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Thursday, January 24, 2019
Families of disappeared threatened when protesting president's Vanni visit
Families of the disappeared in Kilinochchi and Mullaitivu protested against the Sri Lankan president's visit to the Vanni.
23 January 2019
On Monday, protesters demonstrated outside the Vidyananda College in
Mullaitivu as President Sirisena visited to highlight the commencement
of 'Drugs Eradication Week', where they were threatened by men claiming
to be intelligence officers, who warned they would be arrested if they
protested.
Intelligence officers and security forces gathered nearby, photographing
families as they demanded justice for their disappeared loved ones and
condemned what they described as Sirisena's false promises.
In Kilinochchi, protesting mothers of the disappeared were stopped from
protesting close to where the president was visiting by Sri Lankan
police officers.
"The president promised us he would resolve this issue within 100 days,
but he has failed to do so," one of the mothers told the Tamil
Guardian.
