Business across the North held hartals today to express their solidarity with families of the disappeared protesting in Kilinochchi this morning.
Rejecting the prospect of Sri Lanka being given more time to deliver on its co-sponsored UN Human Rights Council resolution, families of the disappeared demanded justice through an international mechanism.
Read more: Families of disappeared hold mass rally against resolution extension
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