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‘Where are they? Where are our relatives?’ - Vavuniya families of the disappeared demand to know the whereabouts of forcibly disappeared loved ones

Tamil families of the disappeared held a demonstration in Vavuniya on Saturday to demand to know the fate of their forcibly disappeared loved ones. 

Tamil families of the disappeared and Tamil activists have been calling on the international community to investigate the disappearances as domestic mechanisms have repeatedly failed to deliver any accountability or prosecute those responsible for the disappearances. 

Although the families regularly face intimidation and surveillance by Sri Lanka’s security forces and intelligence officers, they are relentless in their fight for justice. 

Since the protests across the North-East began in 2017, over 80 parents have died without ever knowing what happened to their disappeared relatives or before those responsible were brought to justice.

 

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