A relay hunger strike led by the Association of Relatives of the Forcibly Disappeared in the North and East entered its fifth day in Jaffna today, as calls grow for international justice over alleged war-time atrocities in Sri Lanka.
Launched on 25 September in Chemmani, a site linked to mass graves, the protest is set to continue until 1 October.
It brings together relatives of the disappeared from all five northern districts, along with civil society activists and members of the public, in a show of solidarity and resistance.
Protesters are demanding an independent international investigation into what they describe as the Tamil genocide, enforced disappearances, war crimes, and mass graves—firmly rejecting any domestic mechanisms for accountability.
The hunger strike is the latest in a series of public actions by families of the disappeared, who have long accused successive Sri Lankan governments of failing to deliver justice or reveal the fate of thousands who went missing during and after the country’s civil war.
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