Colombo (LNW): Coincided with the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearance (August 30), families and loved ones of the missing persons in Sri Lanka today (31) held a number of events in Colombo.
These events were organised by the ‘Families of the Disappeared’ collective, under the theme, ‘What happened to the surrendees at the end of the war? Why is the OMP not investigating these?‘
Events of this nature were held with the contribution of the family members of those disappeared during various politically-driven events in the history of Sri Lanka. This afternoon, a silent protest was held in front of the Foreign Affairs Ministry and the Justice Ministry and subsequently a petition was also handed over to the two ministries.
The official commemoration event for the missing persons in Sri Lanka in celebration of the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearance is due to be held at the Bandaranaike Memorial Internatioal Conference Hall (BMICH) this evening, demanding ‘not to disappear the Day of the Enforced Disappeared and the Office of Missing Persons (OMP) too.‘
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