It has been 15 years since the end of Sri Lanka's civil war, which pitted government forces against Tamil Tiger separatists.
Rasalingam Thilakawathi cries for her missing daughter at her home in Mullaitivu, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, May 7, 2024. Thilakawathi, who lives in Moongilaaru village of Mullaitivu district, the theatre of the final battles in the civil war, says her daughter was recruited by the Tamil Tigers three years before she went missing.
“I don’t want to let go but I can’t walk properly now,” says 74-year-old Soosai Victoria who has been searching for her son who went missing at 21. “I am praying for him to return. I believe that he is there,” Victoria said. As the Tamil Tigers retreated under a government onslaught, Tamil civilians fled with them into their shrinking territory.
Thilakawathi and other parents of missing children have demonstrated and protested, and said they will continue until they get answers. She has visited state security agencies and government-appointed commissions but hasn’t received any information. She said her daughter was recruited as a child soldier by the Tamil Tigers three years before she went missing. She worked in their computer department, fearing her siblings too will be taken if she left them.
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