Scandal of Sri Lanka’s disappeared
A controversial Commonwealth summit takes place in Sri Lanka next month. The country has more outstanding cases of disappeared people than anywhere else in the world, apart from Iraq. The Telegraph investigates
By David Blair, Mannar-17 Oct 2013
The abductors arrived in a white van shortly before midnight, stopping outside a modest home in a palm-fringed town on Sri Lanka's north-western coast. Inside the house he shared with his uncle, Anton Saniston Manuel lay asleep in his sarong.
The abductors arrived in a white van shortly before midnight, stopping outside a modest home in a palm-fringed town on Sri Lanka's north-western coast. Inside the house he shared with his uncle, Anton Saniston Manuel lay asleep in his sarong.
Uthayachandra Manuel, 56, holding a picture of her son Anton Manuel.
Media rights activists hold up posters bearing the image of Prageeth Eknaligoda. (S.KODIKARA/AFP)
Prageeth Eknaligoda's son, Harith, holds up a family picture with his mother Sandhya and younger brother Sathyajith (S.KODIKARA/AFP)
Prageeth Eknaligoda's son, Harith, holds up a family picture with his mother Sandhya and younger brother Sathyajith (S.KODIKARA/AFP)