There was a time when even the act of searching for information about the missing led to further disappearances – Philip Dissanayake

  Chandradasa Ranasinghe, a young law student and activist from Weerapane, Opatha, Matara, remains one of the many who disappeared during the turbulent period of 1989 in Sri Lanka. At the time of his disappearance, he was just 23 years old and in his first year of studies at the Open University. Ranasinghe was not only a student but also a committed political activist. In 1988, he contested the first Provincial Council election from the Matara District for the Southern Provincial Council under the banner of the United Socialist Party…

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