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Sri Lanka Grants Amnesty To 8 Tamil Prisoners Who Spent 10 Years In Jail
- Monday October 24, 2022
- World News | Press Trust of India
Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe on Monday granted amnesty to eight Tamil prisoners after each of them spent over 10 years in jail for their alleged connections to the LTTE.
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www.ndtv.com
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Sri Lanka's Tamil prisoners Call Off Strike
- Saturday March 12, 2016
- World News | Indo-Asian News Service
Sri Lankan Tamil prisoners, who launched a hunger strike demanding their release, called off their fast after a minister assured them of speedy trials.
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www.ndtv.com
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Tamil Prisoners End Hunger Strike in Sri Lanka
- Saturday October 17, 2015
- World News | Press Trust of India
Over 200 Tamil political prisoners, who were on hunger strike in Sri Lanka to protest against being jailed for years without trial, today ended their fast following an assurance from President Maithripala Sirisena that their grievances would be addressed.
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www.ndtv.com
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Sri Lanka Promises Urgent Action on Tamil Prisoners
- Friday October 16, 2015
- India News | Press Trust of India
The Sri Lankan government has pledged urgent action to address the concerns of Tamil political prisoners languishing in jails for several years on suspicion of links to the now-defeated LTTE as their hunger strike entered fourth day.
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www.ndtv.com
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Jayalalithaa Urges Chandrababu Naidu for Legal Aid to Tamil Prisoners in Andhra Pradesh
- Thursday October 15, 2015
- Andhra Pradesh News | Press Trust of India
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa has urged her Andhra Pradesh counterpart N Chandrababu Naidu to arrange for legal assistance to Tamil prisoners jailed in that state in connection with "alleged forest related offences".
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www.ndtv.com
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Tamil Political Prisoners in Sri Lankan Jails Go on Indefinite Hunger Strike
- Monday October 12, 2015
- World News | Press Trust of India
Tamil political prisoners lodged in several jails in Sri Lanka, many of them without trial since 2009 when the civil war ended, today began a hunger strike, demanding their release.
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www.ndtv.com
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TNA calls for release of Tamil political prisoners
- Tuesday May 22, 2012
- World News | Press Trust of India
The Tamil National Alliance has called on the government to take immediate steps to release all Tamil political prisoners. R Sampanthan, the leader of the TNA told the Sri Lankan parliament on Tuesday that there are 234 Tamil political prisoners who are on a hunger strike.
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www.ndtv.com
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Tamil prisoners on hunger strike in Sri Lanka
- Monday May 21, 2012
- World News | Indo-Asian News Service
A total of 234 Tamil prisoners in Sri Lanka, most of them former Tamil Tiger rebels, are on a hunger strike the past five days here, said officials on Monday. Inmates of three prisons, located in Colombo city, Kalutara town and in Vavuniya town, are demanding that they be charged for their crimes or be released, Xinhua reported.
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www.ndtv.com
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Sri Lanka Grants Amnesty To 8 Tamil Prisoners Who Spent 10 Years In Jail
- Monday October 24, 2022
- World News | Press Trust of India
Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe on Monday granted amnesty to eight Tamil prisoners after each of them spent over 10 years in jail for their alleged connections to the LTTE.
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www.ndtv.com
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Sri Lanka's Tamil prisoners Call Off Strike
- Saturday March 12, 2016
- World News | Indo-Asian News Service
Sri Lankan Tamil prisoners, who launched a hunger strike demanding their release, called off their fast after a minister assured them of speedy trials.
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www.ndtv.com
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Tamil Prisoners End Hunger Strike in Sri Lanka
- Saturday October 17, 2015
- World News | Press Trust of India
Over 200 Tamil political prisoners, who were on hunger strike in Sri Lanka to protest against being jailed for years without trial, today ended their fast following an assurance from President Maithripala Sirisena that their grievances would be addressed.
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www.ndtv.com
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Sri Lanka Promises Urgent Action on Tamil Prisoners
- Friday October 16, 2015
- India News | Press Trust of India
The Sri Lankan government has pledged urgent action to address the concerns of Tamil political prisoners languishing in jails for several years on suspicion of links to the now-defeated LTTE as their hunger strike entered fourth day.
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www.ndtv.com
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Jayalalithaa Urges Chandrababu Naidu for Legal Aid to Tamil Prisoners in Andhra Pradesh
- Thursday October 15, 2015
- Andhra Pradesh News | Press Trust of India
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa has urged her Andhra Pradesh counterpart N Chandrababu Naidu to arrange for legal assistance to Tamil prisoners jailed in that state in connection with "alleged forest related offences".
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www.ndtv.com
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Tamil Political Prisoners in Sri Lankan Jails Go on Indefinite Hunger Strike
- Monday October 12, 2015
- World News | Press Trust of India
Tamil political prisoners lodged in several jails in Sri Lanka, many of them without trial since 2009 when the civil war ended, today began a hunger strike, demanding their release.
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www.ndtv.com
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TNA calls for release of Tamil political prisoners
- Tuesday May 22, 2012
- World News | Press Trust of India
The Tamil National Alliance has called on the government to take immediate steps to release all Tamil political prisoners. R Sampanthan, the leader of the TNA told the Sri Lankan parliament on Tuesday that there are 234 Tamil political prisoners who are on a hunger strike.
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www.ndtv.com
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Tamil prisoners on hunger strike in Sri Lanka
- Monday May 21, 2012
- World News | Indo-Asian News Service
A total of 234 Tamil prisoners in Sri Lanka, most of them former Tamil Tiger rebels, are on a hunger strike the past five days here, said officials on Monday. Inmates of three prisons, located in Colombo city, Kalutara town and in Vavuniya town, are demanding that they be charged for their crimes or be released, Xinhua reported.
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www.ndtv.com