Focus on PTA: The LTTE Suspects are Political Prisoners – Jayathilaka de Silva
(A campaign against PTA held in Colombo)
20/11/2015
A group of Tamil prisoners taken into custody under the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) started a fast last week demanding their release. Most of them have been in prison for over six years and many have not even being charged in courts. Throughout this whole period the investigating authorities have been unable to complete their investigations. One wonders whether this is sheer inefficiency or wilful neglect.
