Is this another crime against humanity?
The plight of war affected women’s in the northern Sri Lanka
| by Robinhood
( May 16, 2012, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian) The aftermath of the war between the Tamil tigers and the SL government forces the plight of the war affected women is getting deteriorated or worse. Due to the fear of child recruitment by the LTTE many young girls and boys were given in marriage at early age of 15 & 16. During the last stages of the war many young people (teenagers) were forced by LTTE to go to the battlefront leaving their parents, wives and kids. When the government forces won the war most men and women who were young LTTE carders did not return home, may be killed, captured, surrendered or detained by government forces which there are no official record
As soon the war ended the government did not show any interest to develop the mindset of the rescued people in the Vanni. The GOSL (Government of Sri Lanka) said it was carrying out a rescue mission to save the people kept as a human shield or trapped in the conflict zone. As soon they were rescued they crossed the Nadikadal lagoon with greatest difficulty were put in menik farm in Vavuniya and immediately started to screen for suspects. During this many young people were taken into custody by force as suspects for possible involvement with the LTTE and forcibly taken away separating them from parents and wives. Some people who were engaged for one day were taken as suspects and detained. There were no proper records for those who were captured, surrendered in the vanni and detained in the Menik farm. There was no way for the people to contact or complain to whoever taken into custody by force.
