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Distro - Sri Lanka´s Missing People 

Moises Saman 

Eight years after the end of Sri Lanka´s civil war, women are still desperately trying to receive information about their missing loved ones, Amnesty International estimates the number of disappeared could be as high as 100,000. The U.N. says the country has the second highest number of reported disappearances of all nations since 1980, behind Iraq.
Moises Saman examined the North’s difficult post-war situation and shares the story of the wives and mothers of the missing and their ongoing public protests to find out what happened to their loved ones.
These women have lost their livelihoods and... 

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SRI LANKA. Jaffna. January, 2018. Tamil fishermen near the port... 
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SRI LANKA. Jaffna. January, 2018. Tamil fishermen repairing fishing... 
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SRI LANKA. Point Pedro. January, 2018. The ruins of a former... 
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SRI LANKA. Jaffna. January, 2018. The ruins of a destroyed school... 
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SRI LANKA. Jaffna. January, 2018. The ruins of a destroyed warehouse... 
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SRI LANKA. Jaffna. January, 2018. Ruins from the civil war still... 
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SRI LANKA. Jaffna. January, 2018. The ruins of a destroyed house... 
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SRI LANKA. Pudhumaddalam. January, 2018. Old clothes and belongings... 
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SRI LANKA. Pudhumaddalam. January, 2018. Old clothes and belongings... 
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SRI LANKA. Mullivaikal. January, 2018. A makeshift memorial commemorating... 
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SRI LANKA. Vavuniya. January, 2018. A Tamil survivor of the secret... 
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SRI LANKA. Keppapulavu. January, 2018. Jeyarani Vaiththeeswaran,... 
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SRI LANKA. Jaffna. January, 2018. The ruins of a destroyed house... 
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SRI LANKA. Jaffna. January, 2018. Bullet holes riddle the ruins... 
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SRI LANKA. Jaffna. January, 2018. A man with an axe near a destroyed... 
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SRI LANKA. Jaffna. January, 2018. A woman in front of a destroyed... 
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SRI LANKA. Jaffna. January, 2018. Yesudasan Francisca, 70, has... 
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SRI LANKA. Jaffna. January, 2018. Yesudasan Francisca, 70, has... 
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SRI LANKA. Jaffna. January, 2018. Tamil fishermen near the port... 
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SRI LANKA. Near Kilinochchi, January, 2018. A man walks next... 
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SRI LANKA. Nainativu. January, 2018. Museum inside the Nagadeepa... 
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SRI LANKA. Mullaitivu. January, 2018. Tamil Christian women during... 
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SRI LANKA. Mullaitivu. January, 2018. Tamil Pongal Hindu celebration... 
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SRI LANKA. Oddusuddan. January, 2018. In an effort to win the... 
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SRI LANKA. Oddusuddan. January, 2018. In an effort to win the... 
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SRI LANKA. Mullaitivu. January, 2018. Tamil fishermen in the... 
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SRI LANKA. Mullaitivu. January, 2018. Tamil fishermen on the... 
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SRI LANKA. Mullaitivu. January, 2018. Tamil fishermen in the... 
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SRI LANKA. Mullaitivu. January, 2018. A Tamil girl outside a... 
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SRI LANKA. Mullaitivu. January, 2018. A visitor inspects a former... 
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SRI LANKA. Mullaitivu. January, 2018. A photograph of Ranjineeta... 
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SRI LANKA. Mullaitivu. January, 2018. Ranjineeta Navaratnarasa,... 
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SRI LANKA. Mullaitivu. January, 2018. Mariasuresh Eswary, 41,... 
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SRI LANKA. Alambil. January, 2018. Minister of Women Affairs... 
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SRI LANKA. Vavuniya. January, 2018. Tamil women gather inside... 
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SRI LANKA. Vavuniya. January, 2018. Tamil women holding photographs... 
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SRI LANKA. Reddaivaikal. January, 2018. Jeyavanitha Kasipillai,... 
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SRI LANKA. Keppapulavu. January, 2018. Jeyarani Vaiththeeswaran... 
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SRI LANKA. Keppapulavu. January, 2018. Empty room in the home... 
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SRI LANKA. Keppapulavu. January, 2018. Tamil land owners return... 
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SRI LANKA. Keppapulavu. January, 2018. Muthuthampy Nagamamy,... 
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SRI LANKA. Reddaivaikal. January, 2018. Jeyavanitha Kasipillai,... 
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SRI LANKA. Reddaivaikal. January, 2018. Vivekamanththan Yeyalinkeswary,... 
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