Families of the missing persons protest in North

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Several groups including families of the missing and disappeared persons in the Northern Province have hoisted black flags and taken part in a protest across several areas yesterday (February 04), Sri Lanka’s 77th Independence Day.

Accordingly, the protest was organized by hoisting black flags, with protestors alleging that they have no freedom without their missing relatives and the lands taken from them in the North.

Similarly, students at the University of Jaffna have also staged a protest, raising black flags and wearing black bands.