Tamil Tigers rebels have denied accusations that they are using a cease-fire to forcibly recruit members, but said they must enter into peace negotiations from a position of strength. Parents have complained that the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam were forcing them to give some of their children to help fight the separatist war, the University Teachers for Human Rights, a mostly Tamil group that monitors human rights in the Tamil-majority north and east, said last week. "The charges are baseless and are being levelled by elements opposed to the interest of Tamil people," said Sivagnanam Karikalan, the deputy leader of the rebels' political wing.
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