Sri Lanka's war widows and the long search for the missing
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Sri Lanka's war widows and the long search for the missing
The Tamil woman, in her 60s, then picked up a placard and with three others started a "march for justice" in the busy eastern city of Batticaloa -- their 1,604th consecutive day of protest. From 1983 to 2009, Sri Lanka was ravaged by war between government forces representing the Sinhalese majority and Tamil separatist rebels, members of a largely Hindu minority. Over 100,000 people were killed, including many civilians, according to UN estimate…
For more than 1,600 days, Batticaloa's women have marched to demand the truth about husbands, fathers and sons carried away by the civil war... Read more Four pages of names and 1,604 days of walking to claim the truth in Sri Lanka appeared first on Le Singulier.
Sitting outside a church, Saradhadevi Thatkanamuthi recites four handwritten pages of names. They are 124 husbands, fathers and brothers who disappeared during Sri Lanka's civil war. The 60-year-old Tamil woman then takes a placard and, along with three other women, begins a "march for ... More www.ertnews.gr
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