On hunger strike...

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In the wake of the release of former MP Duminda Silva under a presidential pardon, several inmates of the Mahara and Welikada Prisons who have been sentenced to death commenced a hunger strike from last afternoon. Pix by Nimalsiri Edirisinghe

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On hunger strike...

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