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LTTE releases 28 children
Munza Mushtaq in Colombo,
February 10, 2006, 11.57 p.m..
The LTTE has released some 28 children, several of whom were handed
back to their parents while another group consisting of nearly 20 had
been given over to the Education and the Skills Development Centre
(ESDC), the LTTE peace Secretariat announced today.
These children were released through the ICRC, UNICEF and or the
NorhtEast Secretariat on Human Rights (NESOHR). "Eight of them were
handed over to their parents directly. Twenty under-age youths who do
not want to return to their home have been sent to the ESDC," the
Secretariat said.
A three member committee of the LTTE Peace Secretariat has been
working on the issue of under-age youths who 'volunteered' to join the
LTTE by giving false information. "This committee identifies the
under-age youths in the LTTE upon receiving complaints from their
families. To date, thousand of such youths have been identified and
returned to their families by the LTTE," the Secretariat added.
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