ITAK Will Skip Disappearance Commemorations, Citing Exclusion
JAFFNA, Sri Lanka — The Ilankai Tamil Arasu Kadchi (ITAK), the largest political party representing Sri Lankan Tamils, said it will stay away from Sunday’s commemorations for the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances, arguing that competing events had been organized without consulting or inviting the party — even as families of the missing prepare for a large march and international conference in Jaffna. The decision lays bare divisions over how one of the most enduring gr
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