Sri Lanka halves list of pro-LTTE outfits

Sri Lanka halves list of pro-LTTE outfits
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Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena on Sunday halved the number of Tamil diaspora groups banned by his predecessor for having links with the LTTE, as part of his efforts to reconcile with the ethnic minority community.

Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena on Sunday halved the number of Tamil diaspora groups banned by his predecessor for having links with the LTTE, as part of his efforts to reconcile with the ethnic minority community.


Eight such groups were de-listed according to a gazette notification on November 20, but the ban was retained on Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, which was defeated by Lankan forces in 2009 after a bloody three-decade civil war.
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