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Women鈥檚 Centre leader Padmini Weerasuriya聽discusses聽the unfolding Gota Go Gama popular uprising and women workers鈥 struggles in Sri Lanka.

On December 9, 2011, in the military-occupied Jafna, in the north of Sri Lanka, left-wing activists Lalith Kumar and Kuhan Muruganandanin were 鈥渄isappeared鈥 in the area of Neerveli while the two were riding on a motor bike. Like many other activists and reporters who have 鈥渄isappeared鈥 in that country, witnesses say the two were abducted by an armed gang in a white van. However these witnesses were too terrified of retribution to make official statements.