor Shivasankar Menon is to meet its counterparts to discuss the development activities in the war torn areas for which India had earmarked funds. Rehabilitation of the displaced Tamils is high on the agenda. Meanwhile a report states 900 ex- soldiers of LTTE are being released. In yet another significant development US backed the UN report on war crimes as claims of War Crimes and Human Rights violations grew globally.
The Ministry of Rehabilitation and Prison Reforms has made arrangement to release another 900 former combatants of the defeated Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), who have completed the rehabilitation program at the Pompamadu and Punethottam rehabilitation centers in Vavuniya reports colombopage.com.
The ex-fighters, who have received vocational training during their rehabilitation program, will be reintegrated into the society in a ceremony today held at the Vavuniya Urban Council Grounds, the Commissioner of Rehabilitation Brigadier General Sudantha Ranasinghe said.
According to authorities out of the 11,644 ex-LTTE cadres surrendered or arrested at the end of the war, 6,500 had been rehabilitated and reintegrated in to the society.
The Sri Lankan government recently said all the former female LTTE combatants have been released and they are with their families now.
The U.S. Department of State in a press briefing on Friday said the remarks made earlier this week by the U.S Defense Attaché to Sri Lanka, Lieutenant Colonel Lawrence Smith reflected his personal opinions.
During a question-and-answer session LTC Smith has reportedly said that the offers by the leaders of the LTTE to surrender in the final hours of the conflict lack credibility and needed to be examined carefully before coming to conclusions.
“We are committed to ensuring that there is a credible accounting of, and accountability for, violations of international human rights law and international humanitarian law in Sri Lanka. We believe that the Sri Lankan Government must act quickly and credibly to address the violations alleged in the report and to adopt the measures necessary to achieve national reconciliation and build a united, democratic, and peaceful Sri Lanka,” the State Department stressed.
Colombo, June 5 (TruthDive): A high level delegation from India led by National Security Advisor Shivasankar Menon is to meet its counterparts to discuss the development activities in the war torn areas for which India had earmarked funds. Rehabilitation of the displaced Tamils is high on the agenda. Meanwhile a report states 900 ex- soldiers of LTTE are being released. In yet another significant development US backed the UN report on war crimes as claims of War Crimes and Human Rights violations grew globally.
The Ministry of Rehabilitation and Prison Reforms has made arrangement to release another 900 former combatants of the defeated Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), who have completed the rehabilitation program at the Pompamadu and Punethottam rehabilitation centers in Vavuniya reports colombopage.com.
The ex-fighters, who have received vocational training during their rehabilitation program, will be reintegrated into the society in a ceremony today held at the Vavuniya Urban Council Grounds, the Commissioner of Rehabilitation Brigadier General Sudantha Ranasinghe said.
According to authorities out of the 11,644 ex-LTTE cadres surrendered or arrested at the end of the war, 6,500 had been rehabilitated and reintegrated in to the society.
The Sri Lankan government recently said all the former female LTTE combatants have been released and they are with their families now.
The U.S. Department of State in a press briefing on Friday said the remarks made earlier this week by the U.S Defense Attaché to Sri Lanka, Lieutenant Colonel Lawrence Smith reflected his personal opinions.
During a question-and-answer session LTC Smith has reportedly said that the offers by the leaders of the LTTE to surrender in the final hours of the conflict lack credibility and needed to be examined carefully before coming to conclusions.
“We are committed to ensuring that there is a credible accounting of, and accountability for, violations of international human rights law and international humanitarian law in Sri Lanka. We believe that the Sri Lankan Government must act quickly and credibly to address the violations alleged in the report and to adopt the measures necessary to achieve national reconciliation and build a united, democratic, and peaceful Sri Lanka,” the State Department stressed.
(source:http://truthdive.com/2011/06/06/)
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