Former LTTE cadres would rather face trial than rehabilitaiton

by admin
Feb 10, 2016
Former Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) cadres have refused to undergo ‘rehabilitation’ with the Terrorism Investigation Division (TID) and asked to by tried in court instead, reports Colombo Page.

The 14 former cadres who were arrested on charges of criminal activities and released on bail, said they are innocent and prepared to face trial to prove their innocence.

Sri Lanka’s rehabilitation programme is widely known to have included torture and interrogation of former Tamil cadres. Over 27 cases of torture have been documented by NGO’s in the last year alone.

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