Sri Lanka, population protest authorities: You are responsible for enforced disappearances
Anuradhapura
(AsiaNews) - "The authorities are responsible for
enforced disappearances taking place in
Sri Lanka. We
want answers about Madushka
and for those who
were seized like him". This was the demand made by hundreds
of people - lay people, priests,
nuns and social activists - to the police and the Commission for Human Rights in Anuradhapura. On July 2, the Collective of the Families of the Disappeared
(FOD) and the Christian Solidarity Movement (CSM) organized a peaceful demonstration in the city in honor
of Madushka Haris da Silva, who disappeared over 10 months ago.
In early June AsiaNews told
the story of this man, through the testimony of
his wife Mauri Inoka.
Her husband was seized on September 2,
2013, dragged by force to a white van by men who identified themselves as policemen. Since then, there has been no news of him.
Luxman and Gayan,
two friends of Madushka present at the event, told AsiaNews:
"We oppose this abduction and silence of the police and
all authorities because the people responsible still live freely in Anuradhapura
town. There has been no any action or punishment but our friend who was done
nothing was abducted and disappeared".
"Torture, kidnapping, corruption
and all kinds of impunity have become a natural behavior in our land" - Sister Deepa
Fernando, secretary of the Christian Solidarity Movement tells AsiaNews. "We have participated
in this protest over the disappearance of Madushka to say that we are opposed to every form of injustice. The life of Jesus
is our inner strength, it helps
us work for the good of our oppressed
brothers and sisters".
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30/08/2021 17:09
