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Rehab and Rejoice

Rehabilitation of ex-LTTE cadres- The Sri Lankan experience

The pluralistic society of Sri Lanka consisting of predominantly Sinhalese along with Tamils and Muslims has had a harmonious and cordial relationship with each other in the past. However, experiences of the last three decades have pushed the very same people to live amidst the dangerous experiences of a brutal war instigated by the LTTE.

In May, 2009, the Government of Sri Lanka declared victory over the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Elam (LTTE). The LTTE terrorists were fighting for a separate country and ended up using the Tamil people as a human shield. The LTTE was and still is a banned terrorist group in most countries. Peace was achieved after a three decade long struggle which had claimed thousands of lives and caused billions of rupees worth destruction.