Families of the disappeared marked 600 days of protest in Vavuniya on October 15.
Mothers and other relatives held a poosai (prayer) in memory of their disappeared loved ones at a local temple.
In July, families of the disappeared from Vavuniya marked 500 days of protest in front of the famous Nallur temple in Jaffna.
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