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agreed to issue a certificate of absence to relatives of over 65,000 that went missing during the civil war and the marxist uprising allowing them to temporarily manage the property and assets of missing people, to obtain provisional guardianship of their children and apply for government welfare
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of which 9,000 had been resolved but the remaining 11,000 were still being investigated. Amnesty
International reported in 2017 that the disappeared persons in Sri Lanka could be between 60,000 and 100,000 since the late 1980s.
141:. A notable feature in the abductions is the use of white vans without number plates. White van abductions were a part of life in Jaffna and the abductions were carried with impunity even during curfew hours in this period.
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Many Tamil nationalists claim there was a resurgence of abductions in 2005 after the failure of
Norwegian mediated peace process. The victims of the abductions were predominantly Sri Lankan Tamils living in
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The image of the "white van" invokes memories of the "era of terror" in the late 1980s when death squads killed or forcibly disappeared 30,000 to 60,000 Sinhalese youths believed to support the JVP. The
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is accused of being the "architect of white van abductions" and is accused of silencing critics and dissidents. However
Gotabhaya replied saying that White vans only abduct "criminals"
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Several youth were also abducted in
Colombo by white vans in 2008. The families of the victims accused the then navy commander and Gotabhaya Rajapaksa of the abductions.
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108:. Commissions have documented how thousands of people have been kidnapped by armed men and disappeared without a trace. The victims largely belong to the minority
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506:(HRW) says. An HRW report accuses security forces and pro-government militias of abducting and "disappearing" hundreds of people - mostly Tamils - since 2006.
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found that Sri Lanka had the second highest number of disappearances in the world and that 12,000 Sri
Lankans had disappeared after being detained by the
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Sri Lanka's government is one of the world's worst perpetrators of enforced disappearances, US-based pressure group
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have documented many of the disappearances and attributed them to the Sri Lankan security forces, pro-government
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In 2020, president
Gotabaya Rajapaksa confirmed that the missing people from the civil war are actually dead.
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540:(AHRC) says the "white van culture" is now re-appearing in Colombo to threaten the Tamil community.
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Sri Lanka has a history of disappearances, both during the Sri Lankan Civil War and the
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350:"Sri Lanka's Proposed Office of Missing Persons: Mandate and Powers | Sri Lanka Brief"
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SRI LANKA: White vans without number plates; the symbol of disappearances reappear
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schemes. Further the Office on
Missing Persons (OMP) a proposal by Prime Minister
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255:"ASA 37/024/1997 Government's response to widespread "disappearances" in Jaffna"
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stated that it had received 20,000 complaints of disappearances during the
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A van which looks similar to the vans used in the
Enforced Disappearances.
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705:"Forced Disappearances in Sri Lanka Constitute a Crime Against Humanity"
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277:"Sri Lanka: 'Disappearances' by Security Forces a National Crisis"
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325:"Office on Missing Persons is to seek the truth: Prime Minister"
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376:"Sri Lanka civil war: Missing persons are dead, says Gotabaya"
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had estimated that 17,000 people had disappeared. In 2003 the
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432:"Peace Facilitation by Small States: Norway in Sri Lanka"
295:"Sri Lanka admits 65,000 missing from war, insurrection"
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community and thousands of
Sinhalese youths from the
747:
556:""Disappearances" on rise in Sri Lanka's dirty war"
675:"Only criminals are abducted by white vans – Gota"
3153:
2040:
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598:"Sri Lanka's sinister white van abductions"
550:
548:
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192:
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165:Allegations of State terrorism by Sri Lanka
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740:
726:
645:"Rajapaksa's brother probed over killings"
419:Specter of abductions returns to Sri Lanka
373:
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545:
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123:
84:In 2016, the government under president
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119:
14:
3154:
1989:
1315:Assassination of Lalith Athulathmudali
27:Tens of thousands of people have been
2478:2018 Sri Lankan constitutional crisis
2028:
1325:Assassination of Ranasinghe Premadasa
721:
702:
486:"Sri Lanka rapped over 'disappeared'"
374:Srinivasan, Meera (20 January 2020).
116:community during the JVP insurgency.
37:since the 1980s. A 1999 study by the
3162:Enforced disappearances in Sri Lanka
2322:State-sponsored colonisation schemes
1973:
238:"'Sri Lanka: Refusing to Disappear'"
2484:2019 anti-Muslim riots in Sri Lanka
2472:2018 anti-Muslim riots in Sri Lanka
2460:2014 anti-Muslim riots in Sri Lanka
198:"Sri Lanka's disappeared thousands"
151:brother and then defence secretary
24:
3182:People of the Sri Lankan Civil War
2150:
624:"Have they been killed or hidden?"
