Sri Lanka: 1200 Tamils prisoners held in Welikade without inquiry (TamilNet)
Yahoo July 28th, 2008The Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court was told when the Fundamental Rights violation petition filed the Ceylon Workers Congress (CWC) was taken up for further inquiry Monday that about one thousand two hundred Tamil civilians are still being detained in Welikada prison without any inquiry. The counsel for the petitioner begged the court to take steps to release these Tamils, legal sources said.
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