FACING SRI LANKA’S GHOSTS; WITH THOUSANDS STILL MISSING, SRI LANKA’S POSTWAR PROGRESS COMES TO A HALT.
By Devon Haynie .-19/05/2017
VAVUNIYA, Sri Lanka — At some point during its brutal 26 years, the Sri Lankan civil war brought terror or loss to virtually everyone in the country. For Kasipillai Jeyavanitha, a mother of four, the defining moment of the conflict came in March 2009, just two months before the war ended eight years ago today.
She and her family were among thousands of civilians who had been living in the rebel-held territory, and who now found themselves trapped inside a conflict zone as the military made its final, terrifying advance on the group that had fought for her people’s independence.
