Photojournalism: Sri Lanka's Missing: NEW_NORTHMISSING_ASJ_42

Photos, documents and police complaints related to the disappearance of Mariyathas Mariyasures IN Mullaitivu, Sri Lanka. Eswarys husband, Mariyathas Mariyasures, has been missing since he was arrested by the military as he was fishing on the last day of the war, May 18 2009. In the years since, Eswary has not stopped looking for him. She says that shes been to the ICRC so many times that they told her to stop coming. She regularly goes around to the military camps asking about him, but they she says they threaten to shoot or assault her. {quote}100 percent I believe he is still alive and in police custody.{quote} She says there have been sightings of him over the years. {quote}I am suffering so much. I have 3 children and work 3 jobs to try to support them. I have to prove myself to them, I have to be strong for them. Every day I wait for him to return and walk through our gate. {quote}

Photos, documents and police complaints related to the disappearance of Mariyathas Mariyasures IN Mullaitivu, Sri Lanka. Eswarys husband, Mariyathas Mariyasures, has been missing since he was arrested by the military as he was fishing on the last day of the war, May 18 2009. In the years since, Eswary has not stopped looking for him. She says that shes been to the ICRC so many times that they told her to stop coming. She regularly goes around to the military camps asking about him, but they she says they threaten to shoot or assault her. "100 percent I believe he is still alive and in police custody." She says there have been sightings of him over the years. "I am suffering so much. I have 3 children and work 3 jobs to try to support them. I have to prove myself to them, I have to be strong for them. Every day I wait for him to return and walk through our gate. "