LTTE detainees at Magazine prison launch hunger strike

3 October 2018 05:15 pm Views - 3024

A group of 40 prison inmates who were detained at the Colombo Magazine prison under the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) have launched a hunger strike since this morning, Prisons department said.

 Prisons spokesman Thushara Upuldeniya said they have launched the strike demanding that their cases be expedited.