Repealing the PTA: Still not a top priority for Government

Picture courtesy the Hindu: Family members of Tamil detainees sit for a silent protest in Colombo

Picture courtesy Time.com

• by Raisa Wickrematunge 
• - on 10/22/2015 

Last Monday (12) a desperate situation raged across Colombo, Anuradhapura, Jaffna and Kandy as hundreds of prisoners who had been detained under the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) began a death fast, demanding that their cases be expedited.

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