A Brief Colonial History Of Ceylon(SriLanka)
Sri Lanka: One Island Two Nations
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?????????????????????????????????????????????????Sunday, May 31, 2015
Sri Lanka: Freedom for 278 Political Prisoners, Consequent to TNA Talks:
Two hundred and seventy eight political prisoners whose release the
Tamil community has been agitating for several years will soon be
granted their freedom following talks with the Tamil National Alliance,
party frontliner M.A. Sumanthiran MP told the Sunday Observer. The TNA
will this week discuss with Justice Minister Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe the
procedural methods and the priority categories of prisoners to be
released, he said, adding that a meeting scheduled for last week was
postponed due to unforeseen circumstances.
Many prisoners have not been served any indictments but arrested on mere
suspicion, while many others have been arrested for minor offences, he
said.The TNA after compiling the details held talks with President
Maithripala Sirisena and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe.
They are optimistic that the release of the prisoners will be finalised
at the next round of talks with Minister Rajapakshe, he said.
by P. Krishnaswamy / The Observer