03/08/2011
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Colombo Page
Mar 08, Geneva: Sri Lanka told the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) that it is currently maintaining a database of missing persons in the country and soon will hand over the database to the newly established national Human Rights Commission.
10/10/2010
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BBC
Two prominent Tamil Tiger leaders in Sri Lanka are missing after arrest by the army, their wives have told a presidential commission.
08/10/2010
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IRIN
KILINOCHCHI, 10 August 2010 (IRIN) - Parvathi Kumar has no idea whether her son is in detention, or worse. He was abducted by the Tamil Tigers in January 2009, and she has not heard from him in more than a year.
06/29/2010
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TamilNet
The assurance given by the Government Agent of Batticaloa that discussion on the disappeared persons’ issue would be taken up at the Batticaloa District Development Committee meeting held on Monday was not fulfilled, the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) parliamentarians told media Tuesday. About 130 civilians have been reported disappeared in the last three years according to reports the TNA received from the relatives of missing persons. The TNA had assured the relatives of the victims that the alliance would raise the issue with the Sri Lankan Minister Basil Rajapakse when he attends the Batticaloa DDC meeting and wanted them to make written representation about those missing relatives in the offices of TNA parliamentarians.