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Political prisoners; something must be done

Oct 16, 2015

On Monday, over 200 Tamil prisoners began a nationwide hunger strike. They are pressing for release, and protesting against the draconian Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) under which many of them are held. The term political prisoners is used because of the total...

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