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Monday, September 3, 2018
Fragile Hope, Firm Resolve
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A puff of wind shifts the piece of cardboard dangling from the tent. ‘541’ it reads.
Over one year later, the tent housing the families of the disappeared in
Vavuniya has become a familiar part of the landscape. Not many
passersby pause to look into the tent as they go about their daily work.
The same photos are pinned to the front of the tent. This time around
though, there are more posters. The Office on Missing Persons (OMP)
features prominently. Since May 11, the OMP has been holding a
series of public consultations – a vital step in the process of
operationalisation. How have they been received, and what has changed
about the form of protest, given that it is now over a year later?
Groundviews revisited the
protest sites in Vavuniya, Kilinochchi and Mullaitivu, and spoke to
families in Mannar who had participated in the first round of
consultations with the OMP. While some of the sites of protest had
shifted, the families’ requests, and their resolve to find answers,
remains unchanged.
View the story embedded below, or directly on Microsoft Sway by clicking here.
A puff of wind shifts the piece of cardboard dangling from the tent. ‘541’ it reads.
Over one year later, the tent housing the families of the disappeared in
Vavuniya has become a familiar part of the landscape. Not many
passersby pause to look into the tent as they go about their daily work.
The same photos are pinned to the front of the tent. This time around
though, there are more posters. The Office on Missing Persons (OMP)
features prominently. Since May 11, the OMP has been holding a
series of public consultations – a vital step in the process of
operationalisation. How have they been received, and what has changed
about the form of protest, given that it is now over a year later?
Groundviews revisited the
protest sites in Vavuniya, Kilinochchi and Mullaitivu, and spoke to
families in Mannar who had participated in the first round of
consultations with the OMP. While some of the sites of protest had
shifted, the families’ requests, and their resolve to find answers,
remains unchanged.
View the story embedded below, or directly on Microsoft Sway by clicking here.
