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Welikada prison massacre






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Anti-Tamil pogroms
in Sri Lanka
Gal Oya (1956)
1958 pogrom
1977 pogrom
1981 pogrom
Black July (1983)
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    • The Welikada Prison Massacre took place during the 1983 Black July pogrom against Sri Lankan Tamil minority in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Fifty-three prisoners were killed inside a high-security prison.[1] No one has been convicted of crimes relating to these incidents.[2]

    Incident[edit]

    The incident occurred in two different series of actions: the first on 25 July 1983 when 35 Tamil prisoners were attacked and killed by Sinhalese inmates. The second massacre was two days later when Sinhalese inmates killed another 18 Tamil detainees and 3 prison deputies.[3] The Sinhala prisoners were assisted by prison authorities in killing the Tamil inmates, with reports of cell doors being left open on purpose.[4]


    See also[edit]

    References[edit]

    1. ^ Welikada Massacre Colombo Telegraph – 9 August 2019
  • ^ Govt. yet to pay compensation to July '83 victims Archived 10 March 2007 at the Wayback Machine Daily News Lanka – 30 March 2004
  • ^ "Sri Lanka Monitor". Archived from the original on 13 August 2007. Retrieved 11 June 2007.
  • ^ Amnesty International, Rapport annuel pour l'annee civile 1983, 1984


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