Justice in Sri Lanka: With just 273 political prisoners in custody, how many have disappeared?
Internally displaced ethnic Tamils pictured at a refugee camp in 2009. Pic: AP.
New questions about wartime and post-war disappearances in Sri Lanka emerged following a bombshell revelation that the Government hs only 273 political detainees in its custody. Families of the disappeared believed the numbers are much higher. This announcement also hardens doubts if a Sri Lankan-led judicial process into mass atrocities, such as disappearances, will bring justice to the victims.
