Tamils in the North-East today demanded the Sri Lankan president returned their missing children to them, during a meeting with President Maithripala Sirisena in Jaffna.
Mr Sirisena, who visited Jaffna on Tuesday, met with families of the disappeared at the house of the SLFP regional organiser, Ankajan.
"Our loved ones were taken away by the military and armed men. We don't know if they are alive or not," the families told Mr Sirisena.
"We know that many human graves have been found in the country, as well as secret detention camps. When we hear about this, we are dying everyday wondering whether this is our children? Have our children been murdered? Are they alive?"
"Where are our children? Return them to us," the families demanded in an emotional plea.
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