13.12.1997 - SPECIAL RELEASE

LTTE CONDEMNS THE KILLING OF THE POLITICAL PRISONERS AT KALUTURA

The premeditated attack on Tamil political prisoners within four walls
of the Kalutura jail on the 12th, and the murder of three of them is
not just an act of barbarity on the part of Sinhala convicts. The
connivance in the murder by jail guards and prison authorities, the
presence of murderous weapons like swords within a jail, the initial
attempt by the prison administration to deny the happening , are all
symptomatic  of the impunity with which racist attacks on Tamils
happen under the rule of the Chandrika government.

The LTTE unreservedly  condemns this act and calls upon all
governments and  non governmental organisations around the world
concerned with human rights to lodge their protest with the Sri Lanka
government

(Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, International Secretariat,
211 Katherine Road, London E6 1BU, United Kingdom. Tel: 0181-503 4294)