519:"Fears grow over Tamil abductions"
430:MOOLAKKATTU, JOHN STEPHEN (2005).
261:. 27 November 1997. Archived from
218:"Hope for Sri Lanka's disappeared"
25:
18:Forced disappearances in Sri Lanka
3198:
1310:Expulsions from Northern province
696:
3172:Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
3136:
3135:
2669:Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
2496:2022 Sri Lankan political crisis
2418:Burning of Jaffna Public Library
2232:Sri Lankan independence movement
2004:
1988:
1972:
1957:
1941:
1925:
1350:2009 suicide air raid on Colombo
1066:
1039:
979:
902:
831:
79:Sri Lankan Tamil militant groups
2352:Bandaranaike–Chelvanayakam Pact
2178:Crisis of the Sixteenth Century
667:
637:
616:
590:
578:
511:
478:
423:
412:
401:
2559:Sinhalese Buddhist nationalism
771:Sinhalese Buddhist nationalism
367:
342:
317:
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247:
230:
210:
13:
1:
2244:Colebrooke-Cameron Commission
2196:Portuguese conquest of Jaffna
2172:Kandyan independence movement
1320:Assassination of Rajiv Gandhi
714:White Van Death Squad exposed
586:White van 'terrorises' Jaffna
562:. 15 May 2006. Archived from
538:Asian Human Rights Commission
180:
99:
93:was created in the same year
71:Asian Human Rights Commission
2646:Leftist parties in Sri Lanka
2569:Sri Lankan Tamil nationalism
766:Sri Lankan Tamil nationalism
61:Human rights groups such as
7:
2619:Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna
2466:Alleged coup d'Ă©tat attempt
2376:Alleged coup d'Ă©tat attempt
1340:Bandaranaike Airport attack
1249:Bandaranaike Airport attack
158:
10:
3203:
2448:1987–1989 JVP insurrection
2238:Great Rebellion of 1817–18
2208:British invasion of Ceylon
1913:1987–1989 JVP insurrection
1908:1988 Maldives coup attempt
1799:UN Panel on Accountability
1330:Temple of the Tooth attack
1174:Jaffna University Helidrop
1056:Indian Peace Keeping Force
45:. A few years earlier the
43:Sri Lankan security forces
3167:Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna
3133:
3097:
3041:
3019:
2896:
2889:
2809:
2750:
2737:National Security Council
2697:
2688:
2654:
2641:Defunct political parties
2634:Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna
2594:
2516:
2505:
2442:1987 anti-Sinhalese riots
2382:Policy of standardisation
2162:
2148:
2062:
1921:
1854:Office on Missing Persons
1819:
1754:
1700:
1659:
1652:
1622:
1589:
1582:
1542:
1490:
1442:
1379:
1372:
1365:
1358:
1292:
1143:
1096:
1064:
1036:
977:
900:
828:
821:
806:Burning of Jaffna Library
756:
170:Human rights in Sri Lanka
2848:Leader of the Opposition
2490:2022 Sri Lankan protests
2268:Ceylon National Congress
2190:Sinhalese–Portuguese War
2077:Donoughmore Constitution
1467:D. A. M. R. Samarasekara
448:10.1177/0010836705058225
436:Cooperation and Conflict
243:. Amnesty International.
2971:Enforced disappearances
2629:Tamil National Alliance
2614:Sri Lanka Freedom Party
2220:American Ceylon Mission
2101:2000 Draft Constitution
2095:1997 Draft Constitution
2089:Republican Constitution
1560:Dingiri Banda Wijetunga
1510:Makalandage Gunawardena
1345:Expulsions from Colombo
175:War crimes in Sri Lanka
3115:Provincial governments
3069:North Western Province
3059:North Central Province
2732:Administrative Service
2624:Samagi Jana Balawegaya
2406:Vaddukoddai Resolution
2358:1958 anti-Tamil pogrom
2346:1956 anti-Tamil pogrom
2316:Ceylon Citizenship Act
2280:Donoughmore Commission
2156:
2117:Acts of the Parliament
1630:Selvarasa Pathmanathan
1599:Velupillai Prabhakaran
791:Vaddukoddai Resolution
129:
106:1980s JVP insurrection
3177:Military of Sri Lanka
2858:Chief Opposition Whip
2853:Chief Government Whip
2664:Tamil militant groups
2609:United National Party
2436:Indo-Sri Lanka Accord
2412:1977 Sri Lankan riots
2388:1971 JVP insurrection
2334:Nehru-Kotelawala Pact
2328:1953 Ceylonese Hartal
2274:Jaffna Youth Congress
2154:
2112:Proposed Constitution
2083:Soulbury Constitution
2056:Politics of Sri Lanka
1692:Krishnaswamy Sundarji
1565:Chandrika Kumaratunga
1305:Indo-Sri Lanka Accord
703:Black, Laura (1999).
