A Brief Colonial History Of Ceylon(SriLanka)
Sri Lanka: One Island Two Nations
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Sri Lanka: One Island Two Nations
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?????????????????????????????????????????????????Friday, May 5, 2017
A Thousand Unanswered Questions: The ongoing plight of families of the disappeared
Featured image by Raisa Wickrematunge
RAISA WICKREMATUNGE on 05/04/2017
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photographs are framed in a variety of ways; gilt-edged, glossy black
wood, or laminated. Creased from being held and passed around. Whatever
the frame, they are cradled with equal tenderness. These photographs are
one of the few tangible mementos the families of the disappeared have
of their loved ones. Across the North, these families have begun to
protest, calling for answers. Most of these protests have been ongoing
for months, in rain and baking heat, for 24 hours.
Groundviews travelled to three of these protests, in Vavuniya, Kilinochchi and Mullaitivu. These are their stories.
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Those who enjoyed this article might find “Appeal by families of the disappeared” and “Submissions to Consultation Task Force on missing, disappeared and MIA” enlightening.