Recollections of the families of the disappeared in Kilinochchi: Where are they
It takes a lot of courage to live in despair. Emotional despair gets even worse, when a loved one is dead or not to be found. Speaking about the latter,
Sri Lanka once had a record for the second highest number of missing persons as reported by the UN in a study done back in 1999. As the war became tense, the numbers increased and by 2016 the number has exceeded 65,000 persons.
2017-10-02
Many of the disappearances happened during the ethnic conflict and the JVP Insurrection where thousands of people were kidnapped by armed men without a trace.