Sri Lanka's war widows and the long search for the missing

This photograph taken on September 30, 2026 shows Rajeshwari Chithiravadivel carrying a family portrait with her husband Navaratnam Chithiravadivel who went missing during Sri Lanka's 1983-2009 civil war, inside her home at Batticaloa in Sri Lanka's Eastern Province. From 1983 to 2009, Sri Lanka was ravaged by war between government forces representing the Sinhalese majority and Tamil separatist rebels, members of a largely Hindu minority. Over 100,000 people were killed, including many civilians, according to UN estimates. Tens of thousands also disappeared or were abducted, tortured or killed by security forces or the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam. - AFP

BATTICALOA, Sri Lanka: Seated outside a church, Saradhadevi Thadcanamoorty recites four handwritten pages of names - 124 husbands, fathers and brothers who vanished during Sri Lanka's civil war.

The Tamil woman, in her 60s, then picked up a placard and with three others started a "march for justice" in the busy eastern city of Batticaloa - their 1,604th consecutive day of protest.

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这张摄于2026年9月30日的照片显示，拉杰什瓦里·奇蒂拉瓦迪维尔（Rajeshwari Chithiravadivel）在斯里兰卡东部省份拜蒂克洛的家中，手捧一张全家福，与在1983年至2009年斯里兰卡内战期间失踪的丈夫纳瓦拉特南·奇蒂拉瓦迪维尔（Navaratnam Chithiravadivel）在一起。1983年至2009年，斯里兰卡饱受战争蹂躏，交战双方分别是代表僧伽罗族多数群体的政府军和主要信奉印度教的泰米尔分离主义叛军。据联合国估计，超过10万人丧生，其中包括许多平民。另有数万人失踪，或被安全部队或泰米尔伊拉姆猛虎解放组织绑架、酷刑折磨或杀害。——法新社

斯里兰卡拜蒂卡洛阿：萨拉达德维·塔德卡纳穆尔蒂坐在教堂外，背诵着四页手写的名字——124 位在斯里兰卡内战期间失踪的丈夫、父亲和兄弟。

这位 60 多岁的泰米尔族妇女随后拿起一块标语牌，与另外三人一起在繁华的东部城市拜蒂克洛开始了“争取正义的游行”——这是他们连续第 1604 天进行抗议。

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