Sri Lankan leftist party, the People's Liberation Front (JVP), on Sunday demanded immediate release of 12,000 Tamil youths currently detained by the government under the Prevention of Terrorism Act.
JVP Parliamentary Group Leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake told reporters that the government took them into custody while the final phase of the war against Tamil Tiger rebels and some of them were surrenders.
The government has detained them for seven months without informing their parents, Dissanayake said, adding that the government must prosecute them or release them after rehabilitation.
Dissanayake said at least the government should let their parents know whether their children are alive or not.
Meanwhile, the government said they have already released more than 700 ex-rebels after rehabilitation.
The government recently released 202 women and 511 men, including 98 children at a function in the northern town of Vavuniya attended by President Mahinda Rajapakse.
Shortly after the end of the war in May, Justice and Law Reforms Minister Milinda Moragoda launched an accelerated program to rehabilitate some 11,000 LTTE detainees in government custody.
Some detainees in the Magazine Prison in the capital Colombo are on hunger strike demanding their release.
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