LTTE detainees at Magazine prison launch hunger strike

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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.

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