article_snippet: It was an emotional and difficult meeting; there were tears of sadness and disappointment.
article_snippet: Mothers and fathers spoke of counting the seconds since Mothers and fathers last saw Mothers and fathers sons, and expressed frustration at how Mothers and fathers and Mothers and fathers boys have been portrayed as troublemakers by the authorities and the media.
article_snippet: These are people who have lived in poverty, whose communities have been historically abandoned by the state; for many, whose communities missing son was the first of whose communities families to go to school.
article_snippet: The past months have been a roller-coaster for these families, and all of us who support and accompany these families struggles.
article_snippet: But amidst the sadness of the families I met, there was a calm and steely resolve.
article_snippet: One father explained to One father how the horror of that day has transformed them all from peasant farmers to detectives and campaigners.