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Friday, September 7, 2018
158 disappeared Tamils remembered at Eastern Uni 28 years on
05Sep 2018
The enforced disappearance of 158 Tamils from the Eastern University in Batticaloa in 1990 was remembered today, 28 years on.
On 5th September 1990, Sri Lankan soldiers surrounded the Vantharumoolai
campus of Eastern University, rounding-up and arresting 158 Tamils that
were sheltering there.
Those 158 were never seen again. Although locals believe they were
likely to have been massacred, not even one body has been found.
Two weeks following this round-up, a further 16 were arrested and
forcibly disappeared. The fates of those 16 are similarly unknown.
Holding photographs of missing loved ones and placards residents and
students called for accountability and justice during a remembrance
event held at the University.
05Sep 2018
The enforced disappearance of 158 Tamils from the Eastern University in Batticaloa in 1990 was remembered today, 28 years on.
On 5th September 1990, Sri Lankan soldiers surrounded the Vantharumoolai
campus of Eastern University, rounding-up and arresting 158 Tamils that
were sheltering there.
Those 158 were never seen again. Although locals believe they were
likely to have been massacred, not even one body has been found.
Two weeks following this round-up, a further 16 were arrested and
forcibly disappeared. The fates of those 16 are similarly unknown.
Holding photographs of missing loved ones and placards residents and
students called for accountability and justice during a remembrance
event held at the University.
