UN group on missing concludes Sri Lanka visit

18 Nov, 2015

A UN group looking into allegations on enforced disappearances addressing the media in Sri Lanka. The UN Working Group On Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances made several recommendations to Sri Lanka to investigate reports on those said to have gone missing during a war with the LTTE.

Pictures by Easwaran Rutnam

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