The International Truth and Justice Project (ITJP) has made recommendations to the Government of Sri Lanka on the measures to be taken in addressing persons missing during Sri Lanka’s civil war.
The ITJP said that after more than three decades of protests by Families of the Disappeared to learn the truth about what happened to their loved ones, the time has come for the Sri Lankan state to demonstrate conclusively that it is serious about establishing the truth and ensuring accountability.
Issuing a statement, the ITJP said that in Sri Lanka, October 27th marked the thirty-third year that families, mainly from the south, have commemorated their disappeared loved ones and called for justice.
The ITJP further said that their long and agonising search for truth is a warning to thousands of Tamils who have likewise been protesting since the end of the war in 2009.
“One hundred and eighty-eight Tamil parents of the disappeared from the war are already reported to have died before learning the truth, while young men who attend protests or commemorations in the north and east continue to be picked up and tortured to silence them,” the ITJP revealed.
Full statement : ITJP Full statement (NewsWire)