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Description HARDtalk - Sri Lanka Part 1 - The Tamils and the North Hardtalk is on the road in Sri Lanka. In May 2009, after almost 30 years of civil war, Sri Lanka's government announced its defeat of the separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). With the government refusing to talk of autonomy for the Tamil people, is the current peace sustainable? Hardtalk gains rare access to the north's former conflict zones and reports on the still-raw wounds of the people and the landscape of northern Sri Lanka. International humanitarian groups are calling for war crimes investigations but how strong is the evidence? Stephen Sackur talks to the Sri Lankan army, Sri Lanka's Defence Secretary, former LTTE fighters in hiding and civilians trying to rebuild their lives. HARDtalk - Sri Lanka Part 2 - Democracy Sri Lankan-Style Sri Lanka is now at peace after decades of civil war. President Mahinda Rajapaksa has consolidated his power by winning both the presidential and parliamentary elections. However, there are serious questions about his government's commitment to the rule of law and to human rights. In the second of Hardtalk's exclusive series of programmes in Sri Lanka, Stephen Sackur talks to journalists who live with the threat of intimidation and murder. He talks to the opposition presidential candidate, former General Sarath Fonseka, who is now in detention facing court martial. He also meets the powerful brother of the president, Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa, and asks if Sri Lanka's ruling family has replaced democracy with their own authoritarian rule. HARDtalk - Sri Lanka Part 3 - Former Child Soldiers Rebuilding Their Lives Stephen Sackur looks at the Sri Lankan government's child soldier rehabilitation programme. During Sri Lanka's decades-long civil war, hundreds of children were conscripted and forced to fight for the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). He talks to the programme director, teachers and to the teenagers themselves about their horrific experiences and new lives. The programme poses a troubling question - should the victorious Sri Lankan military be responsible for the rehabilitation of traumatised and vulnerable Tamil teenagers? Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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