State Collusion in Abductions and Child Recruitment by the Karuna Group
In this 100-page report, Human Rights Watch documents a pattern of abductions and forced recruitment by the Karuna group in Sri Lanka over the past year. With case studies, maps and photographs, it shows how Karuna cadres operate with impunity in government-controlled areas, abducting boys and young men, training them in camps, and deploying them for combat.
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ISBN: C1901
ISBN: C1901
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- Complicit in Crime
- Map of Sri Lanka
- Map of Karuna Group Abductions and Camps
- I. Summary
- II. Recommendations
- III. Background
- IV. Abductions and Forced Recruitment by the Karuna Group
- V. Government Complicity and Official Denials
- VI. Accounts of Karuna Group: Abductions and Forced Recruitment
- VII. LTTE Recruitment of Children
- VIII. UN Security Council Action on Child Recruitment
- IX. Legal Standards
- Acknowledgements
- AppendixI.Letter to President Rajapakse
- Appendix II. Letter to TMVP
- Appendix III. Letter to LTTE
- Appendix IV. Letter from Tamilselvan
- Appendix V. Regulations for the Military Division of TMVP





