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ITAK & TNA members join hunger strike in solidarity with prisoners

16 Sep 2022

  The Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachci (ITAK) and Tamil National Alliance (TNA) members have joined in solidarity with prisoners at the Batticoloa magazine prison who are currently held under the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) and are on a hunger strike. Speaking to The Morning, ITAK MP Shanakiyan Rasamanickam stated that the protest began at 7am today and will continue for another 10 days. "The Prisoners have been arrested under the Draconian PTA and any of them have been incarcerated for years with no evidence against them. The members are on rotation at the protest site and we demand that the prisoners be released. There are over 40 protestors at any given time at the site and we will not stop. The prisoners are on a hunger strike and we are on a token strike," he said.  


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