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The plight of the families of the disappeared in Sri Lanka

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Thousands of people have disappeared in Sri Lanka since the 1980s. A 1999 study by the United Nations found that Sri Lanka had the second highest number of disappearances in the world and that 12,000 Sri Lankans had disappeared. Mathivanan, our reporter in Sri Lanka, produced a feature on the plights of the families of the disappeared people.


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Thousands of people have disappeared in Sri Lanka since the 1980s. A 1999 study by the United Nations found that Sri Lanka had the second highest number of disappearances in the world and that 12,000 Sri Lankans had disappeared. Mathivanan, our reporter in Sri Lanka, produced a feature on the plights of the families of the disappeared people.



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