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World Briefing | Asia: Sri Lanka: Rebel Faction Denies Child Recruitment


The Karuna group, a rebel faction that split from the Tamil Tigers in 2004 and which a senior United Nations official last month accused of colluding with security forces to recruit children, has agreed to instruct its field commanders against recruiting minors and allow international monitors to inspect its camps. The paramilitary group is widely accused of operating in government-held areas in the east of the country. The United Nations official, Allan Rock, said Sri Lankan troops had rounded up children on behalf of the paramilitary group, a charge the government called completely misleading.

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