259:Amnesty International
127:
63:Amnesty International
47:Sri Lankan government
2986:Indentured labourers
2949:Freedom of the press
2581:Non-Aligned Movement
2430:Sri Lankan Civil War
2298:Cocos Islands mutiny
2292:Bracegirdle Incident
2262:1915 Ceylonese riots
2072:Kandyan Constitution
1931:Sri Lankan Civil War
1903:Thirteenth Amendment
1723:Jyotindra Nath Dixit
1555:Ranasinghe Premadasa
1482:Wasantha Karannagoda
1300:Air Lanka Flight 512
1224:Thandikulam–Omanthai
885:Attacks on civilians
749:Sri Lankan Civil War
120:White van abductions
91:Ranil Wickremesinghe
86:Maithripala Sirisena
55:Sri Lankan Civil War
3105:Electoral districts
2863:Secretaries-General
2843:Leader of the House
2791:Magistrate's Courts
2370:Sirima–Shastri Pact
2364:Coup d'Ă©tat attempt
2304:Soulbury Commission
2286:Suriya-Mal Movement
2256:Temperance movement
1520:Jayalath Weerakkody
1505:Andibuduge Fernando
1472:H. C. A. C. Thisera
1419:Srilal Weerasooriya
1399:Hamilton Wanasinghe
1109:Indian intervention
1072:Paramilitary groups
525:. 26 September 2006
226:. 19 February 2003.
153:Gotabhaya Rajapaksa
149:Mahinda Rajapaksa's
3125:Political families
2964:Online Safety Bill
2924:Capital punishment
2400:Sirima–Gandhi Pact
2226:Kandyan Convention
2157:
1640:S. P. Thamilselvan
1530:Roshan Goonetileke
1335:Lionair Flight 602
873:Special Task Force
655:on 24 October 2020
566:on 2 February 2009
504:Human Rights Watch
281:Human Rights Watch
130:
67:Human Rights Watch
3149:
3148:
3120:Local governments
3110:Foreign relations
3079:Southern Province
3064:Northern Province
3037:
3036:
3006:Sexual minorities
2976:Gender inequality
2890:Political culture
2885:
2884:
2684:
2683:
2596:Political parties
2164:Political history
2155:Flag of Sri Lanka
2022:
2021:
1750:
1749:
1746:
1745:
1648:
1647:
1635:Anton Balasingham
1578:
1577:
1570:Mahinda Rajapaksa
1550:J. R. Jayewardene
1538:
1537:
1515:Oliver Ranasinghe
1429:Shantha Kottegoda
1404:Cecil Waidyaratne
1394:Nalin Seneviratne
1284:Puthukkudiyirippu
1244:2nd Elephant Pass
1184:1st Elephant Pass
1133:Northern theatres
1092:
1091:
649:www.aljazeera.com
354:srilankabrief.org
265:on 9 August 2009.
16:(Redirected from
3194:
3187:Sri Lanka Police
3139:
3138:
3089:Western Province
3054:Eastern Province
3049:Central Province
2894:
2893:
2695:
2694:
2539:Environmentalism
2514:
2513:
2340:Sinhala Only Act
2310:Independence Day
2250:Matale rebellion
2184:Wijayaba Kollaya
2049:
2042:
2035:
2026:
2025:
2008:
1992:
1991:
1978:Images and media
1976:
1975:
1961:
1945:
1929:
1809:Chemical weapons
1657:
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1586:
1389:Tissa Weeratunga
1377:
1376:
1370:
1369:
1363:
1362:
1071:
1070:
1049:
1045:
1043:
1042:
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984:
983:
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967:Suicide bombings
907:
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841:
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776:Sinhala Only Act
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110:Sri Lankan Tamil
21:
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2870:16th Parliament
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2801:Labour Tribunal
2786:District courts
2776:Court of appeal
2746:
2742:Law enforcement
2680:
2650:
2604:Current parties
2590:
2508:
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2454:Mawanella riots
2158:
2146:
2137:Roman-Dutch law
2058:
2053:
2023:
2018:
1917:
1898:Sixth Amendment
1893:Sexual violence
1866:Popular culture
1815:
1794:Remembrance Day
1742:
1728:J. Jayalalithaa
1708:R. Venkataraman
1696:
1644:
1618:
1574:
1534:
1486:
1462:Clancy Fernando
1438:
1424:L. P. Balagalle
1414:Rohan Daluwatte
1354:
1288:
1274:2nd Kilinochchi
1229:1st Kilinochchi
1139:
1088:
1065:
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986:Other militants
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2919:Assassinations
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2909:13th Amendment
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