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Sri Lanka’s prisons hold nearly 40,000 inmates despite capacity for 11,000: BASL President

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Sri Lanka’s prisons hold nearly 40,000 inmates despite capacity for 11,000: BASL President
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President of the Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL), Rajeev Amarasuriya, has raised serious concerns over prison overcrowding in SriContinue Reading

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