Sri Lanka: Search for missing people
By DW
03 June 2019 |
1:12 pm
Ten years after the civil war, people are still searching for loved ones who disappeared during the conflict. Various commissions have been set up over the years to address the issue of the missing but many people are skeptical about them.
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