While visiting a photo exhibition in Colombo on Saturday (18), Sri Lanka's opposition leader Sajith Premadasa, the son of former president R. Premadasa (1989-1993), looks at photographs on display,depicting mothers of disappeared in southern Sri Lanka, during his father's tenure.
A photo exhitibition opened to the public on Thursday (16), organised by 'Act Now' collective, highlighting involuntary disappearances, ethno-religious violence, displacement & ongoing land grabbing in the north east, will run until 20 July at JDA Perera Gallery in Colombo 7.
'Uncover' photo-story exhibition will be open until the 20th (tomorrow) from 10.30am to 06.30pm at the JDA Perera Gallery, Colombo 07.
The exhibition, organized by Act Now campaign, brings out the victims' stories of several injustices in SL.
Thousands of Tamils gathered at Mullivaikkal for the annual “Tamil Genocide Remembrance Day,” on May 18th held in memory of their loved ones who were killed during the final stage of the armed conflict in Sri Lanka in 2009.