Indian Prisoners in Sri Lankan Jails - Plea for Relief

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43 Indian prisoner in Sri Lanka of which 6 are women and 37 men. Agni Subramanian, Executive Director of Manitham, an NGO for the benefits of the ethnic Tamils in Sri Lanka, said that these prisoners live with the constant fear of being killed. They don't have money to hire lawyers and have been writing letters to the Government. For 3 years, Indian High Commissioner has not met them.

Even a Sri Lankan MP, Mr. Mano Ganesan agreed to the graveness of the situation. He very explicitly stated that there is already unrest in the Sri Lankan jails. Sri Lankan Tamils have been assaulted and have therefore been shifted to a different jail. He added that it is only natural that the Indian Tamils are also feeling threatened as the Sinhala inmates in the jail can also target the Indian Tamils.

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