Date: 24 July 2024
keywords: Enforced Disappearance, Surveillance
Location: Batticaloa Town , Batticaloa. Eastern Province
Description
This protest was part of a continuing series of protests organised by a society of the Families of the Disappeared, occuring on the 24th of each month. Protestors included parents and relations of those who were forcefully disappeared, who demanded justice for those who were disappeared during the armed conflict.
Organisers
Families of the Disappeared
State Response
On the day, there was intimidation by intelligence and CID officers. On the 26th of July 2024, Amalanayagi - the leader of the society of the Families of the Disappeared was investigated by the CID at her home in Ayithiyamalai (Batticaloa), after she organised the protest.