Sri Lanka: Forcing families to give up children · Global Voices
Neha Viswanathan

Lankawatchh alleges that LTTE forces families to send their children to join their forces. “Reports from LTTE controlled areas reveal that the LTTE is on a fervent campaign to forcibly draft Tamil youth to fight the Sri Lankan government forces. The campaign called on every family in the LTTE controlled areas to give one child – regardless of age – to ensure security for the family. According to the reports, the children of parents who fail to comply will be abducted while the parents risk being murdered.”