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Colombo, Aug 28 (EFE/EPA).-Colombo, Aug 28 (EFE/EPA).- Sri Lankan activists and family members of enforced disappeared persons gathered outside the main court complex in Colombo on Friday to demand justice for their loved ones. According to the Amnesty International, Sri Lanka has one of the world’s highest number of enforced disappearances, with a backlog of between 60,000 and 100,000 disappearances since the late 1980s. (Camera: CHAMILA KARUNARATHNE). SHOT LIST: PEOPLE GATHER TO PROTEST OUTSIDE THE MAIN COURT COMPLEX IN COLOMBO, SRI LANKA.

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