A group of Tamil political prisoners have launched a hunger strike calling on the government to release them without further delay, reports Ceylonews.
In a letter to the Commissioner General of Prisons, they prisoners said that they had been held for several years without charge
.
Two prisoners form the Colombo Magazine Prison and two from the Anuradhapura prison said they would continue the hunger strike until a solution was found.
Relatives of missing and political prisoners protest in Jaffna (25 Jan 2016)
Towns across North-East shut down in support of Tamil political detainees (13 Nov 2015)
In a letter to the Commissioner General of Prisons, they prisoners said that they had been held for several years without charge
.
Two prisoners form the Colombo Magazine Prison and two from the Anuradhapura prison said they would continue the hunger strike until a solution was found.
Relatives of missing and political prisoners protest in Jaffna (25 Jan 2016)
Towns across North-East shut down in support of Tamil political detainees (13 Nov 2015)