11,000 Still Held In Sri Lankan Internment Camps

Independent consultants have criticised the detention of almost 300,000 Tamils in internment camps. (Pedro Ugarte/AFP/Getty Images)

Children Among 11,000 Tamil ‘Fighters’ Held In Rehabilitation -- Times Online

Sri Lanka is holding more than 11,000 Tamil prisoners without charge in closely guarded “rehabilitation centres”, despite the Government’s claim that it released all Tamil civilians from detention centres this week.

The Times can reveal that the group of prisoners, whose exact number has been unknown since the Sri Lankan Government blocked access to them from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in July, is allegedly a “combatant category” that includes former Tamil Tiger (LTTE) fighters.

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My Comment: One can speculate on who is who in this group of 11,000 Tamil prisoners .... but I would bet there are some very hard core and dangerous men in this group, and the Sri Lankan Government is not going to release them on promises that they will not return to the fight.

My guess .... I believe that many of the underage soldiers will be released soon, but many of the older men are going to be held for a very very long time.