'Thousands' of Sri Lankans disappeared during civil war: UN

Sri Lankan members of the "Dead and Missing Person's Parents" organisation hold photographs as they take part in a 2013 protest in Jaffna

GENEVA - Tens of thousands of people went missing in Sri Lanka's 26-year civil war, a UN report said Wednesday, suggesting "enforced disappearance" was part of a systematic policy.

The UN's human rights agency said "the phenomenon of enforced disappearance has affected tens of thousands of Sri Lankans for decades during all stages of the armed conflict," which ended in 2009.